Changing First Name - Considerations?
I'm thinking of changing my name and logistically there's nothing stopping me. I'm an adult so it's perfectly legal, and my family (to whom I'm extremely close) would be fine with it. My only worry is... me. How do I know it's something I truly want to do? In practical terms it's not a big deal and it's not dramatically different from my given name. But can anyone who has changed his/her first name give me any insight as to how it feels? Radically different? I'm not doing this to try to change my life or my image or my past or any misguided reason like that, it's just that I prefer the way the new name sounds. Even so, I'm confused. Basically, if you've changed your first name, do you think it was a good decision, and why? If not, do you think it's reasonable? What are valid reasons to want to change it? Also, if any parents/parents-to-be read this, would you be offended if your college aged child changed her name, even slightly? I just need some varied points of view on this topic. Is it worth overthinking as much as I have? I'm an expert at overthinking absolutely everything so... I have no idea what's actually worth it anymore... :) And I'll certainly rate the best answer (or however that's done; I haven't been on Y! Answers in almost a year).

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Poll: Has your surgery helped you? (epic)?
This one is open. It doesn't matter what surgery you had. What was your experience? Did you have to wait a long time? How did you feel about the diagnosis and specialists, the surgeon? Any thoughts right before the procedure? What were your hopes and expectations, what were the disclaimer warnings? And then afterward. What happened? If you want to cut bits out or mention more than one, it's fine. I've had surgeries, but no major orthopaedic or organ surgeries yet. I was recommended one for my toes which I didn't want (tenotomy) - that was about 10 years ago. My feet are becoming unbelievably painful from PTTD (tendon dysfunction). This started with severe flat feet, treated with standard orthotics, but has resulting in chronically strained and weakened tendon from the pressure of over-pronation. That same weakness then h causes foot to increasingly collapse inwards -_- like, well beyond fallen arches, it's to to the point the ankles now almost just roll right in. I've tried to manage it over time with orthotics, but over the past few years has worsened. It has critically thrown out all my other biomechanical stuff over a long period of time, adding up to quite a lot of increasingly insane pain (particularly in my hamstrings, hips, lower back). *No one can see anything wrong by looking at me...* which gets kinda weird in terms of raging pain levels versus how I'm externally perceived. And I'm young. I won't go into a blow-by-blow of how everyday things can suck badly when pain is involved, but basically we can all agree, you want your feet to work. Recently, a new doctor told me it would get worse >_< and about a Frankensteinian sounding operation called a TENDON TRANSFER. I looked it up, and was first of all mildly excited, and then pretty scared. Since then I've been spending a lot of time with Dr Google, learning more about PTTD/tendon transfers and checking out forums, discovering what other peoples experiences post-surgery have been experiencing. I'm seeing in these discussions such a diverse range of people actually, including teens and very active sporty types, as well as older adults with chronic pain, go through musculoskeletal surgeries.. Anyway, some things I have observed. Major surgery is intense, a lot of hope for the future is seen to be something that can be reclaimed. That the crappy time of being incapacitated by X can be transcended, and left behind in the past. That does sound freaking _awesome_. But then, a whole bunch of people who had invasive surgeries found it instigated further MUCH WORSE post-surgical pains, because often nerves and ligaments are being cut etc and will not recover, andy of the bones they cut and screw back again >.< ... The idea there is it's irreversible. I'm so scared of making the pain worse. And, it seems like that's actually kind of likely. Unfortunately. It will just be different types of pain. I'm worried surgery could be a mistake, for me. On Thursday, I see my orthopaedic foot/ankle surgeon (in the public system so I've waited months). I'm kind of excited and kind of nervous. I have no idea what the f*ck he's going to say about the state of my feet - if he'll think I should have surgery - if it should be a tendon transfer - how he would do it - what it actually involves. It looks like surgery might be indicated because of the stage the PTTD is at :/ ... or will be on the cards. I've been looking at a sweet thing called the Airlift Aircast PTTD brace and am hoping I could wear those in a pair of hi-tops and that might help but haven't been able to try them yet. *And it makes me realise that many other people must be having these sorts of ambivalent experiences all the time. Everyone injures themselves sooner or later, everyone wants to get better, what if the only real option is surgical? Do you or don't you take the plunge? What about the risks? How did it play out in your life?* Can you bring it? Yahoo Answers is the worst place in the world to ask it but I can never be bothered signing up to any of the health forums. TELL ME YOUR SURGERY! Please be as random as you want. I'm sure my thing is way specific (and hasn't even happened yet) and would be completely different from someone else's experience. But I'm curious. Trolls, btw, greetings.. please desist unless you can bring me some exceptional creativity? Genital surgery jokes (best guess) are so last Y!A season.. Best x

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