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West SAAB Story posted:Does anyone have a good resource/forum for PTSD sufferers? I had a massively bad relapse today, when thought I was finally doing better. No support group exists locally- unless I want to start one. PMs inbound.
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Just left the chiropractor... and my back is hosed. She said I am abiut two seconds away from a slipped disc and might need surgery if the issue does go away with PT over the next month. I have two appointments every week for the next month.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:27
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And while we're doing a sharing Friday. I think I'm going to cut back on the drinking for a bit if not completely. Addiction is defined as continued use in the face of consequences. While I haven't had any egregiously bad consequences... I'm just not liking how I've felt and my relationship to alcohol lately. I've been on a roll of getting rid of things and people in my life. Trying to de-clutter as much as I can and give away so much poo poo. I'm thinking of trying to keep this positive momentum going.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:28
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Just left the chiropractor... and my back is hosed. She said I am abiut two seconds away from a slipped disc and might need surgery if the issue does go away with PT over the next month. I have two appointments every week for the next month. http://www.amazon.com/Treat-Your-Back-Robin-McKenzie/dp/0959774661 Supplement your appointments with the exercises in this book. I have a family history of back issues and this has done wonders for us.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:31
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Just left the chiropractor... and my back is hosed. She said I am abiut two seconds away from a slipped disc and might need surgery if the issue does go away with PT over the next month. I have two appointments every week for the next month. For fucks sake: Please go see an actual specialist.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:37
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Don't chiropractors specialize in back issues..? Yeah, she gave me a book of all the stretches and exercises I can do both at home and at work. Also, Taco Bell breakfast is loving dope.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:40
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I think he means go see a qualified physical therapist, not a chiropractor.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:46
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Don't chiropractors specialize in back issues..? You want a physiotherapist, not a Chiropractor. As far as actual medicine, Chiropractic practices are largely considered pseudoscience outside of some treatment of lower back pain, but in most cases its only temporary relief. Let me put it in car terms: Do mechanical things EVER fix themselves? No. They only get worse unless properly repaired, no matter how much you manipulate the part. Your skeletal system is largely a mechanical object, and if your chiropractor is saying you are risking a slipped disk, it may be even worse than that.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:48
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Slow is Fast posted:And while we're doing a sharing Friday. Super Aggro Crag posted:Don't chiropractors specialize in back issues..?
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Apr 3, 2015 15:48
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Cage posted:Orthopedic doctors specialize in the skeletal system, and your spine. Call one of them up.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:50
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Just left the chiropractor... and my back is hosed. She said I am abiut two seconds away from a slipped disc and might need surgery if the issue does go away with PT over the next month. I have two appointments every week for the next month. GO see an actual doctor. Chiropractor is an unprotected term, and they're all scam artists. Put as much stock in "chiropractor" as you do in "palm reader." How do people get to be adults and not know this?
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Apr 3, 2015 15:55
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Nthing the 'get a real doctor' part. Chiropractors are just half-assed massage therapists with a theory of illness that makes the holistic health people get skeptical.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:55
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Well in my parents case, they have a devout disbelief in anything involving facts or reason relating to medicine, so alt anything goes. But yeah, chiropractors are largely somewhere between scam artists and quacks and I'd recommend someone with actual medical creds. You only have one back.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:57
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Back problems are basically the worst. I pulled a muscle in my back last year and was out for a few weeks, and as that healed I started getting extremely bad sciatica nerve pain. My right leg and foot were had a numb pins & needles feeling for weeks while it got better. Rolling over in bed was a 2 minute ordeal, I disgustingly had to pee in a few bottles because walking to the bathroom was too painful. Wiping up after #2 was not happening, I just had to take a shower every time I went. When I walked on crutches it felt like my spine was a needle and would break into 2 pieces at any moment. What gave me this excruciating pain for 4+ weeks? I bent down to clean up some coffee and came up too fast. Thats it. Be careful with your back, you need it for stuff.
