#medical problems

[t-the-ring-master]

TAKE THAT THYROID! IMMA BE RADIOACTIVE BY THIS MONTH OR THE FIRST OF NEXT!

GODZILLA TREMBLES BEFORE ME!

(I’m still radioactive from my up-take scan yesterday. Also the little Godzilla drawing was done by my friend S, she drew me as a Godzilla. I lowkey wanna commission that now lol)

[temilyrights]

getting really sick and tired of medical professionals referring to my lesbianism as a “choice”

“you’re still choosing that then and you’re sure that’s until the ages of 55?”

“you’re still choosing not to date men?”

DO U WANT ME TO KNIFE U IN UR SLEEP HAVE U NEVER INTERACTED WITH A QUEER PERSON BEFORE?! WHERE IS UR TRAINING?

[fruitdragon]

Sometimes you spend the money you were saving for a new tattoo on handmade corsets because they were on sale and they are cheaper than a functional medical back brace but work about the same for you.

Sometimes you need to find ways to deal with your own medical issues because shit sucks and buying pretty corsets works for me.

And sometimes you get to walk up to your friend group welding your wizard staff (cane) and say "Whats up sluts, guess who just spent over 400$ on corsets"

[bihansthot]

Seven attempts for the IV, 7. FML. It hurt so bad and they had to do the back of my hand which hurts the most. Someone pity me please. I’m exhausted.

[megahorous]

Catnap

[disventability]

I hate needing to see new doctors because I never know what could make them dismiss me.

I am to vague: obviously don't have an issue.

To spesific: hypochondriac.

Too knowledgeable about my own conditions: Has a suspicious extent of knowledge about spesific condition possible faker

Haven't heard of somthing like what they describe before: not real and if it is then it's clearly not important

Over explain to try and avoid the above: obsessed with being sick and looking for validation that they are. let them know you see through their evil gaslighting

[queervegancryptid]

So guess who has fibroids? It's me.

I'll force UHC to pay for gender-affirming care by way of hysterectomy one of these days. Out of spite if nothing else.

So there are two visible on ultrasound, about the size of a dime. This doesn't mean it's conclusive that these are the cause of my pain.

Having said that, it's an indication that something is going on. Really this just means I probably don't have cancer there, or if I do, it's too small to see. There's no definitive answer as to why I have an ungodly amount of pain, except I do. It feels like menstrual cramps. Except I'm not menstruating. Or due. And it's been getting worse and more frequent all the time. There's still no explanation, and there's more to be done to pin down a cause. Maybe a lot more.

Still, I can't help feeling a little vindicated. All sorts of people acted like I was making shit up or couldn't be bothered to care.

[delusional-delirium]

GUESS WHOSE THYROID IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THE SIZE IT SHOULD BE

GUESS WHOSE S NEW ENDO SAID THEIR OLD ENDO SHOULD N O T HAVE IGNORED IT THAT LONG

GUESS WHOSE S NEW ENDO SAID THEIR THYROID IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THYROIDS THEYVE EVER SEEN

GUESS WHO NOW HAS TO POSSIBLY HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE THEIR THYROID

GUESS WHOSE OLD ENDO CONTINUOUSLY IGNORED THEIR CONCERNS AND BLAMED IT ON THEIR WEIGHT OR ANXIETY DIAGNOSIS AND TOLD THEM TO TALK TO THEIR PSYCHIATRIST FOR YEARS

[wetandtiny]

Kinda doing a slight depression because the hormones fuck up my body pretty bad 😞

This is me before all my health problems

Here's me now ish, ☠️ I just feel like a big sack of potatoes

Damn you stupid body

I might try to go back on anti baby patch or pills instead of a IUD, but I'm scared it won't help :(

[t-the-ring-master]

I saw a YouTube short of a skit, and it was the kid pretending to faint and saying “I’m going to faint” before flopping to the floor, and the mom said “you know, people don’t announce when they are gonna faint.”

