Retail brand: Glamnetic Seaspell
Still tbd if they work for me given they’re so curved, but my god they’re pretty so I’m going to try out all of the tips people sent on my other post. Thank you!
Retail Brand: Glamnetic Seaspell
They’re so rounded that I struggled to get these on and I’m not confident they will stay long. Also had air bubbles when applying which has never happened for me.
I really disliked the glue it came with too, but perhaps that was just a product of my frustration at the time lol.
I’m sad because I love how these looks and was planning to use another Glamnetic set I already bought soon. Does anyone have advice?
Do not read ahead if you wish to avoid conversation around trying to conceive or loss.
Chemical pregnancy is a weird name for an early miscarriage. (I get it, I’m just in a bad mood).
I knew something was wrong last week and spent Friday in the ER confirming it wasn’t ectopic, and that I have indeed miscarried. I was about 6 weeks. Leaving the emotions of that aside, it triggered what feels like the worst fibro flare of my life. Allegedly the crash in hormones can do that. My flares are usually from stress which is clearly present too. Oh also we just moved so yet another thing. I’m in so much pain and so tired. I don’t have any more sick time but fortunately I work from home.
I’m angry at my body and tired and wish anyone in my personal life understood what it’s like to live in this body.
I’m almost 6 weeks along and my joints are already on fire (more than usual). Can’t take most of my normal meds and wondering if anyone has any advice.
If it helps, it’s mostly my upper cervical/neck area, low back, and knee. Thanks!
I’m panting a room in our new and currently empty house. Yay a house! Boo, all of my money is gone so I have to paint myself because a bright teal room will absolutely give me a migraine lol. Good problem to have in the grand scheme of things.
It’s about 45 minutes away from where we currently live and I’m just chuckling at myself as I put everything in the car beyond the paint and supplies.
- Two ice packs
- three packets of electrolytes
- one neck brace
- ipad to use as a timer to stop and rest every 20 minutes
- a zero gravity chair to “relax” every 20 minutes
- compression socks
- extenders for paint poles to avoid additional neck strain
- rescue meds
- high protein snacks
Meanwhile my military veteran husband could probably survive for a week in the wilderness and come out feeling amazing. Lmao. (He has to work today and is not good at painting- meanwhile I’m an artist with a flexible work schedule today, so it sadly does make sense that I volunteered to paint the room)
BUT proud of myself because these days, I am finally being much more preventative and accepting that these are things I need. Rather than being in denial, trying to push through, and then having a three day spell of migraines and worse than normal body pains and fatigue.
When I tilt my head back my neck makes an upside down u, and I can basically lay my entire head along my back. It’s… not good lol. The instability causes migraines, occipital neuralgia, TMJ, and a lot of general cervicogenic tension.
I’ve been doing PT with a hypermobility specialist clinic and getting no where. Honestly my migraines have increased a bit since I started.
Has anyone significant reduced or even moderately reduced issues from similar instability in the cervical spine and head? I’m looking for non pharmacological interventions right now as I’m TTC, but open to hearing about other things that worked for after this phase in my life.
I’m desperate. Even if you tell me that I need to work on my posture more, I’m open to hearing that. I’m pretty good about posture but of course it’s hard for us when we’re always seeking stability.
I find myself constantly working from the dining room table in the hard dining chair instead of my (far too expensive) desk chair (Leap V2 from Steelcase). I'm starting to think I need the firmness, because the flexibility and cushioning on my desk chair are actually working against joint instability.
In this case, I find myself seeking out "stabilizing" positions (that really just make me look like Gollum) in my desk chair. Meanwhile, I'm not sitting perfectly in a dining room chair, but it's certainly much better.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Edit: Normally, I spend ~3 hours a day in my office chair, and the rest reclining on the couch or supported by a million pillows lying down in bed. Varies depending on how sore my hips are. I find the ~3 hours a day when spent in the dining chair are filled with much less body adjusting. I can sit there (often cross-legged) a lot longer. Sooometimes I achieve the pinnacle of feet flat on the ground too, but that's an extra rate feat lmao.