u/frostychocolatemint

I’m 11 months out post cortisone shot. The shot took the pain off for about 3-4 months and what came back was soreness weakness sometimes numbness. The pain still comes and go but at least no more zingers nor shooting pain. I have continued to exercise with caution throughout thawing stage. Mostly lower body strength workouts and running. My ROM is 90% back but internal rotation and shoulder stability is shit. I can’t do planks, pushups, no bench press. I can push upwards and do thrusters and rows. That pretty much takes care of the upper back. I can’t figure out for the life of me how to do chest and core workouts. Are there any machine workouts that can isolate those things?

My stylist of 12 years lives in another state. My hair is thick, course and full - I can’t do waves, traditional layers, ombré. I’m not looking for color, or more volume. I need a stylist who can make natural layer using a razor cut. Does anyone know of a stylist they recommend

I just learned that JNMIL has been gossiping to my SIL. I don’t usually get involved or care what she says or thinks about me. But this gossip is her making up stories and narrative that is completely untrue about my family and it involves mine and DH’s finances. SIL is neutral in all of this. Plus JNMIL is the kind of person who will also then call DH and rant about BIL and SIL behind their backs. We all know this.

MIL looks down at other people she thinks are “lower class “ she even thinks lowly of her own husbands family because of where they grew up. Naturally I sensed she thinks lowly of me and my family coming from an Asian country. She thinks I send money to my family and she thinks I pay for my mom’s flights and trips to visit us. What she doesn’t know is that my mom is financially well off but because of her background she is very frugal and doesn’t care about appearances. She has a healthy pension, and she likes to travel (on her own dime) and she is also exceptionally generous. Her assets are in a living trust for me and my siblings and in her lifetime she has also shared a portion of whatever she inherited with us.

She has never asked for money with exception when she wants to do house repairs - which she has money for but I think she sometimes wants us to be involved and have a stake in our family home. I too am generally generous with my family and I sometimes will upgrade my mom’s iPhone or contribute to my niece and nephews college fund. DH and I have separate finances and we make about equal. We share common house, insurance, living and vacation expenses. When my mom visited us, she flew business class on her own dime ( and points!). But even if she hadn’t it’s none of MIL’s business!! It’s my money!

My parents divorced when I was young and my dad is the financially irresponsible one and now he’s old, broke and dying from cancer. I send him money for groceries and medication. I don’t think MIL knows. It’s none of her business. She shouldn’t be gossiping or making up stories to other people just to make herself superior and make me look bad. I’m pissed off because I know the truth is the opposite. Also I suspect that she will use this one day to ask us for money when they run out and she will feel entitled to our help. When that time comes I want to help them but they’re just so irresponsible with shopping addiction, leasing new cars, living beyond their means. DH and I work so hard, live substantially below our means , we thrift furniture and have paid off our one car. MIL would sometimes make snarky judgemrntal comments about where we live and how we live. I DO NOT CARE- and yet it bothers me so much. Not looking for advice necessarily just needed to get this off my chest.

I have years of cumulative injury on one knee from sports that “healed” when I was younger but started surfacing as minor irritations as I’m getting older. I started wondering if the frozen shoulder is a result of years and years of carrying heavy purses, lugging totes and hauling bags. Why does this happen to more women than men? Why do some people get it on both shoulders while others don’t