When you look at people with chronic illness(es)/disabilities, what do you expect to see? The more I look around, the more I realize that people only think you have issues if you are wheelchair-bound or have some sort of aid. That’s not necessarily the case. My fiancé has several issues, and should be in a wheelchair, but isn’t. He needs very invasive surgeries (yes, plural). Looking at him though, you’d never know. People judge him constantly. Perhaps it’s how society has been conditioned to view those with disabilities/illnesses that are “invisible”.
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Prepping for Friday
Today I woke up with some seriously bad heartburn. They’ve added a medication to my (seemingly) ever-growing list, and it was helping. Today is a different story. It’s not what I ate or drank…maybe it’s stress. Who knows? What I do know is that at this time Friday, I will be napping. I’m having a combination endoscopy/colonoscopy, since I’d rather have them check my body than continue on like this. Without going into too much detail, I’ve been having a number of issues, and they want to check to make sure things are in “working order”. If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know that things haven’t been the greatest health-wise. Specialists and my GP can’t figure out why. Symptoms started suddenly and don’t seem to be interlinked. You can read a little bit about that here.
COntinue ReadingThe Mystery Continues
As many of you know I have had an array of symptoms and have taken multiple trips to the hospital. I won’t go into great detail– read more about it all here. The symptoms that began in months ago are still there, and new issues have come up. One is this burning feeling that comes and goes in my face. There are certain areas were it feels as though a match has been lit, though that feeling doesn’t last. I also have dull pain in areas, and sometimes a numbing feeling in one area of my face when I press on another. They still have no idea what the issue is, and I do have appointments with other specialists. Hopefully there are answers soon. Continue reading
A Vegan Diet Journey
My partner (now fiancée) does not eat a bunch of crap, and neither do I. Now, if you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that we do like to try new things that aren’t always the healthiest. And that is okay. This topic is for another, more in-depth piece, but I have a real issue with putting huge constraints on food unless you have a legitimate medical issue, and must not have certain things. Anyway, my fiancée fell ill, and part of the recovery process is really watching what he puts in his body. While he is very skeptical of adopting a plant-based diet, the doctors recommended it as a way of helping to repair the damage.
While I was Away
I know I’ve been away for a couple of weeks. I’m still recovering from whatever this bug is that’s going around. I also lost someone very close to me, and it still hasn’t really sunk in. Every day I keep thinking that this person is going to call, and that it will have been a horrid April Fool’s joke…but I know it’s not. This person was my aunt. Not by blood (we’re cousins), but I consider her my aunt. She had done so much and had been such a huge supporter of everything I ever did. We had planned to take a trip together over summer like we did–oh it’d have to be about 10 years ago now. If there is something I have learned from her passing, it is to really step up and take care of myself. While I do not have (and hope to never have) diabetes, it does run in our family. So does heart disease and cancer (thanks genetics), and she passed from diabetic complications. For those of you out there who are diabetic and do not manage it, please do. The outcome is not worth it! Your life means something to someone, and if you are too lazy or just plain don’t care, it’s very selfish. I’m not saying that my aunt didn’t take care of herself on purpose or that she planned this, because she didn’t. I am saying that if you have any sort of health problems, make sure to stay on top of it. See the doctor(s) regularly and tell them EVERYTHING, even if you think it’s insignificant.
Sorry for the rant. I realized that I was probably not making sense anymore and needed to stop. At any rate, I am back now, and will have a couple of posts per day to make up for the past couple of weeks.
Stay beautiful!
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