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welp here's my will; med probs
12 years ago
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WELL HI GUYS I'M GONNA TYPE A HUGE JOURNAL ABOUT THE MESS OF MEDICAL PROBS MY LIFE HAS BEEN THESEPAST FEW WEEKS, HAVE FUN READING IF YOU SO DESIRE.
Two weeks ago my lower back started acting up again and my family had been visiting. My mom finally decides to tell me that when I fell (pushed by saiyawolf ) out of our treehouse and broke my arm when I was younger, I hit my spine. It "wasn't a big deal now" but it would "probably become a problem as I got older and I should get it checked out in a few years". Well, here we are. 14 years later.
SOOO I got to the chiropractor, cry a lot, get x-rays, and find out that the discs between my vertebrae are too unhealthy and small to support my spine. I get signed up for 12 weeks of physical therapy that I can't afford, and am given calcium pills to encourage a healthier start to growth.
I found out that I can't afford the physical therapy, even with insurance, and cancel it. Now on a program to see the chiropractor once every two weeks to have my spine cracked in a million directions. Paying to cry for half an hour twice a month; living the dream.
ANYWAY. So I'm taking 6 calcium pills a day, and everything seems to be going fine when I wake up a few days ago with a horrid pressure in my throat. I dismiss it as possible strep coming on or just allergies, but it doesn't go away after two days. It finally hit me that it's my thyroid glands.. (I have thyroid disease, wheeeee.) So my glands are swollen and acting up, and I assume they'll get better. BUUTTTTT I start waking up in a panic with heart palpitations, anxiety, and a skyrocketing heart rate that goes on for a few hours until I finally calm myself down.
My sister and I both get heart palpitations, but never like this. This is what finally sent me into a slight panic; enough to let my mom know what's going on. After some research, she found that a sudden increase in one's calcium intake can cause severe problems with the thyroid and heart.
So basically it's a choice of getting my spine back to where it should be to stop the severe back pains, or stop the heart and thyroid problems. Or just except that my demise is coming early and I should write my will before I leave for New Jersey this weekend.
GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYYYYSSSSS
wolfnut2985
~wolfnut2985
Have you tried a lower dose of Calcium, than increase it ever so slightly to what they want it to be.
