Spinal stenosis, back, hip & leg issues: A good office chair?

@grandmar I’ve come to realize that most of us are not normal! It really seems as if most people do not fit the typical with symptoms. I guess that’s why doctors have “practices”.

I’m glad to hear though that things are generally going better. I hope the vascular doctor is reassuring.
JK

@contentandwell
You are very funny!
I don't know if it's that most of us are not normal or that most of us are just individuals.
We are all different from top to bottom.
Like any kind of learning, we learn what is true for the majority.
I cannot imagine what it must be like to then have to learn about all the individual differences.
Guess why docs get the big bucks.
My neurosurgeon says he gets one patient each year who has 'typical' symptoms but are not 'typical.'
I am this year's winner!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

So happy you are seeing a cardiologist. Wishing you the best.

Eye level is key. Even minor adjustments make major improvements. I am on my computer all day sometimes (for work). I put a foam wrist bar under my laptop to give it that little bit of height - and that little bit made a difference.

@grandmar I hope your heart is not involved. If it is what will the doctor do for that? Keep us informed. I am particularly interested because I always feel like I am around the corner from heart problems since both of my parents passed from them in their 60s, and everyone in my mother's family did also. So far, my heart seems to be OK.
JK

@contentandwell -- Thanks for the laugh JK! Medicine is a science, but a lot of it is based on luck and experience on the part of both the doctor and patient! Sometimes, we stay well, or regain our health, "in spite of" what the doctors got wrong! Just as an example, I was overdosed by an anesthesiologist (40 yrs ago), who gave me twice as much as he thought he was ... and 10 months ago, another anesthesiologist "accidentally" injected the right phrenic nerve and paralyzed my right diaphragm. I was to have surgery on my wrist ... I survived both experiences, luckily!
--Dee

Wow, Dee, are you sure you are not a cat with 9 lives?
You are right that some medicine is luck and certainly experience!
Can you imagine your surgeon, a woman, is standing over you with a knife and severe cramps and a bad attidtude?
Or the tech who was out partying and is bleery eyed and has to read the bottle of medication to be used?
I know the stories are endless and thank God you have lived to share them!

Stay well!!!!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

Hi JK
I also hope my heart is not involved. My dad also passed from heart disease.
The last thorough heart check-up I had was in 2016.
Things were perfect. I do, however, have a 'normal' rapid heartbeat and I become tachy when I am under anesthesia.
My PCP figured that out by giving me Metropolol for 1 week before surgery, to slow down my heart and I do just fine!
I don't know what is going to happen with anything at this point. The doc has not yet called to set up an appointment.

But hey, it is the weekend!
Rejoice!!!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)

@danielad Dee, yes it is a science but of course, they say a doctor "practices medicine" and has a "practice". I have no idea where that word came into use in regard to doctors but when you think about it, they can't possibly know everything. I think good doctors are learning new things all of the time, often from their patients' experiences. I fear doctors who think they are omniscient.

Your two experiences must have been frightening. Having twice the amount of anesthesia as you were supposed to get could have been a huge problem. I presume the paralysis of your diaphragm was temporary, thankfully.
JK

@contentandwell --
Hi JK, according to https://www.etymonline.com/word/practice:

"practice (v.)
c. 1400, "to do, act;" early 15c., "to follow or employ; to carry on a profession," especially medicine, from Old French pratiser, practiser "to practice," alteration of practiquer, from Medieval Latin practicare "to do, perform, practice," from Late Latin practicus "practical," from Greek praktikos "practical" (see practical).

From early 15c. as "to perform repeatedly to acquire skill, to learn by repeated performance;" mid-15c. as "to perform, to work at, exercise." Related: Practiced; practicing.

practice (n.)

early 15c., practise, "practical application," originally especially of medicine but also alchemy, education, etc.; from Old French pratiser, from Medieval Latin practicare (see practice (v.)). From early 15c. often assimilated in spelling to nouns in -ice. Also as practic, which survived in parallel into 1"

In other words, a Medical or Attorney "Practice" (as a noun) is a place (office) where Medical or Legal actions take place.
However, a lot of fun can be had, by using the verb "to Practice" ... Practice before you kill someone ... Practice to be a better lawyer ... Etc. etc... Stay well JK!
--Dee