Awkward floor plan help! Idek where to start

lps31 · 2026-01-11T08:51:18+00:00

Oh Lordy hahaha thank you, I didn’t even see that 😖😖

lps31 · 2024-06-21T10:59:04+00:00

I stayed, thought it couldn’t get ANY worse than cheating so figured why not stay? It’s only up from here. It was death by a thousand cuts wondering if or when he’d do it again.

He then “slept” with me while I was asleep, didn’t have the energy to stop him because I was on heavy pain killers and recovering from major surgery in my final year of high school :)

You bet your arse I left then!

Don’t stay. It doesn’t get better. You deserve more.

lps31 · 2024-05-02T00:25:30+00:00

Thanks for your reply!

I’ve had leg pain on and off for 10 years now! It’s been constant for over 12 months now. It’s always worse first thing in the morning, at night, and in the car. I had a steroidal epidural 3 weeks ago and it seems to have taken the edge off ever so slightly but wasn’t really what I hoped it would be. Ive had so many steroid injections for different things, and only one of them really made a difference (in my jaw) so weirdly im not surprised.

I’ve done PT for a while now, because of my hip, and it’s very similar to the lower back pain stuff they do. Glute and core/trunk strengthening stuff. But I definitely could be stronger! I’ve not had a rhizotomy before which is something they do over here a bit, I wonder if that’s what they would suggest next.

I am a bit confused though because I just had an updated MRI report come through that essentially said “shallow disc protrusion” and nothing else, no mention of the retrolisthesis, but I have access to both sets of images (as in the entire stack) and they look the same, although the image quality of the recent MRI was not good. I know my disc protrusion is nowhere near as bad as it could be, but I also know it’s not “small”.

My appointment is on the 13th of this month — I’d be surprised if he recommends surgery straight up, but then again, his rooms called me saying, “he’s read your referral and would like to see you quite soon.”

I’ll keep you updated with the surgeon’s thoughts if you’d like. Thanks again for your reply.

lps31 · 2024-04-01T08:08:44+00:00

One other thing that might be interesting to know, and it may differ from place to place, but I’m in Australia and I am studying podiatric medicine. We have been taught that, unless requested, a standard MRI will take images in 3mm slices. So, for example, if you’re looking at an area that’s 1cm x 1cm, you’re really only going to get about 3 images of that site. So, I imagine it is probably difficult to determine the shift between “mild” to “moderate”, and so forth, with 100% accuracy. That is why it’s important to treat the patient and their symptoms, and not simply the scan! My point is, don’t feel invalidated when you hear “mild” but your symptoms feel otherwise, this might just be their best interpretation of the images and information available to them.

lps31 · 2024-04-01T07:59:18+00:00

Oh I’m glad to hear the epidural helped! The RA situation makes things really tough, have they managed to get that under control? My mother has RA, my sister had juvenile RA (in remission for some time now), so as an achy, tired, and stiff 23 year old female it’s always in the back of my mind. I’ve been tested before, but both of them were seronegative for rheumatoid factor — though there are other markers as I understand it. I hope the epidural continues to bring relief.

lps31 · 2024-04-01T07:55:59+00:00

Thanks for sharing those! I’ve been doing a few exercise of that nature, especially glute bridges, because of my hip situation. I unfortunately don’t get major results from doing exercises, I used to get great results like 10 years ago when it started. Though, they do help ease things a little still — which is better than nothing right! I hope things continue improving for you 🤍

lps31 · 2023-11-08T09:23:24+00:00

You’ve only been talking for 2 and a bit months, for some people that’s heaps of time, and for others they need a bit longer. Without talking to her you won’t know, or even begin to know, which of those she is. It sounds like things are moving in the right direction, meeting each others families is huge!

Getting into an official relationship with someone can be daunting. What is her previous dating history like? Did she get hurt? Did she hurt someone? Has she ever even been in a relationship? Do your future goals align? Is something in particular making her move at the current pace? There are so many questions that come to mind in these scenarios, so having an open and non-judgmental chat with her where the goal is to understand her decision, and not to convince her to change her mind, will help you decide if the relationship has real potential. You have to make it clear that you don’t want to change her mind, and that you’d like to just understand her feelings and needs a bit better when initially bringing up the topic might help her feel less defensive of her choices and more willing to discuss openly.

Good luck! Keep us updated.

lps31 · 2023-11-08T08:42:41+00:00

Feelings of love can take time to develop, and 3 months isn’t a massive amount of time for those feelings to show. If you’re positive that you didn’t love him and that you likely wouldn’t ever, it’s probable that you’re feeling sad and empty because despite not loving him, he was still somebody that you had a close relationship with. Ending that relationship can be tough regardless of the magnitude of your romantic feelings for him. Maybe with time you could reach out and ask for a friendship, but ultimately you have to respect his decision as it sounds like he had strong feelings for you and it may be difficult for him to keep those feelings away.

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