What Has TOS Made You Give Up?
 

List all the things that you have had to stop doing because of TOS.

Let it all out!

ME:

Architect Career
Driving
Computer Use is very limited
Swimming
Weight Lifting Upper Body
Laying in any position other than on my back with arms out (so, no cuddling, laying on couch, floor, side, stomach, etc.)
Writing
Traveling (Airplane and Car Rides)
Cleaning House
Fighting For Fun (MMA, Wrestling)
Using the Phone Without A Headset
Pull Ups (I LOVE PULLUPS TOO) boo hoo
Video Editing

everything except lying down :(

Dancing
Camping
fishing
swimming
drawing/painting
aerobics/exercise
working
being self-sufficient
gardening
snow skiing
washing my car by hand
cooking anything heavy
buying a weeks worth of groceries
owning a dog
ride a horse/motorcycle

:icon_cry:
great. now I'm depressed.

Yup, most of those! Plus all my hobbies: Quilting, gardening, cross stitch. And now my career. Boo.

Lucky for me my husband is willing to do the dishes, cook his own meals and drive me around.

career as police officer
SWAT Team- which I loved
Golfing which was my stress relief (played or practiced daily when weather permitted)
working out
driving very limited
coaching baseball- have a hard time showing drills but still do a little
cooking- still do some but not like I use to
woodworking

what is it about police work? ahhhhh driving?

I had to give up work which was admin with multitasking in other area's like cleaning, tea lady, funeral director (no jokes lol)
Art/craft. computer work and photography but have found a lot of these things are triggers
Driving
Shopping by myself
Washing
Cooking and food prep is bad especially knives :(
Talking on the phone unless it's hands free
Anything really where my arms are involved

I am reclaiming my life from TOS so here are the things TOS took from me but I can once again do after rib resection surgeries and physical therapy:

Driving
Sitting on a couch for more than 15 minute
Sleep comfortably in a bed, on my side
Work on the computer for an extensive length of time
Air travel
Swim
Watch TV/Movies at home comfortably
Go to the movie theater and be comfortable!!!
(I've seen 5-6 movies at a theater in the last few weeks, more than in the last 3 years)
Functioning without Narcotics!

Things I am still working towards reclaiming soon:

Return to work as a Systems Engineer
Working on my car
Healthier sex life//impregnating my wife
Exercising & losing 15 lbs....P90x? Basketball?
Being 99% pain free and drug free

Marc, I miss P90X. I use to do it twice through every winter.

heybro, Yes a lot of driving( avg 150 miles a day and thats not highway miles)and a lot of computer work in the vehicle. The computer was not in a good location either. I had to sit sideways in the driver seat to write reports, and the keyboard was elevated. Wearing a bulletproof vest was not helpful either. I wore it at least 8hrs a day and probably 16hrs three times a week.