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[simplelyric]

The good-ish: my brother-in-law is pretty confident that he can retrieve/save the data from my laptop. I'll probably need to spend my tax refund on a new device, but it's probably about time for that anyway

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[simplelyric]

That was really my main concern with the laptop. I mean, yes, it's a pain to have to borrow minutes here and there on my mom's laptop while trying to sort out my retrieval/replacement, and I don't relish the expense. But I've already previously replaced this laptop's hard drive, battery, and power cord on separate occasions, and its lid doesn't properly close, and it tends to overheat fairly frequently, and I've had it for 6-ish years, so, I'm feeling more than comfortable with the idea of replacing it as long as I can salvage the rest of the data I didn't yet have backed up on my external drive.

Thank you. No one in my family has been particularly supportive of the possibility of my having surgery, which has been really frustrating, because I've never felt like I could really consider it or have rational conversations with them about it; the lack of support made it seem like I lacked the option completely. At this point, though, I feel -- and my doctor agrees -- that I've tried everything else I reasonably could, including physical therapy, multiple medications, acupuncture, cortisone shots, chiropractic treatments, and more. I've now been dealing with this pain to varying degrees for almost 3 years, but I'm only just in my early 30s, and I don't want to put up with this anymore, if I don't have to do so. It's incredibly frustrating and disheartening. I know that every surgery is risky, and back surgery has more mixed success rates than some other surgeries. At least the laser procedure (if I'm eligible) should be less invasive than the two other procedures I discussed with a neurosurgeon a couple years ago. And I have over 2 months of paid time off from work saved up but should only need a couple weeks of it for this, according to the materials I've read from the laser clinic.

::hugs back::