Two week health update.
So, I just couldn’t bring myself to write last week, so you all are getting a two week health update.
To be honest, I am not feeling well today. My stomach decided that it didn’t like something and is now in revolt. I started having diarrhea consistently again starting on Wednesday morning and have basically had it every day since and then yesterday I started getting stomach cramps and intense pain and just overall extra unwell. So I’m not entirely sure what is happening, but it’s just another day being me in this life of bad health and pain.
Besides the fact that I feel like absolute shit, let me give the actual health / doctor updates.
09-25-2024 I saw my gastroenterologist virtually (which is super nice I can do that). And she basically just said that let’s see how pelvic floor physical therapy does for my gut and that we will follow up in 3 months. She did also mention that I should definitely try to see a rheumatologist because she agreed that I could have a connective tissue disorder. So after I met with her, I reached out to meet with the PA who worked under my PCP and told her I want to try again to see the rheumatologist and she said she would write up a convincing case for me to get in. And low and behold, I got a call that next day to get me in to the rheumatologist and so I’m going next week. Thank goodness…I’ve been trying to get in to them for months now.
09-26-2024 I saw my therapist (as I do every week) and it was nice because I actually had just had a really bad hypoglycemia episode which always scare me and so it was a comfort to then be able to meet with my therapist to kind of talk through that scariness. Then that afternoon I saw my OBGYN, who is super cool, and she basically just prescribed me some more pain medication for during my period time and said she’s intrigued for me to go to the endometriosis specialist and also to go to pelvic floor physical therapy because apparently my pelvic floor is fifty shades of fucked up. To which I asked, how does that happen? And she said it could be from years of constipation and straining on the toilet but it also just sometimes happens and is actually a very common issue among women. Who would’ve known. So… I guess all roads lead to pelvic floor physical therapy which I am headed to this next Monday and will be going twice a week for like 2 months straight.
Ugh. My body hurts. Sorry to go back to this subject, but I’m just not well. My stomach feels like it’s doing contractions and my lower back hurts and I have a headache. I am getting my period in the next few days… so I’m not sure if this is just pre-period stuff which it totally could be but this time around I feel quite a bit more sick than I have in the past. I hope that whatever it is, runs its course really quickly because I have another really big week ahead of me and I need to be present and sort of okay for all that I have going on. I cannot reschedule things. So whoever is out there, please send positive vibes my way. I need them.
Okay I think that’s all I am capable of writing out this week. I’ll write again this next week because it is going to be such a big week.
(Picture is from Moab, UT, USA.)