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[Katya]

This constant nausea isn't funny.

[Susie]

Have to take an online course for my boss, because he doesn't have the time to take it, by the end of the year

[Rocket]

This constant nausea isn't funny.

Are you pregnant?

[Blanc]

I want to eat, but my diet don't allows! ;---;

[Kass]

Woke up today with a sore throat and now my nose has been stuffy for most of the rest of the day. Blegh. I think I'm getting sick

[Emily]

Was supposed to go shopping with some friends today. One of them was going to call me at 9 am to make sure I'm up. Didn't get the call because terrible reception in my room. Slept through my alarms and woke up at a 11. Missed shopping. Grumble. 

[Rocket]

I've gotten maybe 7 hours of sleep total over the past 3 nights. Last night I took a sleepy pill to see if it would help, and nope maybe 2 hours max spread out.

I'm getting really frustrated and on edge, I haven't had problems with insomnia in a while.

[Katya]

Are you pregnant?

 

According to all symptoms, yes. But it wouldn't be the first time my body plays tricks on me.

[HiMyNameIsNick]

Yesterday was my graduation. I'm gonna miss college a lot. I think I'll be back in 2 years to start a new career.

[Coops]

I have mixed feelings. A friend with the same condition, who underwent the same surgery (without the neck stuff), told me I need to get my ass to the ER. But it doesn't feel like an emergency and I can't afford another bill.  My recovery has been good mostly. But now I am losing the ability to look down and there is a lump in my incision, I don't know what to do. I have no primary care anymore because I had to change my insurance just to get this damn surgery. 

[Ali]

I have mixed feelings. A friend with the same condition, who underwent the same surgery (without the neck stuff), told me I need to get my ass to the ER. But it doesn't feel like an emergency and I can't afford another bill.  My recovery has been good mostly. But now I am losing the ability to look down and there is a lump in my incision, I don't know what to do. I have no primary care anymore because I had to change my insurance just to get this damn surgery. 

Codex has made me so damn glad for the NHS.

[Coops]

Codex has made me so damn glad for the NHS.

@Ali I am jealous of single-payer systems. But people like me, even in places like the UK and Canada, are under-treated, under-managed and dismissed just as much as people in the US. It's just an issue related to having rarely diagnosed disorders, which doctors do not have the information, skill or means to understand yet. It can take just as long, sometimes longer, for those in the UK to be diagnosed with my conditions (Chiari malformation, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome hypermobility type, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and other systemic issues caused by my disorders. 

It's sad because I have probably some of the best available insurance. And it still sucks balls. My co-pays are low and if I got to a MTF (military-treatment facility) it's free. But again, I'm forced to face poorly educated doctors who are overworked, underpaid and mistreated by a poorly constructed system. And it's especially bad because I am young and a woman. People don't believe young people can be so sick, for some odd reason. It doesn't help that my disorders are so damn misunderstood and are held back by outdated diagnostic protocols. I'm just fucked no matter what. And I don't know how to deal with it.

[Ali]

@Ali I am jealous of single-payer systems. But people like me, even in places like the UK and Canada, are under-treated, under-managed and dismissed just as much as people in the US. It's just an issue related to having rarely diagnosed disorders, which doctors do not have the information, skill or means to understand yet. It can take just as long, sometimes longer, for those in the UK to be diagnosed with my conditions (Chiari malformation, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome hypermobility type, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and other systemic issues caused by my disorders. 

It's sad because I have probably some of the best available insurance. And it still sucks balls. My co-pays are low and if I got to a MTF (military-treatment facility) it's free. But again, I'm forced to face poorly educated doctors who are overworked, underpaid and mistreated by a poorly constructed system. And it's especially bad because I am young and a woman. People don't believe young people can be so sick, for some odd reason. It doesn't help that my disorders are so damn misunderstood and are held back by outdated diagnostic protocols. I'm just fucked no matter what. And I don't know how to deal with it.

