#my pneumo suggested sleep apnea but a sleep study showed I don’t have that

[ryan-sometimes]

any updates on your health if you feel comfortable talking about it? I hope the blood cancer scare was a false alarm, wishing you a speedy recovery either way

I had to visit the ER at 5am today because I started vomiting blood. Thankfully I wasn’t bleeding internally and it was just an upper GI tear that bled as much as it did because I unknowingly took a blood thinner (I took aspirin for a headache). I was discharged after they ran a bunch of tests to rule out more severe internal bleeding. I was given some medications to take for the next few days.

Other than that, blood cancer is unfortunately still on the table. I didn’t receive any news on that at the ER. I have been getting bounced around different doctors (cardio, pneumo, even dietician for fuck’s sake) for the last few months for symptoms that actually are symptoms of blood cancer. I lost 15lbs in the span of ~5 months that I cannot explain. I have bruises and rashes on my body that I also can’t explain. Every day I look in the mirror and see giant red marks on my skin. My friends and family have been telling me I look pale. I wake up every morning drenched in sweat even if I was cold at night, to the extent my hair is wet. I have these weird pains that come and go throughout my body that feel like they’re coming straight from the bone. Shortness of breath. I’m constantly exhausted. I’m almost never hungry. I got a referral to hematology and oncology but it could take months to get an appointment.