#medical struggles

[glassbabys]

having stiches in your hip makes everything infinityle more difficult. sitting? i cant sit normal, have to sit very very slowly. standing up? same thing. walking? the fastest i can walk is still kinda slow and thats discounting seeing me fucking hobble. running? literally cant.

also everybody constantly asks "why do you walk like that" ITS NOT MY FAULT MY GOD WOMAN

#copper posts #medical struggles #physically disabled

[unhonestlymirror]

I love my job (help me please)

Bonus

#medical struggles

[i-am-the-quintessential-queer]

I need to vent for a second. Medical issues/Physical Health talk ahead as well as mention of vomiting

So for the last like 2-3 months I’ve been throwing up seemingly at random, due to all my health issues I’ve missed probably a collective of 1.5-2 weeks worth of work due to being sick and work policies regarding throwing up (I work with tiny children so we have to take illness very seriously)

I went to my primary doctor because of all of this so I can set up medical exams to find out what’s wrong with my stomach

It took over a week to finally hear back about my testing, and then I had to wait until the weekend because of what I could work

I give 3 vials of blood and a urine sample for a urinalysis

After all of that they come back and tell me it’s just a uti

First of all I’ve had no discomfort or symptoms of a uti, so even if I do actually have one it’s clearly not one I’ve had for the months of issues I’ve been having with throwing up

I went ahead and accepted the antibiotic they prescribed because if I do actually have a uti I don’t want to risk it getting bad, plus I’ve had bad cold symptoms this helped with, however today is my last day of the anti biotic and I threw up just last night

When I asked the nurse who called me if uti’s can cause nausea and she said in some cases but you could tell she seemed just as confused as to why they were only addressing a uti not the actual reason I went

So now I’m set back all this time and effort just for the root issue to still not be addressed

And now I need to either make another appointment with my primary doctor and tell him I’m still not okay, or I have to search for a doctor up here and even possibly urgent care if I want to get my issues addressed by someone who will listen

I’m just so frustrated and I’m tired of feeling sick all the time and missing work so often

I just feel defeated

#it speaks #text post #vent #rant #tw vomit #vomit tw #vomit mention #throwing up #throw up #throw up mention #throwing up mention #medical issues #medical struggles #physical health #physical health issues #I’m so tired #blood mention #urine mention

[therandomhalfrussian]

I hate blood tests. Absolutely hate them. I have no problem with needles or anything but it’s the fact that the doctors (no matter where I go) will ONLY rely on my blood tests to diagnose me.

“We could not find anything, come back if your symptoms get worse”

Well if it’s not my blood maybe for once consider it’s something else?? Please it’s not fucking normal to be sick for over 4 months and be in the pain I’m in 24/7; even I as a non-healthcare worker knows that!

#healthcare #medical struggles #blood tests #ranting

[trakkerdaxker]

Doctor loves his doves

#tf2 #tf2 medic #tf2 fanart #team fortress 2 #essentially me struggling to draw folds for 2 hours #before moving on to struggling to draw birds for 2 hours #i seriously need to practise oh boy #tf2 archimedes

[schizopositivity]

i see reminders to take your meds all the time and thats great but heres your reminder to get your meds refilled! to call your pharmacy! to pick up your refills while the pharmacy is still open! you cant take whats not there, its super important that you stay on top of getting your refills

#this post is for me lol i have to tell myself this rn #i was putting off picking up my refills #so now ive been out of my antideppresents and appetite increasers for days and im struggling #tw meds #tw pills #pills #meds #medication #pharmacy #neurodivergent #mental illness #nd #mental health awareness #schizophrenia #schizophrenic #psychosis #actuallyschizophrenic #pseriouslypsychotic

[fallenstarcat]

“well it’s good your tests came back normal!”

no. it’s not.

a normal test result doesn’t mean i don’t have symptoms anymore. it just means we’re no closer to an explanation.

i’m still struggling. my symptoms are still getting worse. we just don’t know why, also meaning they don’t take me seriously.

a normal test result is not a a happy thing when disabled.