Oh for sure @Coops, there are masses of problems with the NHS for diagnosis and treatment times and the pay/workload of junior doctors is a big issue of contention right now (proposed strikes etc). And yes, similarly, serious illness in the young goes unchecked because it "can't be" that. I have private medical which I use whenever I actually need something done which is amazing and has meant I've had physio, therapy, some fertility stuff, all sorted within a week of requesting appointments, where as I'd still be waiting in some cases on the NHS.

 

The idea of having to consider whether I could afford to go to the hospital is utterly terrifying. I'd be dead by now. Wonderful for peace of mind as well, in that if you're at all worried about anything, you can make a GP appointment without having to factor in cost. I love it.

[Coops]

Oh for sure @Coops, there are masses of problems with the NHS for diagnosis and treatment times and the pay/workload of junior doctors is a big issue of contention right now (proposed strikes etc). And yes, similarly, serious illness in the young goes unchecked because it "can't be" that. I have private medical which I use whenever I actually need something done which is amazing and has meant I've had physio, therapy, some fertility stuff, all sorted within a week of requesting appointments, where as I'd still be waiting in some cases on the NHS.

 

The idea of having to consider whether I could afford to go to the hospital is utterly terrifying. I'd be dead by now. Wonderful for peace of mind as well, in that if you're at all worried about anything, you can make a GP appointment without having to factor in cost. I love it.

Yeah. There is no perfect system, to be sure, @Ali.

It's good you have that security. It's 2015, and I live in a nation with the technological and economic ability to provide me with the basic human need for physical security, and yet.. I worry every single day about being able to afford to go to the doctor, whether that doctor will treat me humanely and with the respect I deserve. The worst part is I know it's a culmination of social factors at play. That even if I did live in a nation with single-payer, I'd still face so many challenges because of the nature of my chronic illnesses. It's also shitty, because, emotionally and intellectually I'm put together and capable. But the fact that I have to worry every single damn day about whether I'll wake up or not, I can't move forward in life. If I had good healthcare, that'd change a bit. It would be easier, not to have to worry about the financials of surviving. You know? And now I just feel like I'm complaining.

[Kass]

Feeling worse today... blegh. Being sick sucks At least it isn't anything too serious

[Katya]

Six bananas, a strip of bacon and a liter of sparkling water. That's all I could eat today. If this turns out to be just the stress of the holidays, considering the hell I'll have to endure next week, I'll probably starve. A tiny piece of bacon?? I need a whole pig everyday!

[Frizzle]

Probably shouldn't eat that many bananas. My mate did that and almost died through potassium poisoning.

[Honchkrow]

I stubbed my toe real bad on my coffee table, stepped on a lego and on top of that, I've been really sick for 5 days woohoo!!! 

I'm sorry you're a cripple now.

 

Been having the sniffles all day from my allergies, been going though tissues like crazy.

Edited by Honchkrow, 16 December 2015 - 07:18 PM.

[danibanani]

According to all symptoms, yes. But it wouldn't be the first time my body plays tricks on me.

 

I know that feeling, imagine the feeling when you go to the doctor looking 5 months pregnant and have all the symptoms to pee on a stick for them and it say negative 

Not that I want to be but ugh, womens bodies are ridiculous

[Katya]

If I die, at least I'll have the best epitaph in the cemetery.

[danibanani]

I'm sorry you're a cripple now.

 

Been having the sniffles all day from my allergies, been going though tissues like crazy.

 

Allergies are no fun! I'm okay though, hurt like a mofo though

[Katya]

womens bodies are ridiculous

Except boobs. Boobs are the best.

[Blanc]

Except boobs. Boobs are the best.

 

Asses > Boobs.

[danibanani]

Except boobs. Boobs are the best.

 

Yes!

 

Asses > Boobs.

 

No, no, no

[Blanc]

Yes!

 

 

No, no, no

 

Boobs are just fake asses.