The procedure was done early in the morning. The doctor told me upfront that caffeine reduces the following issues but that I’d be up on my feet after 1-3 days. And right after the procedure I felt alright. I was waiting outside, my spouse picked me up and I spent the rest of the day on the sofa. When I felt some headache coming up I just went to bed early.

The next morning was quite different though. When getting up the pain hit me so unprepared and hard, I nearly wasn’t fast enough to reach the bathroom before hugging the toilet for a while. Spouse went out to get me caffeine pills (“No need to get them right away, you likely wont need them” my doctor said) but they did nothing. Lying down was the only time I didn’t feel like my head is going to explode.
Walking bent over so my head was haning down turned out to be an acceptable way of moving. Eating was… challenging.
Within a few days, the physical stress and the caffeine pills made me sweat out all my Kalium so in addition to the pain my whole body started to shake unctonrollably. That’s when I asked my spouse to call an ambulance since I didn’t know at the time where the shaking was coming from. (And I live in a country where this whole ordeal only costs 75 €)

Because of the constant shaking the MRI wasn’t conclusive so the doctors decided to keep me in the hospital for a while and think about whether they want to give me a patch or not.
In the end they didn’t. Though they now knew I had a leak, they took so long to realize this, that it started to close on it’s own. I was then sent home. Took me another 3-4 weeks to be actually pain free.

A few things I learned:

• The intensity of the headache is related to your body type. Small, thin people are more likely to develop so called thunderclap headache (sounds a bit like your experience as well)
• If you need to combine pain medication and caffeine pills, ask your doctor about something for excess stomach acid
• If you start to get the sweats take care of your electrolytes
• If you feel lik the pain is not getting better demand a patch until they give you one. I felt so much like they really, really didn’t want to do a patch. But no amount of discomfort can make me go willingly through this amount of pain again.
• And the most important one: if there is even the possibility of you having ME / CFS don’t do it, unless it’s absolutely necessary and there’s no other way. In my case, we just could have waited a few months longer. I would have loved to know this upfront.

The pain in my head after I received a spinal tap. Getting up in the morning came with pain that made me puke. Had to be hospitalized for a few days after a week at home.

Nearly died from a ruptured appendix over 20 years ago but the pain was way less than this headache. Never again!

Unexpected Good Charlotte reference? :D

As long as you don’t try to pass the content as your own it’s okay, at least in my book.

When crossposting you’re also not reuploading but forwarding/reusing the original link that allows everyone else to go back to the source. That’s enough.

In addition to the “I made this” community, you can also post your writing here !poetry@sh.itjust.works

There are a lot of communities out there with a few regular users who are looking forward to your contributions :)

In case you return to drawing, there’s also an art share community.

I really hope the people posting to !lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works enjoy what they’re doing o:

There could be more activity in the arts and crafts communities. I want all of you to pick up a nice creative hobby like knitting or stitching right fucking now! And then post all of it!

Fargo is IMHO one of the best if not the best TV series. Every season has its own story and therefore has an end and no cliffhangers until the next season.

Storywise it’s just that the Coen brothers have this great feeling for pain and suffering and the twisted humor that lies within. There are no real happy ends and everything comes at a price. But their characters are fighters, they don’t give up that easily.
I also love that the bad guys really get under my skin. They have their own logic and methods, they’re brutal and the worst of all: they feel real. Like Jon Hamm in the latest season, great (as in I’d never want to meet him) character, great cast!

Having friends of a different gender is totally fine. I’m a 36 year old woman and I’m with my spouse for about 7 years now. My best friend is a guy I know from uni. His gender wasn’t even a topic to begin with.

But

he still says that my best friend is just “waiting for his turn with me.”

Makes me icky. Does your boyfriend really think this is the only reason a guy (or anyone) could want your friendship?

Depends on what you want for your future I guess. If I was in your shoes and I knew I want something different for me in the future, I’d break up (maybe stay friends with benefits) and look for that future. Otherwise I’d be scared to miss out on that person.

Your are a grown up and obviously know that this won’t work out long term so stick with it as long as it makes you feel good and doesn’t prevent you from working towards your desired future.

I loved this one from the new seasons. Downward dumbass had me in tears.

For German you may also want to check out !linkemusik@feddit.org