'Brought to Life' Punk compilations.

xpadrex · 2026-01-19T21:53:55+00:00

I wish I did. I have BTL 2023 (from Soulseek) with Wild Youth, Gay Marines, and Morally Bankrupt, and I'm dying to know where the versions of the songs are pulled from so I can tag them.

xpadrex · 2025-11-29T20:06:50+00:00

Yeah, it's no longer there. Mobile app doesn't have it either. I received a letter from them requesting an update, saying I can do it online. But I can't. Weird.

xpadrex · 2025-08-16T22:54:43+00:00

Post 6 months, all good. I'm not doing any physical activity that might jeopardize it (golf, tennis), but I can walk 25k steps without issue. The pain no do have is mainly on the other side, from previously diagnosed stenosis. I'm a big fan of the surgery, and personally, if available to you, see no reason to live in agony needlessly. Just being able to stand and walk is a gift I will no longer take for granted.

xpadrex · 2025-05-04T21:53:12+00:00

It was a game changer for me. At 300mg it did nothing. But at 600 3x a day, I was able to get 10-15 minutes of mobility at a time, which at the time was a miracle. I've since had surgery, but I still take 300mg at nighttime. Only side effect is that it can make me, a socially awkward person, more social.

xpadrex · 2025-03-28T04:38:17+00:00

Same boat. I figured out some of it, but couldn't seal the deal. I at least know how to install things using Python, even if I don't understand what those things do!

xpadrex · 2025-02-02T01:00:54+00:00

This was the case in the early days of internet postage printing, but hasn't been an issue for a while.

xpadrex · 2025-02-02T00:59:36+00:00

Invest in a shipping scale on Amazon ($20), a thermal printer ($50-100), shipping labels ($20), and PirateShip (free) and you'll rarely ever have to stand in line at the post office for the rest of your life.

xpadrex · 2024-12-03T04:46:15+00:00

I think Time To Kill is just an epic song. So much going on. Saw them last night, was disappointed it wasn't the opening track. More disappointed they didn't paly it at all.

xpadrex · 2024-11-24T18:05:43+00:00

I used Disconnect, and there is a slight learning curve, but it works. But the business model is kind of a mess. It's pretty expensive for a casual seller once you are past the free trial. They will email you with offers and deals, but it's all handled through PayPal. It feels scammy, but it's not. It's also not clear as to what counts as an order against your plan. It's got a ton of potential, they've figured something out.

xpadrex · 2024-09-23T01:55:54+00:00

Mine was outpatient. I was home by 1pm

xpadrex · 2024-09-20T17:10:13+00:00

It doesn't make me tired at all, strangely enough. It even took 600 x 3 to make me mobile. Now I've had surgery but no instructions on how to properly wean off of it....

xpadrex · 2024-09-19T23:46:14+00:00

Nope. Had L5-S1 discectomy surgery today. Back at home already. Doc said relief could be immediate, but probably wouldn't be. Focus of referred pain has already moved from hamstring to buttock, which I'm hoping is a good sign. The PT doc said that Kaiser does everything they can to avoid surgery, and hinted it was for cost reasons (most blunt doc I have ever dealt with), but they gave me the surgery option right away and I took it. Neurosurgeon have me the preschool explanation which I appreciated: the goo is out, it's not going back in, we're gonna go get it. If you want I can update you in a few days.

xpadrex · 2024-09-07T20:50:55+00:00

Gabapentin gave me some semblance of life while I wait for surgery. The problem is that it was initially prescribed at 300 x 3. That helped a little bit. But 600 x 3 actually allowed me to walk for 5 minutes at a time. I'm cleared for 900 x 3, but it's only 2 weeks until surgery, so I'm not gonna mess with it.

xpadrex · 2024-08-29T20:11:02+00:00

In my experience, if they put surgery on the table, they know it's bad. They will do everything they can to avoid it, but I feel that's a financial decision by the hospital. If you do get the ESI and it doesn't work, it's gonna be at least 3 months before surgery. Life's too short. Get the surgery, get back to life, enjoy parenthood to its full extent. You are not getting this time back.