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Apr 3, 2015 15:58
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Dr. Bigelow: What can I do for you? Louie: Uh, well, I hurt my back today really bad. Uh. Can you help me with my back? I mean... Dr. Bigelow: What's wrong with your back? Louie: It hurts. Dr. Bigelow: My professional diagnosis is your back hurts. Louie: Well, what can I do about it? Dr. Bigelow: Nothing. Louie: Nothing? Dr. Bigelow: The problem is you're using it wrong. The back isn't done evolving yet. You see, the spine is a row of vertebrae. It was designed to be horizontal. Then people came along and used it vertical. Wasn't meant for that. So the disks get all floppy, swollen. Pop out left, pop out right. It'll take another. I'd say 20,000 years to get straightened out. Till then, it's going to keep hurting. Louie: So that's it? Dr. Bigelow: It's an engineering design problem. It's a misallocation. We were given a clothesline and we're using it as a flagpole. Louie: So what should I do? Dr. Bigelow: Use your back as it was intended. Walk around on your hands and feet. Or accept the fact that your back is going to hurt sometimes. Be very grateful for the moments that it doesn't. Every second spent without back pain is a lucky second. String enough of those lucky seconds together, you have a lucky minute. Louie: Okay. Dr. Bigelow: Come see me when you have something fun like a blood disease. That's what I went to school for. 
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Apr 3, 2015 16:00
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Also, Taco Bell breakfast is loving dope. Those ads on Pandora that constantly pop up are wasted on me. Same goes for McDonald's. I haven't had gross fast food like that in over a decade now. For a burger, it has got to be In n Out, or 5 Guys, or Chik Fil A. Anything like Taco Bell, McD's, Burger King, Wendy's - yuck! In other news, my wife took the kids to her parents for a few days so I could install my awesome new cabinet system she wanted me to buy in the 3rd bay of the garage. I was up until 12:30 last night getting work done. I think I will go get some lag bolts and anchors to drill into the foundation and bolt the cabinets to the wall for safety measures. I have 3 overhead cabinets to hang on the wall next. Might go see F&F7 tonight by myself. I have an awesome wife. 
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Apr 3, 2015 16:05
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Wow that looks great. Is that the set from Costco:?
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Apr 3, 2015 16:09
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So what type of doctor should I Google exactly? Or should I call my PCP and ask for a recommendation?
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Apr 3, 2015 16:11
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Super Aggro Crag posted:So what type of doctor should I Google exactly? Or should I call my PCP and ask for a recommendation? Yeah get your PCP to recommend you a physiotherapist. e: Cage posted:What gave me this excruciating pain for 4+ weeks? I bent down to clean up some coffee and came up too fast. Thats it. Turbo Fondant fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 16:17
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Just called my PCP and they said I have to see my Doc first and then have him refer me to a specialist, so I went ahead and scheduled an appointment with him too.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:19
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Just called my PCP and they said I have to see my Doc first and then have him refer me to a specialist, so I went ahead and scheduled an appointment with him too. Awesome, I hope they can give you some good news.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:36
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Just called my PCP and they said I have to see my Doc first and then have him refer me to a specialist, so I went ahead and scheduled an appointment with him too. Hate to tell you this, but unless there is something glaringly wrong with your back like a slipped or herniated disk or something, there's really not a whole lot anyone can do for you. Your best bet is to exercise and focus on your core because that's what supports your back. Do lots of sit ups. Adiabatic's post pretty much summed it up.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:37
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leica posted:Hate to tell you this, but unless there is something glaringly wrong with your back like a slipped or herniated disk or something, there's really not a whole lot anyone can do for you. Your best bet is to exercise and focus on your core because that's what supports your back. Do lots of sit ups. Sit ups don't do anything and will make the pain worse. Something like planks are way more sound and productive.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:39
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angryhampster posted:Wow that looks great. Is that the set from Costco:? Yep. This set here. I ordered it when it was $600 off. $1100 delivered on a freight truck on a pallet is pretty reasonable! i also ordered the rubber floor mat at the same time because why not. I am going to pull the mat under the cabinets a little bit so that if/when I drop something in the work space it should be easy to get. I bought an LED shop light to hang under the overhead cabinets and I have my old 42" flat screen and a spare Apple TV that I am going to mount on the left wall. I will just need to find a good stool and I will be set up to be out in the garage at night and not bothering anyone at all. My garage ceiling in the 3rd bay is about 14 feet tall. I would like to get a 2 post hydraulic lift (the one that Costco sells) but I will need to modify my garage door/opener to a high lift since it is the standard height.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:48
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leica posted:Hate to tell you this, but unless there is something glaringly wrong with your back like a slipped or herniated disk or something, there's really not a whole lot anyone can do for you. Your best bet is to exercise and focus on your core because that's what supports your back. Do lots of sit ups. My injury was pretty similar to his (tissue only, but very close to slipping a disc, and identical symptoms) and physio helped massively. Going straight to situps while it's still actively hosed up is a terrible idea, since you've got to get it to stop the swelling and spasms before you start straining poo poo with the intent of strengthening the muscle. I couldn't even do planks until about 2 months into my treatment.
