I have to get my wisdom teeth removed here on the 4th and I really wish medical anxiety wasn’t so dismissed or laughed at.
The anxiety has been slowly ramping up since Christmas and now that I have to cut out the only thing that’s managed the fibromyalgia bs. I mean sure it’s just weed. But when my health tanked and I was throwing up half of everything I tried to eat and losing weight like it was nothing. Unfortunately it was the only thing that helped stop the vomiting.
I’ve been put on and taking off several medications over the years for being the unlucky type that doesn’t react well to different meds. All the gut pills they wanted me to take hurt or was you know making me digest my own blood.
The Fibromyalgia began creeping in when I was in high school and the doctors I had told me to eat pills and go away. I had injured my knee and it just didn’t get better. I still have issues with it. Being a childhood cancer survivor means health complaints must be cry’s for attention or drugs.
They asked me to not consume any weed because they don’t know if it’ll hurt me to be put under so they can cut out the heavily impacted teeth. Which fine, I won’t fight because they could label me as some sort of user or drug obsessed or whatever. But the only drug that I know can kill you while being put under is meth.
My sister’s dental surgeon said don’t stop smoking weed because there isn’t anything out that supports either side. Pro weed or anti-weed before surgery. He didn’t want anything to add to the stress of the surgery so he said keep doing what you’re doing.
2 notes
·
View notes
Being chronically ill fucking sucks, like why do I constantly not feel sick enough to warrant any kind of accommodation? Why am I always in pain? Why do I constantly have this fucking imposter syndrome about being disabled? Why is it that it’s taken over a year so far to see a doctor to try and remedy the things wrong with my body, but I know there’s going to be no answers because even though I am suffering, I’m not suffering enough for there to be a decent solution? Why is it that the only solutions that I know will be recommended are no feasible because I am so fucking exhausted all the time that I am incapable of doing them? I’m just so so tired of living like this.
1 note
·
View note
all i want rn is cake and painkillers. i have neither of those things. may not ever recover from the devastation.
0 notes
hi, you there who are or are thinking about spending all day in bed, it’s okay, I’m not telling you to get up. I’d just like to do a quick check in to make sure you’ve got everything you need to be comfortable and safe.
Have you gotten up to take any meds you need?
Do you need to open or close your windows or curtains/blinds to make your environment nicer? (Fresh air, keep the cold out, sunlight/darkness)
Do you have a water bottle or a glass of water easily accessible? (Can also be juice, cordial, a meal replacement drink or anything else)
Do you have any over the counter or prescription as required meds you might need, like painkillers or anti nausea meds?
Is your phone or laptop charged?
Are you wearing comfortable clothing?
Do you have enough blankets/pillows to be warm and comfortable?
Do you have any snacks like fruit or chips or muesli bars in case you can’t get up to make a meal?
Are you able to change positions in bed (or sit up if you’re able)?
Do you have any regulation tools like fidgets, ear plugs, or journaling/art books or low energy hobbies you might want?
Are you being gentle and patient with yourself and your body today?
Thanks for doing this check in with me.
I like to have some of these things prepared on my nightstand, or all together in the same space in my room so I don’t have to do as much work on low energy days.
It can also help to have someone else prepare or get these things for you if you’re unable.
Hope you have an uncomplicated day.
8K notes
·
View notes
Me, deliberately choosing to be late to class today, because my only two options for trains are to either be over 2h early and have like almost 5h total of waiting before and between classes, or be half an hour late, deciding to just fuck it. I've been going early for weeks and Im too tired and migraine-brained to bother today. Half an hour of the lecture shouldn’t be a lot that I'd miss and the professor is usually a lil' late too, so it should be fine. Sucks that nothing helps these migraine symptoms I've been having, the headache makes it so hard to get myself to go out or even care. But I already missed clasess last week, so gotta go today. I'll go make myself some food in a bit, I have around an hour still before I need to go, and hopefully my head won’t get much worse during the day...
0 notes