u/Francl27

>!I'm confused about the secret around Jason's soul realm. He makes a big deal about him not wanting anyone to know its true nature, yet suddenly he goes on the underground expedition and 1) decides to send people there, 2) talks openly about using it for faster travel for gold ranks.!<

>!Can someone explain to me the logic here? Or did I, again, completely missed a reason about why it's suddenly not a secret anymore?!<

I went last week and they didn't even have a spot for it anymore :(

It's amazing with cereal, does it work as well in cakes, pancakes etc?

History of lower back pain starting in my early 20s. It went away when I stopped being active.

Fast forward 20 years, I started having pain in the morning when I started my grocery store job. One day it got way worse and I couldn't move without crying. Went to ortho walk-in, found out pars defect and spondy at L5.

Did PT, got MRI, found nerve involvement, got a L5-S1 fusion.

Morning pain went away, but I still had pain standing up (or sitting in bad chairs) and rolling around in bed. Did more PT (expensive, specialized, does not take insurance PT). Did nothing. Went back to doctor, asked them to check my SI joints, got MRI - showed sacroiliitis on both sides, but worse on the left. Got two SI joint injections - didn't help. Got sent to pain management because they couldn't help me as the shots didn't help (apparently they only diagnose you if they help, isn't it great).

Pain management pushed spinal cord stimulator. I did the test. It did nothing for my pain, but at least it helped the SI joint pain so I got the stimulator. Doctor ended up pretty much irresponsive at this point, just asked to reprogram my stimulator and check my nodes and never got back to me after I went back and gave him the xray. He said he couldn't read it (???), and he'd call me back. He never called back, I got no reply to my messages. Lovely.

Went back to surgeon one year later, got ordered more MRIs, I had two dissections and two bulges. Got told they don't account for my pain and there's nothing they can do and sent me to a neurosurgeon. Neurosurgeon gave me a bone scan, showed arthritis everywhere, especially in my SI joints (shocking). He said he doesn't do SI joint fusions and he sent me to pain management (another one).

Pain management did more SI joint injections, shockingly, it didn't work. So they did back injections. Didn't work. Then a nerve block. Didn't work. They called me to ask if it worked and I said no and got told that they would call me back to see what to do next. They never did.

I'm SO tired. Now I have pain in my lower back on the left again. I can't find a job because I can't stand up for long. I don't qualify for disability because I was a SAHM for years and only worked 3 months before my back gave up on me. I can't even cook without pain.

What the heck can they do next?

Yoshi-P: "Just wait. It's a secret."

I don't know why I was expecting different results but...

I used to be on the 5mg pill, and had swollen ankles and difficulty taking deep breaths. I went to the ER, a cardiologist, and a pulmonologist, they found nothing wrong with me, but I decided to stop (especially after everyone here telling me that I shouldn't be on the pill anyway after getting a blood clot after knee surgery 2 years ago).

I started being hot all the time again and having more anxiety again and figured I could try the patch... It's been 3 weeks now and the side effects have been back. The breathing part is the worst for me (I have asthma too).

I contacted my GYN but I don't want to keep going on like this, so I will probably just stop the patch (once I figure out how to do it slowly, I'm guessing if I just leave it on for a week it will just taper off? it's the bi-weekly one, which I'm going to run out of soon anyway because it's out of stock).

But I'm wondering - for people here who can't take estradiol, how do you not go crazy?

I'm running low on audiobooks and I need a few more while I finish a project (I usually read). I don't want to start another series, and I'm looking for something relatively short (12 hours or less).

Just not horror or historical fiction.

I already have the Andy Weir books.

Any recommendations?

Googled failed me. It seems that Apple apps get the option to change it in player configuration, but there's no option on the Android app.

Does anyone know if it's possible? It's annoying to have to log in my device just to go back 30 seconds.

Got some very ripe bananas to use... I have no nuts on hand so something without nuts if possible.

Thank you!

Posting about my child. He's 18.

He's had issues for a while now. He started having really bad migraines 5 years ago, MRI showed fluid in the brain. He was put on Topamax to reduce it and had a really bad reaction to it. We've tried several medications, and eventually had to turn to nerve blocks, so he's getting one every 4 months now.

18 months ago he woke up with bad back pain and started limping. Multiple visits to the ER, several MRIs, got diagnosed with Chiari malformation (which we were never told), found some fluid in the spine.

Got told that none of that can cause the pain and that it's Amplified Muscular Pain Syndrome. We've seen probably 5 pediatric neurologists at this point at and they've ALL said that. He got told to stay active and do PT. They refused to let him have home instructions because they wanted him to stay active. PT helped at first, then stopped. He had to get taken out of school because he couldn't stand the pain. Muscle relaxants help somewhat. But now he can't walk without a cane, and his back has been numb for weeks.

He's working on his GED but it's going slow and he has no motivation because he wants to be a nurse but might not be able to do that (especially without a disability diagnosis to go to school).

I'm angry and frustrated. They just gave him a script for more MRIs, so we'll see what they say, but seriously, am I going crazy here thinking it's because of Chiari and they should do more?

NJ.

I got a medical bill yesterday for a scan. Before the scan, I got a phone call (they left a message, I still have it) saying that it would be a certain amount.

I got a bill yesterday for 2.5 times that amount. I would not have agreed to do it for that amount.

I called the billing department, they said a phone call means nothing and I should have got a written estimate. I open every letter from them (it's a big group, I go to several doctors) and I never did. I've never got a written estimate from our insurance either.

What can I do?