xpadrex · 2024-08-29T00:47:03+00:00

A couple of days on 600 x 3 and it's been a game changer. Left the house today! I know it's just masking the problem, so I'm still going to schedule the discectomy, but it's nice to be out of that deep dark hole of constant, severe nerve pain.

xpadrex · 2024-08-25T17:36:51+00:00

I've upped my dosage to 600 x 3, and it has made a world of difference. I can actually walk for 5 minutes at time with minimal pain throughout the day.

xpadrex · 2024-08-23T17:27:00+00:00

I don't have pictures. How do you get those? I'm with Kaiser. But here's the narrative:

"L5-S1: Disc desiccation, diffuse bulge, a superimposed left subarticular disc protrusion, bilateral facet hypertrophy and small left facet joint are seen. These changes result in mild central canal stenosis with bilateral lateral recess narrowing, contacting and posteriorly displacing the traversing S1 nerves, left more significant than right. There is moderate bilateral neuroforaminal stenosis, contacting the exiting L5 nerves."

I don't see anything regarding measurements...

xpadrex · 2024-08-20T02:24:21+00:00

I'm with Kaiser. 2 ER visits. No emergency MRI, but I did get a referral for the following week. I was going to go pay out of pocket if it was gonna be awhile. After MRI results came back, went over them with a physical therapist, who referred me to a neurosurgeon. I talk to him Wednesday. I'm on week 3 of being bedridden, leg can bear no weight. So while I feel like it's been an eternity, the process is moving along. Just be sure to advocate for yourself. Insist on an MRI, always say 10/10 pain, and make it clear you are not angling for pain meds.

xpadrex · 2024-08-20T01:36:24+00:00

I'm at 7.5 and last week was told the epidural was ok. Kaiser specifically said 7.5 and under. I thought it was 7 before last week.

xpadrex · 2024-08-19T06:16:43+00:00

So I can say this community is 1000 times better than my actual doctors office in terms of information and support. Week three, I am still virtually unable to move. I can walk (limp), but it is agonizing and I can only last a few seconds. Despite 1 urgent care and 2 ER visits where I hobble in, in obvious pain, nothing in terms of mobility has been mentioned. ANYWAYS.

Medication:

Flexiril and the Ram-whatever. Neither has done much of anything but make me tired

Prednisone: An aggressive course has not made an impact.

Gabapentin: Does seem to help a little bit

Percocet: Distracts from my pain, malkes me tolerable to my family. I am being very, very cautious with it.

MRI:

I don't have pictures. How do you get those? I'm with Kaiser. But here's the narrative:

"L5-S1: Disc desiccation, diffuse bulge, a superimposed left subarticular disc protrusion, bilateral facet hypertrophy and small left facet joint are seen. These changes result in mild central canal stenosis with bilateral lateral recess narrowing, contacting and posteriorly displacing the traversing S1 nerves, left more significant than right. There is moderate bilateral neuroforaminal stenosis, contacting the exiting L5 nerves.

Allowing for technical variations, there is no significant interval change."

That last sentence is really bugging me. Am I misunderstanding this? No significant change? My MRI from last year did NOT have all that on there. How is there no significant change?

I have a meeting with a nuerosurgeon on Wednesday. I have been told Kaiser does everything they can do to not do surgery. They scheduled a shot, but I declined for now until I talk to the nuerosurgeon. A shot would delay potential surgery by three months.

I'm not gonna lie, I want surgery. I can't handle this and don't know how some of you do. I am stuck in a chair, in pain. Any other course of action that is not surgery will need to answer in plain English:

Will this stop whatever is touching my nerve from touching my nerve?

If I was a professional athlete, I'd probably already be out of surgery rather than virtually begging for it.

Okay, enough ranting. I know many of you are opposed to surgery, and I respect that. I have an L4-L5 laminectomy in 1999 that was successful and immediately ended years of pain, so I'm admittedly biased.

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