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And I'd do it again 🧡

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Mean Girls. The Notebook. Every reference in Not Another Teen Movie (except Bring It On).

At uni, I completely missed Community and Breaking Bad. And as a dancer, Drag Race.

Everyone spoke about the above so often, there wasn't really much point to watch them 😄

#LateNightWrite

I would not be where I am as a writer without @eveyjacob.bsky.social and @laidiggity.bsky.social. Full stop. They've helped me in different ways, but both have been there for me for a very long time. I would not have done anything that I have as well as I have without them.

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Getting there ☺️🫂

Apparently you get three slipped discs in your life. This time around I got two for one, so here's hoping this is my lot 🙌🏻

All signs point to the nerve healing, it's just not ready for more than what I've been doing. I feel a bit dumb for not thinking about it from the specialist's perspective before now, but 🤷🏻‍♀️ what can you do. Still a long road ahead but they're pretty hopeful for a full recovery.

One wants my body to learn that mobilisation isn't a stressor by stretching/moving it; the other wants it left alone because the assessment shows there's still radicular nerve pain overreacting to low-grade stimulus, and all mobs are doing is irritating it instead of letting it heal.

Next step: nerve recovery. The prognosis looks good, but the main reason I'm glad I went is because while my physio and the specialist agree that the pain is my nerve(s) in fight or flight mode overreacting to non-stressors, their approaches couldn't be more different.

I felt like an imposter going along since I've had an mri confirm what went wrong, but after an hour of going through the whole timeline and assessing me from head to toe, I came out of that appointment more confident about a full recovery than I have done this whole year. I'm so glad I went.

Referred for an nhs spinal specialist back in maybe April, took til this week to see them...only for them to work with the consultant we sprung for privately back in June 😄 Edin stays not beating the small world allegations.

Feeling seen 😌

21 ✨

I was hoping you'd say something about this, 10/10 did not disappoint.

Conclude amitriptyline ✨

A week into weaning off, and the withdrawal nausea is not it. I feel like I've been hit with a truck 🥴

Demon mode is whoever greenlit the government releasing warning v i d e o ads about the upcoming alert at f u l l v o l u m e 😵‍💫

They're so scrunkly 🥺

Being able to walk again is great and all, but after 5 years of feeding them, the farm cats tag-teaming me for attention this week is legit the best development all year and I won't hear otherwise 🥰

And 100% is me never fully remembering what I said, so it was all your idea in the first place 😌

Never 😌

Back on the rack again ✨ sending chill vibes to @anotherindiewriter.com who is going to be big and brave and not panic over the returned edits or else 🔪

I'm not dyslexic but my comprehension is borderline, and nothing activates and infuriates this two wolves situ like a Murdle. The half of my brain that lives for a sudoku vs the half that cannot problem solve for shit, en garde 🤺

They call me the Ramble Whisperer ✨

I've been immobile and sore for so long I'd just sort of resigned to being like this forever. Then I was looking at my fitbit earlier and realised... In January I woke up and couldn't stand. Today I walked an hour out of this week's (planned) 5 😶

I don't know, #gratitude or something.

I don't know what's happening to me. I'm cooking new things for the first time in months, I've overhauled the front garden (injured-ly), I clocked 4 hours of walking last week, then crocheted a shrug for some reason, and now I'm writing* again. Help, send help 🛟

*ok blogging, but still.

Most consensual of them all ✨

What do you know about consensual racks 😏

Got the go ahead, I'm getting the rack treatment ✨ (consensual)

Might have rendered them speechless with my scan, but I'm another step closer to treatment 🙌🏻