chronically-j
chronically-j
chronic illness blog
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21, newly diagnosed with EDS, POTS, and MCADany pronouns (if you really want to know. she/it feel best right now but that changes frequently)bisexual, singleno gender, not agender (yes ik agender means no gender)
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chronically-j · 1 month ago
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met a cool older lady at the dispo today, we talked about insurance being weird about PT, and messing things up more, and all that stuff. she had some similar issues! i told her about the new strain im trying that has no THC but is really good for pain management, which im excited about! i also got to see my favorite smokeshop employee and she was so fun to talk to again!
i got some stuff to start a garden too which will be cool, im starting small, but im gonna try to grow some vegetables this year! im doing it with my friend!
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chronically-j · 1 month ago
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my brother told me the song “free” by florence and the machine reminds him of me and im just- this song is so me hes literally so right. i laughed when she said “‘youre too sensitive’ they said. i said “okay but lets discuss it at the hospital’” because that was literally me lmao
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chronically-j · 1 month ago
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shout out to dad who apparently was laying awake thinking about the PT denial and called me in just to double check im wearing compression garments and wrapping my hip, and said he was thinking about it and he wanted me to know that yes it probably felt like it at first, but it isnt the end of the world. we talked about my fears (on a scale of 1-10 ive always told myself i was a 4. i always insisted i was fine and would push through, so to be told my case was worse than we thought really scared me. i was hoping that pt would get me to a 2-3, but if im actually a 6, what if PT only gets me to 4-5?) he reassured me and reminded me that any improvement will be good, even small ones, and that a hospital may be more equipped to handle my care than an independent place. it was a really helpful conversation
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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shout out to the old man at the dispo who joyfully called us twins when he saw my cane! that was fun!
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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hey google how do you come to terms with being denied PT by my insurance because my case is “too severe” and they will only approve hospital based PT. i was excited and now i have to wait all over again
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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probably gonna redo my intro soon
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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cant explain why (beyond it being amazon) but the “amazon one medical” ads, or whatever its called, feel so sinister to me. they are off putting. idk why exactly
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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my xrays seem to have come back fine which im actually happy about! thats what i assumed would heppen, because i think its a strength problem more than joints right now. my knees feel very loose and i think i need to gain some leg muscle to fix that lol. ill see what my physical therapist says later!
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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making my room wheelchair accessible! ik hoping soon i wont need the chair but regardless itll be batter for me to have a room thats easy to get through with my cane/crutches, but its gonna be so cool! my walls are concrete so my brothers going to help me drill and mount shelves and my tv! im excited lol
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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tore my room apart bc i lost my wallet and couldnt remember if it was here or left at a store, but now my floor is messy as fuck so i can barely walk let alone use my chair. im gonna clean it in the morning but damn
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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accidentally scheduled TWO appointments tomorrow and the first is physical therapy ripppp
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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btw the cromolyn helping day 1 wasnt what i expected
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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bruh i finally eat food and now my stomach makes ominous noises? NOT fun
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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i was supposed to start cromolyn or however its spelled a month ago but somethjng happened so i havent been able to and im just. i was so excited bro ive been sick like this specifically since i was 18. really for longer but a covid spell (or maybe a few back to back i cant remember) made everything worse and made it not ignorable.
im just so tired guys. every day its the same shit. i dread waking up because it sucks so much to wake up immediately nauseous as fuck, hungry as hell but with no apetite + the knowledge that if you do eat youll get sick, plus the fucking headaches, and the allergies, and the fact that j can never find a comfortable position anymore. im just so damn tired of it all. fucking hell
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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im getting sooo fucking tired of getting sick. im considering trying an elimination diet if my dr thinks itll help, but dude this shit SUCKS
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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ever since i got told about my allergies, hes been buying me the ingredients to make my own stuff so i dont accidentally eat meat. sooo many things have meat/meat powder/things derived from meat, and it makes it hard sometimes seeing everyone else eating things that i cant, so its really noce to have stuff specifically for me
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chronically-j · 2 months ago
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im frequently in denial about being sick. specifically for how long ive been sick. i like to say it all started about covid but everyone, including my family, knows thats not true. the joint problems have gone on so long i had to stop playing cello in highschool because lifting my cello was causing pain. id cry on the way to school because my legs would hurt so bad. my dad just confirmed that for basically all of my teen years, if i dont get enough sleep im sick all morning. he said its always happened without fail, the days i get less than 5-6 hours, im sick all day the next day. and the same is true now, i didnt sleep well last night at all, got 5 hours at absolute best but realistically i got less than that. and because of that, everytime i moved/didnt have my fan directly on me, i felt so sick. i sat in the dark doing nothing for 3ish hours after i woke up this morning and still havent eaten because i dont feel good. denial is a weird thing because things can go on for so long, so obviously that other people can figure out triggers before me, and yet i still sit here and tell myself that its all in my head and im making it up
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