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5 years ago
W00t for Covid-19 messing up my sleep schedule!
Anyway, here's an update on everything. I'm currently in physical therapy (I was able to start a couple weeks earlier than expected, w00t w00t). My concussion is slowly improving, but it still feels like a snails pace. (At least I can do a load of dishes without passing out, but I'm usually exhausted afterwards.) Unfortunately my back is also being a slow recovery (The lumbar pain and stiffness being unchanged even with therapy), and fighting with my doctor for an MRI referral isn't helping. (I unfortunately currently have a God-complex doctor and the hospital is short staffed because of the pandemic, so I'm not sure I can request a PCM change ATM.) I might have to get in contact with patient advocacy, but I need more evidence to present my case first.
On top of that I finally have my results from my ultrasound and endoscopy for GI. It seems I have gastritis and I assume Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver disease. (I got my Ultrasound results before my appointment, and it says I have Fatty Liver Disease, and I don't drink, so that is my educated guess.) Well now I know why I keep having chronic fatigue and a stabbing pain in my abdomen! I don't get to discuss my results with the GI doctor until the end of the month unfortunately.
My Physical Therapist also recommends I get tested for Hyper-mobility Elhers-Donlos Syndrome, because my range of flexibility is awesome. (Even though for my personal range I'm actually pretty stiff) It's pretty much a connective tissue mutation, but I guess after I finish physical therapy I'll be as flexible as a gymnast! w00t w00t! Just at the moment I have super unstable joints, so she doesn't want me to lift any heavy weights, etc. (She's afraid I'll hurt myself, and told me to stop dislocating my shoulders, lol)
But I guess EDS can affect anything dealing with connective tissue, so it could be the cause of my GI issues as well, and I'm at a risk to be more prone to scarring which would be bad for the liver issue.
Oh and I guess I have Chronic Bronchitis, and was born with it, and didn't know until recently, because I was always treating the symptoms, and thought it was normal to struggle breathing during allergy season, exercise, and dying when I'd get a cold.
So Chronic Bronchitis + Liver Disease, I'm pretty much home-bound during the pandemic except for doctor appointments (Doc tried to get me to stop going to physical therapy until after the pandemic is over, and I refused because it is my only time outside the house, and I'm recovering from a car accident, I don't want to heal wrong, and I have a bad relationship with him already.)
Well there you have it, finding out my issues one day at a time, but hopefully I can start getting better now and pump art out like a mad woman once I'm better!
Anyway, here's an update on everything. I'm currently in physical therapy (I was able to start a couple weeks earlier than expected, w00t w00t). My concussion is slowly improving, but it still feels like a snails pace. (At least I can do a load of dishes without passing out, but I'm usually exhausted afterwards.) Unfortunately my back is also being a slow recovery (The lumbar pain and stiffness being unchanged even with therapy), and fighting with my doctor for an MRI referral isn't helping. (I unfortunately currently have a God-complex doctor and the hospital is short staffed because of the pandemic, so I'm not sure I can request a PCM change ATM.) I might have to get in contact with patient advocacy, but I need more evidence to present my case first.
On top of that I finally have my results from my ultrasound and endoscopy for GI. It seems I have gastritis and I assume Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver disease. (I got my Ultrasound results before my appointment, and it says I have Fatty Liver Disease, and I don't drink, so that is my educated guess.) Well now I know why I keep having chronic fatigue and a stabbing pain in my abdomen! I don't get to discuss my results with the GI doctor until the end of the month unfortunately.
My Physical Therapist also recommends I get tested for Hyper-mobility Elhers-Donlos Syndrome, because my range of flexibility is awesome. (Even though for my personal range I'm actually pretty stiff) It's pretty much a connective tissue mutation, but I guess after I finish physical therapy I'll be as flexible as a gymnast! w00t w00t! Just at the moment I have super unstable joints, so she doesn't want me to lift any heavy weights, etc. (She's afraid I'll hurt myself, and told me to stop dislocating my shoulders, lol)
But I guess EDS can affect anything dealing with connective tissue, so it could be the cause of my GI issues as well, and I'm at a risk to be more prone to scarring which would be bad for the liver issue.
Oh and I guess I have Chronic Bronchitis, and was born with it, and didn't know until recently, because I was always treating the symptoms, and thought it was normal to struggle breathing during allergy season, exercise, and dying when I'd get a cold.
So Chronic Bronchitis + Liver Disease, I'm pretty much home-bound during the pandemic except for doctor appointments (Doc tried to get me to stop going to physical therapy until after the pandemic is over, and I refused because it is my only time outside the house, and I'm recovering from a car accident, I don't want to heal wrong, and I have a bad relationship with him already.)
Well there you have it, finding out my issues one day at a time, but hopefully I can start getting better now and pump art out like a mad woman once I'm better!
