I’m sorry it didn’t improve as much.

I can’t say I loved coffee the first time I tried it. It took years for it to get better, and eventually it did. An acquired taste for sure… Hopefully the same applies to my spine? Thanks for sharing

Glad to know that worked out for you! Thanks for sharing

Wow, success story - not the most usual type of story! That sounds super painful, I can’t even imagine what it’s like to sever a piece of disc. Thanks for sharing

Yup, I got a pinched nerve between c7 and c6 it makes my arm feel like I broke a bone. Did you recover fully btw? I got a post asking for people’s experiences with this sort of thing if you’re inclined to share. Thanks

I think so? Some steroid thing, CT scan assisted.

I guess my spinal injection on Friday. This pain is crippling

Thanks for sharing. It gives me hope seeing you can do what you want to do in spite of the issue.

I’m sorry to hear. That’s awful… Thank you for sharing

I don’t know if you’re the same person using a different account, but, for how long was the nerve damaged so that it was unrecoverable? Days, weeks, months?

Ahhh I feel for you and I dread my case now! Thanks for sharing

So, what was yours? A hernia , bulge, or else?

So while I was in my teens I got into a palmistry phase. I was like 15 or 14 y/o. One of my highschool teachers started teasing me about it, and at some point asked me for a palm reading, just for the lulz.

I took it seriously, as I do with most things unfortunately, and did as asked. I didn’t say much because I had no idea of what I was doing, but I did recognize in his hands what my book said was a sign of sudden end of life. I estimated the time and warned him he probably didn’t have a lot of time left, five years tops. He got really angry when I said that and held the grudge for about two weeks, claiming I was being rude. I just wanted to help…

Time passed and I grew out of my palm reading phase.

Almost two years later during class someone showed up and informed us that the teacher died in a car crash for driving recklessly. The room went silent. Everyone including myself had forgotten about the palm reading incident, well, almost everyone. Breaking the silence with a gasp, one of my classmates said, “OMG!!! IT’S LIKE WHAT (my irl name) SAID DURING THE PALM READING!!! OMG!!!”

Thanks for sharing this! Those images look very painful. Was this caused by an injury I gather? Or was it just degenerative?

Also thanks for placing an emphasis on the stretching. I typically don’t see the benefits from stretching unless I’ve done some hardcore workouts or something. Will keep in mind.

Oh wow! How come they gave you the wrong diagnosis? No imaging used? That sounds like a nightmare, glad you found a solution in the end.

So if the knee is still numb- you didn’t recover fully, is that correct? Was this recent or a long time ago?

Will keep in mind the muscle strengthening, I’m sure I’ll get a referral for a physiotherapist at some point.

Right so you take it really seriously… Regulating something inconsequential now has consequences and they’re draconian!

May I ask, why did you like 100 years of solitude? Did you read it in Spanish or translated to another language? I read it in Spanish and can appreciate a lot of good things in it, but I always wonder how it feels like for people who don’t have a latin/Spanish background. Perhaps you do, I don’t know. Still curious!

I only read the Count, and I loved it

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