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THANK YOU! And WTF, BODY? xD And UGH MOM!!! Dx
10 months ago
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From the mind of Iothisk:
I want to start off with a special thanks to Matt and Kainik and any/all others who assisted with signal boosting!
10 amazing contributors raised ~$480 to help me in my time of need! I'm stunned and filled with gratitude for you all coming to my rescue!
(CW: pain and medical grossness, end below)
I was up late and at about 1 AM in the morning I began experiencing significant pain in my abdomen. I thought it was back spasms so I tried treating it with pain medication, a hot shower and rest. But no matter how I tried to adjust my position or put pressure on my back, the pain wouldn't go away.
The pain was so bad (like an 8/10) it started making me nauseous. I vomited at least 3 times and that eased the nausea but the pain was not improving. A nudge from a friend helped me decide I couldn't wait for my local urgent care to open and so at about 5AM I checked into my local ER.
Their tests and equipment revealed that I had a distended gallbladder and later confirmed the presence of gall stones. The first round of pain meds made very little difference (6.5/10 pain) so I was given morphine, which over time helped more than anything else had. (4/10 and now I'm at about 2/10.)
(End CW medical grossness and now CW transphobia)
I couldn't drive home under the influence of morphine so I asked my family for a pickup when they could and walked down the street to the local library to wait.
My mom came and picked me up. She started on an hour-long transphobic rant and maybe the morphine helped with this but I decided I would not argue or defend but just focus on listening to her. Not just her words but her tone and gestures, too. She seemed unable to conceive of being trans as a genuine identity.
I tried asking a genuine question: who gets to decide identity? She said nobody but the individual and I felt like my point should have been made... She continued seemingly undisturbed and I let it go. Hopefully a seed is planted. Who knows.
(End all CWs)
But she went on talking about life decisions and that ended up in a tender moment where I cried and said I deserved a mom who didn't have to sacrifice so much of her own happiness. She said that's part of being a mom. I disagreed but remained silent. We hugged.
I walked into the house to my room and fell asleep. Finally, some rest.
It's been about 12 hours since the morphine and I'm gearing up to go get my car back and buy some bananas on food stamps.
Thanks for reading! 🧡
10 amazing contributors raised ~$480 to help me in my time of need! I'm stunned and filled with gratitude for you all coming to my rescue!
(CW: pain and medical grossness, end below)
I was up late and at about 1 AM in the morning I began experiencing significant pain in my abdomen. I thought it was back spasms so I tried treating it with pain medication, a hot shower and rest. But no matter how I tried to adjust my position or put pressure on my back, the pain wouldn't go away.
The pain was so bad (like an 8/10) it started making me nauseous. I vomited at least 3 times and that eased the nausea but the pain was not improving. A nudge from a friend helped me decide I couldn't wait for my local urgent care to open and so at about 5AM I checked into my local ER.
Their tests and equipment revealed that I had a distended gallbladder and later confirmed the presence of gall stones. The first round of pain meds made very little difference (6.5/10 pain) so I was given morphine, which over time helped more than anything else had. (4/10 and now I'm at about 2/10.)
(End CW medical grossness and now CW transphobia)
I couldn't drive home under the influence of morphine so I asked my family for a pickup when they could and walked down the street to the local library to wait.
My mom came and picked me up. She started on an hour-long transphobic rant and maybe the morphine helped with this but I decided I would not argue or defend but just focus on listening to her. Not just her words but her tone and gestures, too. She seemed unable to conceive of being trans as a genuine identity.
I tried asking a genuine question: who gets to decide identity? She said nobody but the individual and I felt like my point should have been made... She continued seemingly undisturbed and I let it go. Hopefully a seed is planted. Who knows.
(End all CWs)
But she went on talking about life decisions and that ended up in a tender moment where I cried and said I deserved a mom who didn't have to sacrifice so much of her own happiness. She said that's part of being a mom. I disagreed but remained silent. We hugged.
I walked into the house to my room and fell asleep. Finally, some rest.
It's been about 12 hours since the morphine and I'm gearing up to go get my car back and buy some bananas on food stamps.
Thanks for reading! 🧡
Kainik
~kainik
I'm sorry about your mum lol XD I'm really glad you were able to raise the funds you needed though! And I hope you're feeling better soon ;A;
Hope that issue with your gallbladder stones can be solved quickly and easily for you, my friend.
