#dentist isn’t off the hook as one of the good ones btw i’ve been there before and he didn’t notice and also calls me ‘‘young lady’’ so.

[adelaidedrubman]

man doctors are so fucking dumb as hell i have spent two years dealing with almost daily tension headaches/migraines, muscle pain and spasms, constant unilateral tinnitus, ear pain and popping, eye pain and blurry vision, severe insomnia, brain fog, vertigo, and balance/coordination issues.

i had consults with multiple neurologists, rheumatologists, audiologists, and physical therapists to get a ton of inconclusive test results and a “something mildly abnormal. who could say why. looks like my job here is done” and ineffective or nonexistent treatments. learned to just live with the pain and impaired functioning while secretly worrying i had some serious condition that would remain undiagnosed until i collapsed in public in some dramatic fashion and got sent to dr. house.

dentist feels my jaw for 5 seconds and says “oh yeah that’s real fucked up lol. are you also having [all of the previously described symptoms]”

and the punchline to all this is i have to pay out of pocket to have it fixed because insurance doesn’t cover adult orthodontics ✨️

#dentist isn’t off the hook as one of the good ones btw i’ve been there before and he didn’t notice and also calls me ‘‘young lady’’ so. #probably the wildest of all these oversights was the audiology testing which showed i had perfect hearing despite the tinnitus #but DID have one sided vestibular weakness/damage #to which audiologist was like ‘‘unclear why!’’ and when i gave the results to the neurologist she was like ‘‘i don’t care<33’’ #anyways. not overly optimistic treatment will fix everything that got fucked up but maybe it won’t get worse 🤞 #today’s personal update