And as someone who has fainted, and fainted often- that is completely untrue 🤣

One time I was out and with some family (my dad, mom, C, our brother and his now wife and her family.) and I went with my sister to the bathroom at the hockey game and went “I think I’m going down… yep, going down.” And crashed out 🤣. Keep in mind I’m one of those people who faint and wake up super quick but take a hot second to recover, so I was on the bathroom floor trying to recover and eating a natured valley bar I snuck in for my blood sugar. Thankfully I don’t think anyone else was in the bathroom or really cared haha. I couldn’t hear anything and my vision was blurry and I felt extremely hot.

But yeah, I announce when I’m going down so someone can catch me because I just drop. Like straight down I drop…. Anyways thanks C for keeping me from getting a concussion.

[shadowbrightshine]

As someone with both general Aphasia and Palilalia,

if people are saying you keep repeating yourself, or whispering, and you don't think you are, it might be that. For years kids would tell me to stop whispering. I was doing that, but I didn't know. I couldn't feel my own lips moving and repeating my old words.

[bihansthot]

I have superficial thrombophlebitis aka a blood clot caused by acute iv trauma, according to the ultrasound tech it’s in a surface vein so odds are good nothing will be done for it. It should go away on its own in a week or two, it hurts less now thanks to the compression sleeve and ibuprofen, which I can only take two more days because of my poor kidney function. I’m a little annoyed there’s no real solution other than wait it out but at least it doesn’t seem serious. Still waiting to hear back from my doctor to see if she thinks something more needs to be done but right now it’s just kind of it is what it is. I might be a little less active as typing kind of exacerbates my pain so I might disappear for a min or two, I might not, not sure yet but as far as I can tell I’m not in any life threatening danger so yeah we’re as good as can be. Feel free to send pics, headcanons, fandom stuff of my husbands or just well wishes if anyone wants they’d be very appreciated but not expected. Sending love lovelies 🩷

[dailyrandomwriter]

Day 746

For all I have pushed to socialize myself more for my own mental health, it is nice to have time back to myself. And by time back, I mean the chance to split up my housekeeping tasks into two days instead of one.

And by having a chance, I mean… I currently have to limit my ability to go out into the community.

Unfortunately, for better or worse, some of my medical supplies are on backorder. The good news is there is a substitute, the bad news is the substitute makes it very difficult to do medical stuff out in public. It’s a big clunky, and most accessible washrooms are accessible with mobility needs in mind and not medical needs. I have enough of my usual supply to go out for a day only once.

Between the game meet up and working on site, working on site, unfortunately takes priority. Especially since I’m slated to sit at reception in the evening, and I couldn’t do that last week unexpectedly. This isn’t fair to my co-workers, especially since I suspect she may have not realized that I’m off on vacation again at the end of the month.

So, on site priority it is, and the game meet up had to be missed today.

But on the bright side it gave me time to mop my place, something I didn’t manage to do yesterday because I’m still kind of sick. Like my energy levels still aren’t 100 percent, which sucks, and occasionally my lungs decide to spasm causing a coughing fit. Even now I’m getting my breath back after a session of vacuuming and mopping.

At least it’s done, and now I can go work on other stuff, like journaling and writing more for Chimera Academy.

[the-bisexual-bitch]

I haven't been binding lately because of mysterious chest pain, and it's only gotten worse :(

[doll-fae]

Got the date for my lumbar puncture sorted and so wish I didn't. I had it today and was told that it should only be pressure. It was not. It was incredibly excruciating and painful. It felt like the doctor was ripping apart my nerves. Then he couldn't even get a sample because he caused a hematoma. I'm in so much pain afterwards too, I can't even breathe deeply or lay on my back or turn properly. Can barely be upright. I'm in so much pain and for nothing.

[misswifi]

Someday I don't understand myself. I was practicing today for a hour or soo and I thought 'Hey my wrist has been fine for the last few days their is no reason it would start hurting now... HOW WRONG I WAS!

Like please I just wanna do anything without my wrist feeling like it literally wants to break OFF. Currently doing everything with my amazing but very dumb left hand.

If I could go back in time i would tell my past self to not go and do stupid things(and to go fins better doctors). Stupid ass chronic pain