Thank you for all of your help and information. I have been just wishing for someone who has been through it to tell me that it is helpful. Thanks for explaining the procedure too. I think with a bit of valium or something, I can get by. I will definitely keep you up to date. The appointment on Friday is just a…

Well I have been in the past. I don’t think I would have enjoyed this year. And I didn’t like Paul last year, so probably wouldn’t have enjoyed watching him do racist shit this year. Allegedly.

Glad I skipped it. I watched two seasons of Insecure. That was awesome!

Ok, I’m glad I didn’t watch. I didn’t get more than 20 minutes into the first episode before I noped the hell out of there. That sounds awful. Shame on CBS for even airing that shit.

It was singing The Joker at karaoke for me. I’m not sure which is worse.

I usually look forward to watching Big Brother (I have no life) but I watched the first episode this year where they go around to the home towns and show the people getting their keys and stuff, letting them know they’re on the show and I knew it was going to be a total dumpster fire. I decided not to watch this year.…

I’ll just tell you my little story quickly, when I was 20 and just had my daughter (single mom) I ended up with a clot in my leg from my ankle to my iliac and multiple PE’s. Over the years (I’m 48 now) I’ve had 18 DVTs in my legs, one in my arm, one in my vena cava, and a TIA. I met my birth mother when I was 26 and…

Dismiss your troll. It’s ugly.

I can imagine living in New York would break anyone’s bank. Just having her come for those two hours a week helps me so much, it allows me to do other things like help with dinner or play with my grandson. My house is clean for a day. I take what I can get. :)

Oh good I’m glad you have people to help you. I get it. I just don’t know what else to do. Sit in my recliner with my heating pad. If I have to walk more than 10 or 15 minutes I’m in my wheelchair. I should mention I have several clotting diseases that have fucked up my legs really bad. I couldn’t walk very far before…

I pay someone $15 an hour to clean my house once a week for two hours. Vacuum, mop, clean the bathrooms, kitchen, dust. Sometimes she stays and we clean the fridge or the pantry or do the windows. I should mention that I’m disabled and not able to do a lot of these things myself. It’s the best money I spend all month.

Wow! You are so knowledgeable about this stuff. I am pretty new to all this and my doctors so far have sucked. I don’t get too much pain down my legs. Once in awhile, a little sciatica. I have groin pain. But I don’t know if that is from my May-Thurner disease. It’s mostly just lower back and hips. Honestly, my…

Damn. I’m so sorry. That sounds terrible. I’m glad you’re going to get to try the RFL again. Hopefully you’ll get better results this time. I wish I could drive you to your appointment, it’s not right that you had to drive yourself home. It’s highly unlikely that you moved to the Puget Sound though.

Oh wow, so if some anesthesia were offered I should take it? They should have given you a Valium just to be nice. I guess you wouldn’t have been able to drive then.

Oh no I am not deterred, I didn’t take it that way. :) My facet joints? Arthritis. No injury. I want to say arthropathy? That’s what I read on the MRI report. I have scoliosis too. Some disc shit. And also a little arthritis in the SI joints. They call it sacroilitis. What is RSD?

Hi, I’m a fellow sufferer. I have an appointment on Friday to talk about RFA on my facet joints. Did it help you at all? Tell me everything please. I’ve done cortisone injections, but I didn’t get much relief and so I didn’t feel it was worth it. Have you found anything that helps?

Hi Poodle. I have an appointment on Friday to talk about RFA on my facet joints. I’ve done cortisone shots in my SI joints when they thought it was that, now they think it’s the facet joints. So, how bad is it? 1-10. Should I ask for anesthesia? Did it help you? I don’t think there’s anything left for me to try at…

You made me chortle. Thanks.

It is? I have been out of the job market for a loooong time. What a weird question to ask a potential employee.

Night Vale forever.