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

Just been for my appointment with a spinal consultant - got some fun reading to do! 😬 #Surgery #HerniatedDisc #SpinalHealth

So I've been back to work for two days now. I mostly #WFH, so at least I could come back sooner since I'm still not cleared for driving. My periodic onsite work is covered by my awesome coworkers until I get cleared.

By the end of the day today, I started feeling a lump in my throat. I don't feel ill, and I'm not having any issues with breathing or swallowing. I've had it on and off since the #surgery about a week ago, but it's more noticeable now. My wife checked online and pretty much confirmed that a #neckfusion / #cervicalfusion can cause this feeling for up to 6 months.

Does anyone else have experience with this? It's not surprising since a 2-inch incision was made on the front-left side of my neck, and various parts within were shifted to get to the #herniateddisc on the right side of my neck. I assume it's something I just need to ride out, but any advice, if possible, is appreciated. #medical #medicalquestion #medicalhelp

So, since I think I've finally had it with all the #streamingservices BS, I made a #Plex server on my #Ubuntu partition that already hosts a #pihole server. I used to run Plex off of the #Windows8 partition years ago on the same desktop and wanted to get our old media files off of it to the new one on the Ubuntu partition.

Setting up the Plex server on Ubuntu was very easy and fast since I already have #SSH setup to remote to my Ubuntu system since the host is shoved into a corner and I only access it remotely from the same home network. Trying to get #RDP going from my #Windows10 laptop wouldn't work for some reason, even though RDP was enabled on the Windows 8 system.

So I gave up and just pulled out the computer and worked on it locally. I tried several methods to find the files. Again, the Plex server on Windows 8 was several years past its last use, so I couldn't remember where I kept the files, what type they were, or even what the proper name for them should be.

@polarisu helped me remember the files mostly were .mp4s, but even that last search was fruitless. Nothing under the default or any of the subfolders for Plex either. I finally asked,

"Did we delete these files?"

"Yeah, I think we did. It should be on my external drive. I put it in a bin in the basement, though."

"Oh."

I just had #neckfusion #surgery about a week ago for a #herniateddisc on my C5-C6 and can't lift anything over 5 lbs yet.

So yeah, that's going to have to wait.

#sysadmin #sysadminlife #sysadminproblems #PlexMediaServer #linux

#Surgery went well. It hurts to swallow since they made an incision on the left side of my neck to reach the #herniateddisc on the right side of my #c5 and moved a lot of internal parts to get at it. Otherwise, I'm feeling good!

#Surgery went well. It hurts to swallow since they made an incision on the left side of my neck to reach the #herniateddisc on the right side of my #c5 and moved a lot of internal parts to get at it. Otherwise, I'm feeling good!

Time for another surgery. Yah. #surgery #neckfusion #herniateddisc

So I didn't die. I'm relaxing at home now. Aside from that-

The good news:

#Biopsy went well. I don't feel much pain, aside from a sore throat from the breathing tube and a sore sinus on the right side from the #endoscopy and biopsy. The #anesthesia wore off pretty quickly. No nausea and I still have my usual overactive appetite lol.

The bad news:

Results of the biopsy could take up to two weeks. I'm not really concerned since the doctor wasn't worried since I show no symptoms of something serious. My wife is really stressed and worried about it so I'm just worried about her. :-(

Also, the #adenoidectomy was canceled since they were concerned about the #herniateddisc in my neck. So I have to deal with not sleeping so great for awhile longer as well as snoring and keeping my wife awake. :-( I have a neck #fusion scheduled for next month so the adenoidectomy will have to wait for when I recover from that.

My wife is now babying me with some delicious #Filipino soup. I don't like to be dotted on but with her excellent food I won't say no to that part. 😋 I'm going to just relax and maybe play some #Hitman2 and #TMNT #ShreddersRevenge today. 😀

Been good to get back on the old push iron after an enforced lay off. #MTB #Cycling #HerniatedDisc

Herniation of the discs.The protuberance of disc due to the nucleus pulposes of the disc bulging through the fibrous outer ring.The nucleus pulposes is displaced presses on the nerve root of the spinal cord.90% of cases #Sciatica is caused by a herniated disc.Degeneration of the lumbar intervertebral disc is a common cause of herniated discs.#herniateddisc can be palpated&acupuncture either combined with a TENS machine(electro #acupuncture)or moxa on the needle are effective forms of treatment.

Stand Up Kornheiser- /
A herniated disc or- /
next stop The Improv! /
#haiku #tonykornheiser #tklittles #herniateddisc