Crayon and crown are the same word for me. Kiddie and kitty as well. Crawdad is the correct term for those little lobster things, paper bag is a poke. An RC Cola is the appropriate pairing with a moon pie. All fizzy drinks in a can are a coke. ๐
As for neurodivergency/ADHD - maybe? It's not really a handicap so I don't really care to pursue it. My wife is totally ADHD, diagnosed. She is occasionally medicated for it.
I still have pain. Pain everyday. However, I'm lot less sedentary now. My girl and I have bought a play farm and my activity level has massively increased. I quit drinking, other than a recent fall off the wagon, back straight again. Drugs and painkillers don't fix shit, an occasional muscle relaxer is good when I spring my hernia bad.
I'm not pretty so I get by on tough and smart.
I still hurt, but if I'm moving and doing, it's a different kind of hurt. More liveable, if that makes sense. If I can stay doing and working with my hands I function better. I have learned that I can't fly a desk for a living. Need to work hard enough to not worry about the pain. I work hard enough, and I'm exhausted enough to sleep deeply.
I can outwork my fourteen year old son, and he's tough and strong. I've also developed old man strength. Proud of that.
Going to build my own small machine shop so I can keep working with my hands. I take frequent breaks. Hope to get back to wood carving again soon. Long winters in my new home and have the perfect spot for my wood lathe and carving setup.
This activity likely accelerates the need for another surgery for my abdominal hernia and a re-site of my ostomy. So be it.
My best healthy answer to my pain is to work harder.
I'm sorry you hurt. I understand hurting all the time. It fucken sucks. Maybe you can find things that help or a way to live that minimizes it. Feel free to message me anytime and bitch up a storm about the pain. I truly understand and will lend you my ear, advice only if you want it. Otherwise, unload it to me if you just want me to listen and understand.
Hell yeah. Yesterday, last night, pulled a 20 hour marathon cleaning out the old house and loading the truck with the last load.
Bought a '98 box truck as it was a lot cheaper than renting a Uhaul 5 times. We've had three or four breakdowns. I assumed we would be breaking down so I carry a bunch of tooling so I can fix it on the road.
Currently broke down in Kentucky again with a hole in the exhaust. Had to cut the cat out because it got clogged. My bean can and exhaust tape solution has mostly been working. I've got a bad gap that keeps blowing out. Super 8 is going to love it when I crank a generator in the parking lot and fab a patch out of a baking pan tomorrow. Ball peen hammer, sawzall, Dremel and dikes.
My arc welder is in Pennsylvania or this already would have been fixed.
Anyhow, I'm sore as hell, the good kind of exhausted and about to get some deep sleep.
I don't really plan on working out. I plan on just plain working all the time. Seems to work better for me. Cultivate that farmer muscle. Those guys live forever, but if they ever stop working, they die.
My UC is cured cause they took my whole colon out. No small intestine involvement. My immune system still hates me, I get inflammation, allergies, had iritis a few times. I drink Reishi tea and it seems to help. Can't take steroids anymore, get adrenal crash and it takes me months to taper off. Had way too many steroids over the years.
The new place has a much lower pollen and allergen load and a real winter, I'm hoping it does a lot for my health.
I assume I'm going to get arthritis pretty bad eventually, guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
What makes you hurt so bad?