That awkward moment when you're trying to gradually return to work because your #chronicpain is slowly improving & your doctor says "There is no way I am sending you back to work now. Take four more weeks of medical leave and then we'll reassess."

Then that awkward internalized moment of simultaneous relief & guilt that the #capitalist ethic imposes even while your hand use is so limited.

#cervicalstenosis #foraminalstenosis #stenosis #degenerativediscdisease #herniateddisc #pinchednerve

Diagnosed with #degenerativediscdisease and #osteoarthritis, with severe bilaterl #cervical #foraminalstenosis at C5-C6, and moderate to severe at C6-C7, with milder stenosis at C2-C3, C3-C4, and C7-T1. Doc says I can likely control it without negative impact, but groups and online reading seem to imply expected deterioration.

46 years old and welcoming good and bad experiences in comments, and how often you keep up physio.

Dealing with #pinchednerve and a diagnosis of #foraminalstenosis while already suffering from #chronic #neuralgia and now being #renovicted is difficult and expensive on so many levels.