I wonder how long until this thread gets horribly depressing...
It's been a really mixed bag this year (and not even cause of stupid Covid). On the one hand, my job has had no real impact because of Covid. My job is very unlikely to go away (unless the bank gets out of investing, which is very unlikely seeing how much money this group makes the bank) and we are now working from home on a permanent basis due to Covid, which has been really nice. I also just refinanced my house with the crazy low interest rates and dropped my mortgage payments by $160 a month, which is going to really come in handy now that I get to the bad part of the mixed bag...
I've hinted about this on here but since October of 2019, I've been dealing with chronic headaches (long story short, the muscles in my neck and shoulder area are not releasing like they should; basically putting my upper back in a permanent state of tightness. The headaches were a symptom of the problem, not the problem). So now we think we know it's the muscles that are the problem, not my brain. I've been doing two physical therapy sessions, two Chiropractor sessions, multiple drugs, and seeing a massage therapist once a week for about a month now and it's aggravating the shit out of the muscles. On the plus side, the muscles themselves seem to be making progress and very slowly releasing but on the negative side, it friggin hurts to do this and we can't know for sure if this is even going to fix it (assuming we can get the muscles to actually release and once they do release, hope that they don't just go right back to being stuck in tight mode).
I'm optimistic about our progress but on January 1st, my insurance is going to switch back to "Fuck You" mode as I will no longer be at my "Max Out of Pocket" so I'm going to have to start paying for my physical therapy again, which is going to suck as it's about $80 a session give or take. I was really hoping that hammering the fuck out of the muscles with PT, Chiro, and Massage would break it before that happens (and it still might) but it's getting concerning that it's taking so long. The Pain Clinic thinks that trying Botox on the muscles might also help (basically breaks down the muscles chemically and then hope that when they build themselves back up, they'll "remember" how to function properly and release) but of course insurance doesn't cover that because see "Fuck You" above. I only have a rough estimate but it would be approx $5,000 to do these shots so I'm REALLY hoping we can break the muscles "naturally" because I have no idea where the fuck I'd get $5G
So yeah, could be better but sure as shit could be a lot worse considering my job and home are basically secure (or as secure as they can be given the shit show that is this country).