Finally A "good" Health Update

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I have some good news to report. After 2 months of fighting with my insurance , I finally have the medication my dr ordered. I've been on it about two weeks. it takes a few months to fully kick in but I am feeling just a touch better.

I also talked to my dr after exhausting every palliative care provider in the area, and having no luck he agreed to give me a tiny amount of pain medicine.

The absolute lowest dose and only two a day (this medicine should be taken every 4-6 hours) It's better than nothing but not quite enough. I'm pretty sure I got more as a kid when I had to get dental work. but it's a start

My dr recognized my pain as well as the difficulty of me getting to a pain management dr- monthly in person visits, random same day drug tests, and other factors make that impossible for me.

It should not be this hard to get pain care but it is. Especially for women. The same practice the NP that works there gave my husband max dose of pain meds every month for years, no questions asked (until he decided to go somewhere else for that). I am in objectively more pain and after years of battle.... I get a children's dose worth.
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Some not so good news...I have a squishy lump right where the (not cancerous)tumor was removed. It doesn't feel as hard as the tumor . I could be fluid build up. I need to get an MRI to see what's going on. Luckily the kind of tumor I had is very easily seen on MRIs. It's highly unlikely the tumor is back after only a few months, these tumors grow slowly.

I am also having a spot on my ankle checked again . I may have a rupture. We warned the insurance company about the delays in getting me meds. In the two months it took something happened and my pain and swelling got more severe. The new meds will stop, or at least slow down the damage.

I am likely looking at two or three more surgeries in the future. Surgeries that could have been avoided if it didn't take literal decades for a diagnosis because doctors do not believe women's symptoms, even with positive findings. I have permanent damage.

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Glad you've made some sloth steps towards getting the help you need, it seems like an awful process to have to go through for medical help! Wishing you all the best!

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Thanks. ❤️ It's..hell. and in the US I have to pay over $10,000 a year minimum for the privilege of being gaslit by most doctors. "Sloth steps" is an accurate description of how I walk now(I lost count how many torn tendons I have in my ankles. 8, 16 maybe?). !BBH !UN !PIXY

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ouch! Well, more reason to sloth about and put your feet up! Wishing you a speedy recovery, or some decent pain meds at the very least!

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I !HOPE that you can find a support of other women near you who also have really bad experiences with most (not all) physicians !INDEED. 🦄🤗 !BBH !MMB !STRIDE

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It's all women so...we are everywhere. I do not know any women with chronic illnesses that don't share this experience. It's just how women are treated by the healthcare system all over the world. In the US we get the privilege of paying for this medical abuse. Multiple studies back up my experiences and women's collective experiences. Women die or like me suffer permanent damage by the millions every year simply because drs don't believe us or our test results. This should infuriate the world but collectively no one cares.Our societies are too misogynistic to care. We are just mocked and called "emotional" or "crazy" even by our own drs . It's worse for women of color. !BBH !UNI !PIXY

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Anyway, is the !UN command a shortform for UNICOIN token tipping, or just a typo !INDEED? 🤯🤓 !MMB !BBH !ALIVE

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Where are you located that they take so long to help you? I haven't been to a doc in years here in the US, but I understand it's 2-3 months out to get an appointment. It's easier to just go, or so I'm told, to the ER to get the help one needs.

Getting healthcare should not be this difficult! I am sorry you've had such a rough time of it. I hope things get taken care of and soon. Take care! !LADY

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I'm in the US. The ER doesn't do anything for chronic issues, or even emergencies. Last time I went to the ER they released me with "no findings' or treatments-I had a partially collapsed lung and a hernia. I was at the ER because my vitals kept crashing including my 02 levels. They didn't take me seriously because the paramedic said it was "just anxiety". The test results were right there.This is...the norm for women with chronic illnesses all over the world unfortunately. drs just don't listen or even look at test results. There was yet another recent study that showed exactly this. That women are labeled with "anxiety" and not treated even when they get the same test results as men who are treated. Same for women's pain, not taken seriously or treated even when things like imaging show structural damage.

Healthcare is so expensive and I am gaslit by drs 95%+ of the time. It takes years for diagnosis. Unfortunately if you are female and already have other female dominant illnesses it's even worse. No one believes you. Drs are still to this day diagnosing hysteria, just under a different name.

My bloodwork has never once come back completely normal but that never mattered. it shouldn't take decades (onset in childhood) for diagnoses but it's happened to me more than once. I am not the only one. This is how all women with chronic illnesses are treated all over the world.
Thanks for you support. !BBH !UNI

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