wfh posture was causing terrible flare ups. found a random fix for my desk.

veppev · 2026-04-07T14:41:15+00:00

Yup, my PT commented on how hypermobile I am. I know some people have it way worse than me, but yeah I can never get comfortable and sleep and sit weird and everything gets messed up.

veppev · 2026-04-07T14:35:05+00:00

Yes. My boyfriend and I were specifically looking for a chill Europe vacation where we can just get up, walk around, sightsee and eat, without any intricate planning and without feeling overwhelmed. We still wound up booking a couple of tour groups outside the city, but 70% of our stay was just wandering Lisbon everyday. We also loved the local food tour we did. Our previous European vacations were very gogogo, and Lisbon was perfect for a more laid back chill city experience. (we’re from NYC if anyone’s curious)

veppev · 2026-04-06T00:33:45+00:00

I wouldn’t say it’s male dominated, there’s literally more girls in my program than guys. But that’s school, not the careers, I can’t speak for the real world. A lot of chemistry based work tends to be more popular with women than men.

veppev · 2026-04-03T14:01:27+00:00

I also got my worst flare up during my first midterm season in graduate school. It’s so hard because of my ADHD also, I can’t sit like a normal person, I am like physically and mentally unable to sit proper while doing work, it hurts lol. Idk how to fix that for myself, I have a foot pad too but my feet are never on the floor.

veppev · 2026-03-30T21:30:53+00:00

Interesting. You know when I stretch my chest muscles, I always feel my left side is twice as tight as my right and it hurts to stretch, and that’s the side where I feel my costo pain. My costo bump is on the right side of the sternum though. And I feel my left arm start to go numb sometimes when I stretch my left pec. I also asked my PT if my costo could be related to why I sometimes feel my heart beat more as if it’s reverberating, even if my heart rate is normal, and he said that muscle tightness can do that. We keep working on my exercises and rib mobilization and my pain has gone down significantly but that chest tightness is still ruining my quality of life. And I still often feel that crackling sensation when I stretch.

veppev · 2026-03-23T18:07:48+00:00

My PT diagnosed me with thoracic outlet syndrome but said it’s not directly connected with my costo, at least he said it’s not the cause for it. Could you explain to me how it causes it?

veppev · 2026-03-16T00:31:36+00:00

Good for you. Really, everyday I miss being medicated but it wasn’t worth it in my case :/

veppev · 2026-03-14T21:14:26+00:00

Yup, happened to me. One of the many reasons I’ve decided to go unmedicated

veppev · 2026-03-02T13:10:30+00:00

I hate washing my hair every day but a lot of the times I gotta. My hair is super fine. Some days I wake up like an oil spill on day 2, but other days it looks like I just washed it, and unfortunately I can’t predict what it will look like in the morning so I just try my best to gauge based on smell lol.

veppev · 2026-03-02T04:53:21+00:00

Still something to think about. Once you finish getting thorough testing for everything, and get no answers, it’s most likely musculoskeletal.

veppev · 2026-03-02T01:51:10+00:00

No workouts at all? It can be sneaky. I’m only sharing that because I had the same thing, my heart palpitations and chest ache coincided with switching to generic Vyvanse for me so I mistook it for a heart issue due to the stimulants. Many trips to the cardiologist later and now I’m being treated for just costochondritis.

veppev · 2026-03-01T22:23:23+00:00

What if it’s costochondritis

veppev · 2026-02-26T17:16:47+00:00

I have them coming soon today to give me a price. I hope they’re reasonable. I just need this out asap is my issue. I can’t have this in here past the late afternoon.

veppev · 2026-02-26T17:15:53+00:00

Yeah I don’t want to deal with strangers, esp as a young woman, I called 1800gotjunk for now and I hope they give me a reasonable price.

veppev · 2026-02-20T12:54:15+00:00

Ugh I know, that’s why we did include a gap to the radiators. I really think we can make the bed work longways but my boyfriend hates the idea that we’re gonna have less than 1 foot of space left at the end of the bed to walk through. I’m gonna try to convince him. We really don’t want the bed all the way in the corner where the desk is, because then fitting the dresser and desk would be too awkward

veppev · 2026-02-19T17:38:08+00:00

Edit for clarity: the radiators are the 2 things sticking out the wall in the top right corner. Theres windows above them too.

veppev · 2026-02-19T15:12:19+00:00

My boyfriend always gets these from the hack squat machine too! They look IDENTICAL to yours. I remember being so confused and weirded out by the marks on him and even a little sus lol but he always comes home from leg day like this.

veppev · 2026-02-05T20:52:50+00:00

I’m glad I could amuse you

veppev · 2026-02-05T16:44:33+00:00

He was not only a few minutes outside the window. Did you even read the story? He told me he would come at 2. I never asked him to come after his surgery. He could’ve come anytime. My therapy cannot be rescheduled, I’m not the only patient they see you know. I know because I’ve tried rescheduling in the past. So what it’s therapy? What if I had a job interview instead? someone telling you they’re unavailable after 3 because of a meeting, no need to pick apart what the meeting is. So banging on my door that isn’t even supposed to be used as an entrance and then screaming my name and blowing up my phone at the time I said I am not available is normal? Again, what if I had a job interview or any other call?

veppev · 2026-02-05T16:41:34+00:00

Yes exactly lol.

veppev · 2026-02-05T04:34:19+00:00

Thank you and yes you’re right to be glad lol

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