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At Twitchcon streamer Adriana Chechik fell in a unsafe foam pit and broke her back in 2 places, requiring surgery [Update: Lost Baby due to operation]
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Twitch Silent on Foam Pit Injuries at TwitchCon, Pretends Like Nothing Bad Happened
Adriana Chechik, the streamer who broke her back in two places, said Twitch had not reached out to her. Experts said the company could face a negligence suit.gizmodo.com
Pretty solid and comprehensive write-up. Haven't read Gizmodo in years, but nice to see all the same. Thanks for sharing.
I've had two spinal surgeries, one to put in instrumentation and one to remove. Not to compare with this (and I don't rly feel interested in getting into specifics about it either) but car rides felt like my body was a bag full of sharp knives. Not fun. The scar tissue is annoying and still causes lots of radiating pain but in the aftermath of that kind of surgery it can feel a lot worse in the immediate short term, cause even things like breathing and minor movements send you into pain. Heaven forbid you sneeze, holy fuck. You don't know how to walk after a spinal fusion, you start that again which can take some weeks tho I guess it depends on where the surgery location/injury was
(edit 20 minutes later) I want to add the point tho that the experience of pain might be a 9 out of 10 in that post surgery period but long term it does get better. The only other big thing to worry about is how life changing the injury turns into, and that is going to be very different for different people for lots of reasons. How it impacts your lifestyle, or your job, or just general happiness. These aren't trivial things even if you aren't in pain every single second.
(edit 20 minutes later) I want to add the point tho that the experience of pain might be a 9 out of 10 in that post surgery period but long term it does get better. The only other big thing to worry about is how life changing the injury turns into, and that is going to be very different for different people for lots of reasons. How it impacts your lifestyle, or your job, or just general happiness. These aren't trivial things even if you aren't in pain every single second.
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I am so sorry to hear this happened to you and good gravy, I can't even fathom the pain.
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So it seems like Twitch, Lenovo, Intel and the convention centre are all pointing fingers at each other trying to put the blame on someone else.
She just started streaming again for the first time since TwitchCon:
View: https://www.twitch.tv/adrianachechik_
She said she's happy with the progress she's making right now and seems positive that she'll eventually make a full recovery.
"I will be OK. I'm not OK physically; mentally I'm getting there. But I will be OK."
View: https://www.twitch.tv/adrianachechik_
She said she's happy with the progress she's making right now and seems positive that she'll eventually make a full recovery.
"I will be OK. I'm not OK physically; mentally I'm getting there. But I will be OK."
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Glad she's (seemingly) on the mend and sounding lively and positive. Wish I had even a fraction of her strength.
She was pregnant, but could not keep the baby
Turns out she was pregnant when it happened. She didn't know until she was in the hospital and because of the surgery she couldn't keep the baby.
View: https://clips.twitch.tv/OutstandingElatedArtichokeArsonNoSexy--eC4DuZOpx4bV0Ua
View: https://clips.twitch.tv/OutstandingElatedArtichokeArsonNoSexy--eC4DuZOpx4bV0Ua
Jesus Christ. Whoever made that foam pit should be ashamed.
View: https://clips.twitch.tv/AnnoyingModernCourgetteAMPEnergyCherry-ayJYcJcw1W3QgeAz
Not only a miscarriage, but she can't bend down, can't shower herself, and can't pick up anything more than a pound in weight. Absolutely horrible. She's really brave for even trying to stay positive through all this.
Yea everything is awful here. Absolutely everything. Hoping she recovers as well as possible physically and mentally. I hope she gets a truly massive settlement. If anyone is clearly deserving it would be her. I expect PI attorneys are lined up around her block.
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No!! what a horrible thing to read. Poor woman, that's devastating to find out. I wish her all the best after all this 🙁