What has made you Happy today??

[Plasnart]

Believe it or not, this was taken in city traffic. One of those occasions when you realize that concrete walls, black asphalt , and amidst thousands of people is not where your mind wants to be.

Let's see who can translate the windshield sticker...

Does it say something like this Braz?

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Thanks mate!

[mudski]

So I’ve had to take a few days off from work due to back issues. Not being able to do much I registered myself to give blood for the first time. So I done that today and have booked in for next month to do a plasma transfer.

It’s one of those things I kept on saying I’ll do but never did. Now I have.


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[PeeBee]

So I’ve had to take a few days off from work due to back issues. Not being able to do much I registered myself to give blood for the first time. So I done that today and have booked in for next month to do a plasma transfer.

It’s one of those things I kept on saying I’ll do but never did. Now I have.


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Good for you Mark, I am a regular, have been for many years ( just hit 65 donations). I have found out though that I need to swap arms for the donation as I typically go the left arm because right handed and I can then ignore the instructions about doing any heavy work with the affected arm! Anyway, was working on the truck and grunting away on the end of a spanner with arm at full extension and right where the typical needle sites are, bloody hell did it hurt. So the hard earned advice I can give you is to swap the donor arm for each subsequent donation.

[BigRAWesty]

So I’ve had to take a few days off from work due to back issues. Not being able to do much I registered myself to give blood for the first time. So I done that today and have booked in for next month to do a plasma transfer.

It’s one of those things I kept on saying I’ll do but never did. Now I have.


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Fk yea nice one.
I'm up to 10 donations now. I can't give plasma but an O- so it's in high demand.
Wait untill you get the follow up msg of where it's helped.. its a great feeling

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[mudski]

Fk yea nice one.
I'm up to 10 donations now. I can't give plasma but an O- so it's in high demand.
Wait untill you get the follow up msg of where it's helped.. its a great feeling

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I don’t even know my blood type. Never bothered to ask before. I guess they’ll tell me on my next visit. My reason for giving plasma is at the clinic they had a board up with what’s in the most need. For blood there was only one blood type listed. For plasma, every blood type.

It was a good feeling to be honest walking out of there today, I should have been doing this 30 years ago… better late than never I guess.


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[mihit]

So I’ve had to take a few days off from work due to back issues.

A couple things I've found (sciatica, motorbike and snowboard crashes, general youthful exuberance) I've done everything from chiropractic to chinese/thai/sports/physio massage to accupuncture

Best value for money, these: https://fireactiv.com/ compression/heat belts.
Inversion table and daily tai-chi/stretches.

I also switched from a sprung mattress to a foam one, and some people do better sleeping in a chair.

Mostly just have to find what aggravates it and cut that out. Driving, and carting sheet materials (plywood, plasterboard etc) are bad for me.
Absolute pain in the ass, and quite debilitating so I hope you find something that helps!

[mudski]

A couple things I've found (sciatica, motorbike and snowboard crashes, general youthful exuberance) I've done everything from chiropractic to chinese/thai/sports/physio massage to accupuncture

Best value for money, these: https://fireactiv.com/ compression/heat belts.
Inversion table and daily tai-chi/stretches.

I also switched from a sprung mattress to a foam one, and some people do better sleeping in a chair.

Mostly just have to find what aggravates it and cut that out. Driving, and carting sheet materials (plywood, plasterboard etc) are bad for me.
Absolute pain in the ass, and quite debilitating so I hope you find something that helps!

Unfortunately my back issues will never go away, I cannot remember the last time I had zero pain in my back, the level of pain just varies from day to day, and sometimes it just gets too much and I’m forced to take heavy meds to calm things down. I was born with spinal bifida, only in two vertebrae thankfully, so this and a few crushed disc’s ain’t fun sometimes.

All good though, just annoying more than anything as while I sit here and type I know I have a heap of things that need to be done around the house and I can’t because of the issues.
I have an inversion table, doesn’t help me much though.
Exercise is the key, I know I need to get back into that as this helps the most more than the drugs.


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[rusty_nail]

Unfortunately my back issues will never go away, I cannot remember the last time I had zero pain in my back, the level of pain just varies from day to day, and sometimes it just gets too much and I’m forced to take heavy meds to calm things down. I was born with spinal bifida, only in two vertebrae thankfully, so this and a few crushed disc’s ain’t fun sometimes.

All good though, just annoying more than anything as while I sit here and type I know I have a heap of things that need to be done around the house and I can’t because of the issues.
I have an inversion table, doesn’t help me much though.
Exercise is the key, I know I need to get back into that as this helps the most more than the drugs.


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Have you ever tried a float chamber?

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[BrazilianY60]

I also switched from a sprung mattress to a foam one

This made huge difference for me. One would think that the more comfortable sprung mattress would be better but it happens the other way around, as it is soft and your back muscles have to compensate for stabilizing your spine, so you wake up with your back muscles "tired from "working all night". A heavy density foam one don't allow much movement so once you get comfortable you back muscles can let go and rest.

[BrazilianY60]

Exercise is the key, I know I need to get back into that as this helps the most more than the drugs.

I have an acute scoliosis and I can vouch for the exercise comment. I am doing specific exercises to build up spine supporting muscles over the last 3 years and it makes a hell lot of difference. Being this a condition I have since my teenage years and having attempted every sort of treatment and/or reconditioning I can tell you the very best I have had to date is swimming. You build up chest and lumbar muscles with relative easy while not risking any impact to your spine, as underwater impacts are dampened. I only have changed swimming for gym guided exercises due to not having access to a gym with a pool where I am now.