#disability #disabled #disability struggles #disabled life #physically disabled #actually disabled #disability life #chronic illlness #chronically ill #chronic pain #chronic illness life #tw medical #chronic pain struggles #chronic pain life

[saturnsocoolioyep]

In the same vein as "I've been taking my medication for long enough that I haven't experienced any symptoms in a while, I must not need to take it anymore! (Spoiler alert: the meds are why you haven't had symptoms)" I present to you a similarly clownish thought process- "I haven't experienced that trigger in a long time, maybe I was just exaggerating how bad it was and it'll be fine to engage with this! (Spoiler alert: take a fucking guess babes)"

#on a definitely unrelated note the contamination obsessive thoughts are in fact still there and still upsetting #turns out when you take care to avoid things that trigger and upset you... #those things still trigger and upset you even if youve avoided them for a while #😱🤯 #ptsd #cptsd #trauma #recovery #disabled #autistic adult #actually autistic #<- idk if thats a good tag or not it just came up suggested when i typed autism so #ocd #<- not dxed and not even sure if i feel comfy self dxing w ocd but i definitely have upsetting obsessive + compulsive tendencies + thoughts #that i struggle with a lot so #medication #trauma recovery #triggers #arfid #disability #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #audhd

[uncanny-tranny]

Social transition being seen (by some) as this super easy thing that isn't as hard as real transitioning (medical) is bullshit. Be critical of the idea that there are some trans people who just "have it easy" because they are trans or because they are trans in ways you may not be.

Social transition is just as difficult, hard, and rewarding as medical transition. Maybe it is not as hard for some, sure, but that is not the same as thinking that social transition is inherently easier or lesser. If you're socially transitioning, your voice still matters.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #not to mention that so many people DO want to medically transition but *can't* #so it can be even harder for some when they feel social transition is their only option when they don't want it to be #but social transition carries its own risks and challenges and again rewards #and i've seen this idea plenty where it's like 'oh you don't GET my struggles because you're SOCIALLY transitioning' #and while yes i am different than some trans people to say i'm struggling *more* if i'm the only one medically transitioning is??? huh???? #i don't buy into this idea that social transition is never scary because you don't have the boot of the medical system on your back #(though non-med or pre-med transitioning people still face issues in medical settings so even THEN we aren't seperate) #like there's very few ways you can separate my issues as a medically-transitioning person and the issues of somebody who isn't... #...and by that i mean there's few ways you can separate our issues so that mine trumps theirs or that i'm seen as like... trans but More #does that make sense? #medical transitioning is important but that doesn't mean it is *more* important or that only *it* is important #you can support us who are medically transitioning without erasing the experiences and struggles of other trans people #and plus... so many of us who are medically transitioning NOW are the people who socially transitioned THEN #and dare i say i despised social transition more because of how hard it was? medical transition has been (more or less) easier... #...in that i can just *be* now

[jiaoliqiao]

"He thinks you're old and ugly so he refuses you. Why bother offering yourself?"

Heaven Official’s Blessing 天官赐福 | Xie Lian in Season 2 Episode 1

#mxtxnet #tgcf #tgcfedit #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #xie lian #*mine #tgcf spoilers #userkareena #userhanyi #userginpotts #tobelle #lextag #tusermona #lizlookatthis #roserayne #tuserjade #baek1nho #medical condition huh :) #also i'm still working on figuring out how to color this it's a struggle

[julykings]

the last bits of 2023

#the last months I’ve mostly been busy with work but can say that I got through my first semester teaching successfully although struggled #along the way. my anxiety is at an all time high + I’m dealing with some medical stuff so I’m just trying to stayyy appreciative of every #day I feel good u kno. ugh. #I’m working on quitting my excessive weed usage lol. otherwise working out and doing pole when I can. #and watching lots of movies and doing lots of art . at least this past week since school is out #personal

[izzypaw]

brush your r damn hair ‼️‼️😒

#lucas #mother 3 #mroe struggle era lucas doodles #i can never get medicated bcoz then id never draw him again #doodle

[echoingalaxies]

cw: hospital/medical stuff mentions, unspecified illness or injury

“You wanna pick up some food on the way?” Caretaker asked, steering her car out of the parking garage and to the intersection.

Whumpee, sitting under a blanket on the passenger seat, watched the hospital disappear as they drove away on the mostly empty highway. He rubbed the pit of his elbow where a small bandage remained to stop the slight bleeding from a cannula.

It had been a long day. New bottles of medicine rattled in the pockets of his jacket when he shifted into a more comfortable position and leaned their head against the headrest. They had sat in the waiting room the whole evening before finally being admitted, and discharged only a couple of hours after. Caretaker hadn’t even tried to argue with the staff anymore. It always ended like this. Not enough beds and not enough people to take care of the ones lying on them.

Whumpee knew he was lucky. He knew he’d be safe going home with Caretaker. But it didn’t mean he didn’t keep dreaming about the day he’d be taken seriously. He’d receive proper care. Otherwise he’d just have to keep going back, over and over again. More pills, more bills, more wasted hours.

“Hello?”

“Oh, uh,” Whumpee blinked, realizing he hadn’t actually given Caretaker a response. “No, I… we should just head home. You’ve got work in the morning, and it’s already way past midnight.”

