u/Hopeforthebest1986

How's things dudes. Just fancied some chatter, maybe get an opinion on these two pictures.

https://preview.redd.it/moq684ohyi1h1.jpg?width=899&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fac40a613faa80e7b3a5a2b311d69cf3a5ce37b

May 16th, a year ago today I had these 6 screws put in, T11 to L1, to prop up the collapsed T12. Backbones don't enjoy falling out of trees. Don't do it. The xray above is from the end of June I think.

Fast forward to today... and here's what they look like now. T12 looks collapsed again... screws have obviously slipped out of L1... looks like a stiff breeze would probably snap me in two at the moment! Ha ha.

So, anyone want to hazard a guess as to what the surgeon might recommend when I see him on Thursday? Take it up to 10 screws total?

Any opinions welcome.

https://preview.redd.it/vhcqpr8xyi1h1.jpg?width=899&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4e14a3c713c7594b8e779ddbab3f11b25b0339b

Hey dudes, how's things. Quick question non-related to compost, but this community is perfectly positioned to help.

I used to be able to urinate on my compost heap whenever I wanted (cold compost three bay pallet bins for me), but I had an accident and broke my spine, and now things are a lot more complicated. Oh well, life does that occasionally. I sometimes have to track fluid intake and output now.

Do me a favour? Just measure the volume produced for your next donation of liquid nitrogen to the pile and share it here? Metric or imperial, your choice. A fairly standard output would be about 500ml or a pint. That might be a bit lower if you aren't hydrated, or a good bit higher if you've had a skinful of beers. Feel free to share as much or as little supplementary info as you want, like age, health, gender, whatever. No big deal though.

Thanks for entertaining my strange request.

Hello everyone, how's things. Quick question for anyone who's had the metalwork in their spine come loose or break or fall out or something.

I was doing a bit of physio in the pool earlier today and noticed, for the first time, a sort of crackling or popping sensation from my spinal surgery site, when I had a hand over the area and moved in a certain way to flex the spine a bit. I can't say for sure if it is something brand new or if it's been there a while and I just haven't noticed it yet, but it is the sort of thing that I'd usually pick up on. I was just checking it at home again now: thumb on the screw head, flex the spine a little... sounds like a cement mixer working away, definite sensation of movement under my thumb... but tricky to describe, really.

Luckily, I have a scheduled appointment with my GP on Monday next week, my physiotherapist on Tuesday, my 1-year anniversary with my neurological consultant on Wednesday, and my 1-year with my spinal surgeon middle of next month, so I'm in a great position to share my concerns with the professionals and ask questions! But I wanted to ask for opinions here, maybe there's someone with experience of this.

This new sensation doesn't hurt, I have to say, so I'm not massively concerned at the moment, but obviously it's something I'd like to get to the bottom of. Does this sound like something you've experienced? The only other thing I'd think it could be is just scar tissue in healed muscles kind of grating over the screw heads and metal bar... which is something I experience, much less noticeable though, in my right shoulder: I have 3 screws there since 2014, it makes a bit of noise sometimes.

Any thoughts or opinions you have to share, I'd find them hugely valuable. Thanks, all.

Hello dudes. What challenge are you facing today?

I was just on the loo, gloved up, working away back there. Finish up, go to pull up my trousers... what's that on the floor?

Turns out the tip of my dick was resting between the edge of the bowl and the seat instead of dangling down into the bowl, and I've just pissed down the front of the loo, the back of my trousers and underwear, and all over the floor. All right, I guess I'll change and do some laundry today as well.

I thought some people might get a laugh out of it, same as me. Hope you are facing your challenges head on today guys.

Hello everyone, hope things are going well for you today.

Something small I want to complain about: although dropping things on the floor isn't quite as much of a Big F*cking Deal as it was in the weeks and months following my injury, it's still more of a hassle to pick them up than it was pre-injury. You just deal with it, it's fine.

But why do I seem to drop MORE stuff on the floor than I did pre-injury? I swear to god, before it used to be like one-in-a-hundred that whatever you went to grab or move or adjust would topple onto the floor. But now? It feels like a 50/50 chance that it's going down whenever you interact with something.

It's probably one of two things... either my hand/eye co-ordination or spacial awareness took a bit of a knock at the same time as my spine, or the faeries enjoy dicking around with more things than they used to just to mess with me.

Please share any of your own small complaints you've had recently. Cheers.