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[badgerbrocktree]

Hey folks,

So I've heard that during the distraction phase your mental capacity goes down a bit. As in, throw any ideas of doing quality work or learning languages out the window.

So what about reading books? Or are you really reduced to movies, meditation, video games, and staring at the ceiling?

Thanks!

[AllinStryde]

I brought a guitar down to Paley Institute...because I was going to "teach myself guitar" while going through distraction phase.  I'll give you one guess how many times I picked up that guitar.  If you guessed none, you'd be correct.  All things you mentioned above would be reasonable though. 

[badgerbrocktree]

So you were still able to read books okay?

And yeah rip on the guitar. To be fair, I think buying a guitar just to never use it is very much a milestone every man has to go through. I did that a couple years ago ahahaha.

[AllinStryde]

Yes...reading was ok to do.  I watched a lot of television.  And spent quite a bit of time stretching, in addition to PT.  And I finally did learn to play it and glad I did.  But CLL is a full time job.

[badgerbrocktree]

Also-- you were at Paley's too. Does this mean you were just going solo in an airbnb? if so, sounds like torture.

[Activatedxx]

Yeah this is definitely true. I did an online class towards my masters (stem class) and it was harder to focus and concentrate. Not because of the fixators, but mentally I don’t feel completely there. It could be from taking nsaids and Tylenol every day, but overall this lack of movement and taking medicines daily makes you lazy and brain foggy. Although now that I’m done with that class, I’m more bored. It kept be busy. You get tired of binge watching after the first week. I don’t know what to do for entertainment at this point

[badgerbrocktree]

Which nsaids are you talking? I remember getting some weird "pre-ulcer" stomach feeling going on when I was using those, so I'm hoping I can circumvent nsaid use during this procedure.

[Activatedxx]

Celebrex and Tylenol, and small doses of opioids at night to sleep

[GrowGrow123]

I worked remotely during the entire process. However, I was sleeping very little most nights. Like 4-5 hours. I was tired throughout the day and definitely not at 100% cognitively. But, still, you're also not completely useless and can probably still work at 80%.