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I pulled my back once picking an empty carrier bag out of the boot of my car. It's been fine since but I'm always nervous of any twitches because he's right, it's never 100% again.
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Apr 3, 2015 17:00
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Phone posted:Sit ups don't do anything and will make the pain worse. Something like planks are way more sound and productive. It was a general suggestion, as in strengthen your abs. I use ab straps in conjunction with a pull up bar myself. Tommychu posted:My injury was pretty similar to his (tissue only, but very close to slipping a disc, and identical symptoms) and physio helped massively. Going straight to situps while it's still actively hosed up is a terrible idea, since you've got to get it to stop the swelling and spasms before you start straining poo poo with the intent of strengthening the muscle. Obviously it depends on the injury, but for general "back pain" it's about the best you're going to do short of popping pills the rest of your life.
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Apr 3, 2015 17:11
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drat that looks pretty nice. I still haven't decided on a work bench for the garage but may fix that this weekend. Crap is this what VW Caddy's are going for these days - http://www.ebay.com/itm/321714256937 I mean sure it's been restored and has a swapped engine but that seems high, I'll admit I haven't been watching these that closely the last few years. I'd really like to track one of these things down again because it was the best fake truck I've had. Friend is having a cook out tomorrow, he already has some stuff in the big green egg smoking for tomorrow night. I'm supplying brats from the butcher near my parents house in WI. Girl I matched with on Tinder then chatted for a while but never met just RSVP'd. I know better than to mention it to her but that should be fun. drat mowers are expensive. I'm tempted to just have the neighbor kid cut it again this year. Interstellar just popped up for $5 to rent on Amazon streaming. Worth it?
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Apr 3, 2015 17:44
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I decided to watch Big Hero 6, The Everything Theory, Imitation Game, and a bunch of Japanese food TV shows versus watching Interstellar on the plane.
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Apr 3, 2015 18:12
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NitroSpazzz posted:Interstellar just popped up for $5 to rent on Amazon streaming. Worth it?
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Apr 3, 2015 18:16
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Phone posted:I decided to watch Big Hero 6, The Everything Theory, Imitation Game, and a bunch of Japanese food TV shows versus watching Interstellar on the plane. Big Hero 6 was excellent, although the ending kinda, meh. I want to see Interstellar so bad.
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Apr 3, 2015 18:20
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CommieGIR posted:I want to see Interstellar so bad. 5th dimensional bookcase!
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Apr 3, 2015 18:27
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I genuinely loved Interstellar. Like, really, really enjoyed it. I'm also all about space exploration, colonizing unknown worlds, that sort of thing. So... YMMV?
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Apr 3, 2015 18:30
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I purposely avoided Interstellar since it looks so dumb and iirc, AV club wasn't particularly nice to it.
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Apr 3, 2015 18:31
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It's a good movie. AV Club is full of loving goons. When was the last time a goon had a good opinion? 
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Apr 3, 2015 18:37
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I liked it. Wish I'd seen it in a theatre though.
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Apr 3, 2015 18:43
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Phone posted:I decided to watch Big Hero 6, The Everything Theory, Imitation Game, and a bunch of Japanese food TV shows versus watching Interstellar on the plane. InitialDave posted:It's a beautifully shot film that isn't even close to being as good or smart as it thinks it is. I found new episodes of Top Gear (Season 21) on netflix, that takes priority over everything else. I'll wait for the sister in law or her dad to buy it on whatever service they buy every loving movie on. drat that Alfa 4C is a cool little car, still waiting on the local Alfa shop to get one in for me to test drive. I won't buy one new but the salesman offered a test drive in one if I take him out in the M5. Should be interesting to see how the 4C compares on reliability over the next 5 or so years. 
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Apr 3, 2015 18:50
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Still haven't seen it but I was told to think of it like F&F in space- just don't take it seriously or expect the science to hold water and it's pretty entertaining.
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Apr 3, 2015 19:06
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NitroSpazzz posted:I found new episodes of Top Gear (Season 21) on netflix, that takes priority over everything else. I'll wait for the sister in law or her dad to buy it on whatever service they buy every loving movie on. drat that Alfa 4C is a cool little car, still waiting on the local Alfa shop to get one in for me to test drive. I won't buy one new but the salesman offered a test drive in one if I take him out in the M5. Top Gear sucks and any season past like 13 is garbage. Watch Roadkill instead.
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Phone posted:Top Gear sucks and any season past like 13 is garbage. Watch Roadkill instead. USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST
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