His stomach let out a loud rumbling sound just then, and Caretaker gave him a quiet look, which Whumpee pretended to not see. He could fix himself a bowl of yogurt at home. Caretaker needed sleep. She deserved it, after putting aside her own responsibilities just to stay with him again.

“What if I told you I already took tomorrow off?”

"What?" Whumpee turned to her, shaking his head. “Caretaker, no. You shouldn’t have.”

Caretaker shrugged. “It’s Friday, we get to have a head start for the weekend. Won’t that be fun?” Her smile faltered slightly and her voice shifted lower, to more serious. “The nurse said someone should keep an eye on you — and I wouldn’t want to leave you, anyway. You still need help.”

Whumpee knew that. He looked down, fidgeting with the hospital wristband. If he’d kept every one of those he’d got even during the past year, he could probably sew them together to make full sleeves for both arms. Money was already tight, as Caretaker worked to support the both of them, and Caretaker missing work because of Whumpee’s various appointments and frequent trips to the ER had had their effect on their income.

“Yes, but…” he said, the familiar tearing feeling of shame finding its place. “I thought we would call Friend or Sibling to stay with me while you’re at work. We have before.”

“Now we don’t have to.” Caretaker glanced at him, frowning. “Do you not… want me to stay?”

“Didn’t they say you can’t keep doing this anymore if you plan to keep your position?” Whumpee asked. “You like your job. I don’t want you to risk losing it because of me.”

“They will understand. I told them it is a family matter.”

Whumpee’s cheeks got hot and he moved his focus away from Caretaker again, watching out of the window instead. They were passing by shops, parks, and pubs, taking many turns in the little streets of their labyrinth of a hometown. Whumpee hadn’t even noticed they had left the main road, but he definitely recognised where Caretaker was heading.

“You didn’t have to lie because of me,” he mumbled, as Caretaker pulled into the parking lot of a local, 24-hour barbeque restaurant they both loved. “About it being a… a family thing.”

Caretaker turned to Whumpee, finally being able to give him her undivided attention as she turned off the engine, smiling softly.

“I didn’t.”

#i... wrote... something? #you have no idea how much my not fluent speaker ass struggled with vocabulary for a thing this short #gentle caretaker #caretaking #sick whump #comfort whump #medical whump #caretaker x whumpee #whump writing #whump scenarios #whump fic #caretaker #whumpee #whump #whumpblr #my writing

[archiarthur]

And then they made out

#not my best work and im out of country so im lowkey struggling #tf2 #science party #team fortress 2 #art-chi #engiemedic #medicengie #tf2 medic #tf2 engineer #engineer x medic #medic x engineer #genetic engineering #bird brains

[our-inspire-verse]

I always feel so out of place even in system communities. Does anyone else relate at all??

Like, idk some system memes are cool and relatable bc obviously not everything is gonna line up, but so much of it doesn't click with us.

We've almost never been put off by the voices, we all wanna communicate, we don't think less of each other or think 1 deserves more front time than anyone else, etc. Idk, there's so many memes about denial and eating each other's food and all this distress. Which is i know, a major part of many system's lives. Part of what makes a meme is the repeatability and a lot of systemhood IS struggles in that area.

But what about systems who do everything right (in the sense that we have healthy coping and such)? What about systems who unconditionally love each other and dissociative barriers are something we work around instead of fighting? What about the systems who love the voices?

#this comes off as abilistic i know im gonna get some bs from this #but listen. listen to me. ur allowed to struggle and this post isnt about/for u if ur gonna get mad or defensive #im talking systems well on their path through purposeful recovery #systems years into studying themselves and having full comfort and understanding within. full love. full acceptance. #i want memes and content that isnt medicalized and saying the same stuff over and over and over and over #all this misery. where is the system content where we're just being plural and silly. im so tired #dont even start on syscourse like its so bad in here #smells like stinky #system babbles #osdd #actually osdd #minor vent? #system posting #memes #did #actually did #actually traumatized #actually traumagenic #endo safe #syscourse dni #positivity

[shestudiesmedicine]

Good morning! I had the results of my radiology exam and despite all the efforts I did not pass. So, as you can see, sometimes things do not go the way we plan or think. Thankfully I can retake the exam in June.

I managed to pick myself up and dust all the negative feelings. But, I have to admit it was hard.

I am trying to understand how to study better and be more efficient. However it is not easy.

Apart from that, I am enjoying the process of understanding and letting go of passive study methods I have used in the past.

How about you? Sending you much love and courage 🫰🏽🫂📖🧠

Iveth🌻

#medical studyblr #studyblr #she studies medicine #medical student #study blog #studygram #study #studyspo #studystudystudy #100 days of efficient productivity challenge #study motivation #study struggles