u/More_Passenger3988

Desperately looking for a chair I can sit in.

I know not everything works for everyone, but I'd really appreciate if you found anything that works for you to sit in for at least an hour at a time.

Would love it if you could include the following:

1. Which disc/s are problematic for you.

2. Your age and how long it's been since your injury

3. The type of chair that has worked for you. (optional: if you can, include a pic or link to the item)

4. How long you can sit in that chair so far before pain sets in.

This would really be helpful!

Or do they leave the tear open that way after removing the part hitting the nerves? If you're getting an endoscopic microdiscectomy then not sure if they're able to sew that up.

MRI report says L5-S1 subarticular herniation on the left, but all my symptoms of sciatica (as well as localized lower back pain) is on my right.

When I went into the ER with my MRI after a big flare up, the doctor looked confused by that. But they didn't actually look at my MRI only at the report.

Thanks to waiting times it'll be over 2 months before I get to see a doctor about this again. Currently can't walk without a limp and can't stand. Injury occurred about 2 months ago.

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Months into an L5-S1 herniation and this actually gave me a nice chuckle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u22oojr2PI0

I got mine while sitting too.

I keep being told to put a client into calendly. But I don't find the program very intuitive at all. How can I put this client into 11:15 am on Friday?

There are video tutorials on Calendly but I feel like I have to go through a ton to be told how to do everything else except this.

I'm want to have realistic expectations of when/if I'll ever be able to work a desk job again. I generally work office desk jobs and historically did not have the kind of bosses that would think kindly of anyone getting up for a walk every 30 minutes.

I'm currently at about 6 weeks into this and still can't walk without a limp or sit for more than a few minutes. Toes are always tingling even when I'm laying down.

EDIT: If you could include your age when the injury occurred that would be appreciated.

I was laid off at work.

The SAME WEEK my unemployment benefits ran out, i herniated my L5-S1.

I don't know how bad the herniation is as the radiology report didn't go into detail. It's not entirely a coincidence that it happened that week. I remember I was freaking out because I still hadn't found a job when the benefits ran out so I forced myself to sit through pain I normally wouldn't in order to make myself apply like a maniac to many different companies. Then suddenly it happened- after hours of sitting in discomfort I felt a pop in my back. My desperation to get out of poverty by applying like a maniac has now guaranteed me more poverty.

I desperately need a FT job and yet I can't sit at a desk or stand for long periods of time anymore. I wouldn't wish this situation on my worst enemy.

Right now all I have is little 10 hour a week job that doesn't pay well and I can't even do that to the best of my ability because I can't sit or stand long enough at a computer desk. How long before I can work full time again? I generally work desk jobs that require sitting all day. I'm in my mid 40's.

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Let me know what you think.

It's definitely not a problem with the network and with the pc because it's the only one where internet doesn't work.

I've tried the troubleshooter.

I've tried unplugging and plugging back the spectrum units.

I've tried going into device manager (which says nothing is wrong) and disabling all the network stuff and enabling it again.

I've tried updating the network items in the device manager.

I've tried restarting the computer MANY times.

I've tried clicking "forget" the network and putting in the password again Despite all this the result is the same.

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Apparently there's a rising number of never married 40+ people without parents/family.

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L5-S1 disc herniation

Still limping after 5 weeks after injury but pain is better than before. Report says herniation at l5-S1. Zoomed in pic below.

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Any resources would be appreciated.

Many times in my life I was dissatisfied with what I had because it was less than others around me had. But I always assumed things would get better for me. Generally this did not happen. Generally things only got worse. And I would think to myself- I shouldn't have wasted so much time wanted better when things were already better back then than they are for me now.

I try to give myself hope for the future so that I can have a purpose, BUT hoping for a better future that is unlikely to happen has it's downsides. How does one stay present without presently realizing they are alone and have no support system and are unlikely to leave their bad living environment?

Scott: "Jeff Bezos was born to a 17 year old single mother and became a billionaire. That is incredible and he earned everything he has." I keep thinking Scott is going to correct this nonsense but he's now said it at least 3X. So lets get our facts straight.

1- He was born to a MARRIED mother. He was just conceived when she was unmarried.

2- His mother soon divorced when bezos was a little over 1.5 yrs and while Jeff was still an infant started dating a very well off Cuban refugee who eventually married his mom and became his official dad (he adopted him). His new dad had escaped Cuba just like most of the wealthier Cubans did when Fidel Castro took over.

3- Jeff lived a life most of us would've loved to have had with two parents raising him almost since infancy. Not the single mom Scott seems keen on having his viewers believe.

4- When he wanted to start Amazon he did it by asking his rich daddy for almost a half a quarter of million dollars (that's in 1990's money, folks!) which dad granted him. Hence Amazon was born.

I am willing to grant the notion that Bezos earned his wealth. Yes- But why are we supposed to pretend that Bezos is some rags to riches story or that he grew up struggling in the least? Or that he was born to a "single mother" for that matter? His mom was married when he was born. Then after her divorce when Jeff was one and half she was single for like 24 months. lol

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Edit: Since some folks are not reading the almost part of the "almost half a million" -note that he was not given 500k by his dad. It was closer to 300k in 1995 which to me is "almost half a million", but admittedly I probably should've dropped the "almost" and just said "quarter of a million dollars in 1990's money" Either way my point about Scott touting these false "facts" stands.

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Chart attached here. My Rahu Dasha starts in 2030

I didn't expect to have so many white rather than gray hairs at my age. I thought that happened when you were elderly.

How common is this?

Something went snap in my back over the weekend and I've been unable to sit for more than 5 min since... I'm also in pain when I walk or stand.

Was laid off from work months ago so I'm on Medicaid. Unemployment is about to run out so just my luck that I hurt myself. I'm absolutely terrified I won't be able to sit for long periods to do any work. Have no family left and am on my own.

Called the primary care doctor I was assigned to by my plan this morning to try to set up an appointment. Was told he could see me tomorrow and I was so glad! Until I told them they were the primary care doctor on my medicaid. That's when they said Oh... sorry... earliest appointment was going to be in 2027. What????

Obviously that won't do. I'm in pain and can't work until this is resolved. I think I need a scan of my back or something. What do I do? Am I allowed to just look for any doctor and ask them if they take my insurance even though it's not my primary doctor?

please help.

When I view today's schedule I have to scroll down to see what's going on in the evening. Is there a way to see the full day with times at a glance?

I don't mean an agenda because agendas don't show the blank time slots in between.