Diagnosis Update! (Physical health related)
So when I saw the geneticists, I had gotten a dx of "Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease." Connective Tissue Diseases being things like Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Scleroderma, etc. It's kinda like an "Otherwise Specified" dx I believe - where you don't meet the full criteria for any one particular CTD, but still have the symptoms and struggles and whatnot!
(NOTE: EDS and other genetic connective tissue disorders were ruled out despite the hypermobility and other symptoms, because my medication for rheumatic conditions was working well, so it's thought to be more rheumatic connective tissue, rather than genetic.)
I was, and am still, so happy about being taken seriously! It wasn't super concrete, but it was still something that's a valid diagnosis, that real people have and struggle with.
Well! Today I saw my rheumatologist and she added another diagnosis of "Inflammatory Polyarthritis." We knew my type of symptoms with a connective tissue disease were closer to that of arthritis, and my medication I'm taking for it has the reasoning of arthritis... but she had never really put it on paper besides that.
I understand that it isn't a specific TYPE of inflammatory arthritis, as there are a couple, but it's saying it is arthritis... and that makes me feel very validated.
I'm not sure if that takes away the UCTD dx or not, but either way, all is good :)
/all positive
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Every time you wanna fuck a monster just remember you're much more like Bella Swan than you think.
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what makes me actually boil with rage is the way it’s framed as though jacob & the cullens have an even rivalry and like, he hates them just as much as they hate him, but like… jacob is a lower class kid who lives on the rez, the cullens live in a plantation home on private property. jacob calling alice a leech is an insult, but alice calling him a mongrel calls into power and privilege, ya know. like am i supposed to honestly think jake making blonde jokes to rosalie (which is certainly sexist and uncalled for) is on the same level as her serving him food in a dog dish? him seeing the cullens as bloodsuckers and murderers is just like, incorrect and unfair, but them seeing him as uncivilized and over-aggressive has implications deeply rooted in the oppression of his people
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I got them!!! The fire arm crutches have been acquired!!!! :D Right before PT too, so my physical therapist could show me how to best use them, both at a time AND one at a time!!!
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