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Health Update, March Edition

Added 2019-03-05 15:15:37 +0000 UTC

I don't even know where to begin, my dudes, as I'm just so tired.

After about 6 sessions of physical therapy my therapist, back in January, decided she didn't think I was responding well enough and possibly thoracic outlet syndrome wasn't an adequate diagnosis and I went back to the sports medicine clinic, who sent me back to the neurologist. I had a cervical MRI last week. I haven't personally seen the report; the nurse who called me said it didn't show any neurogenic problems but did show "muscle spasms" and "some evidence of a degenerative condition". She couldn't elaborate on either of these things (the fuck, my dude), tried incredibly hard to cancel my follow-up with the neurologist, and wanted to shunt me back to my awful PCP. With an effort I've held onto my neurology follow-up, which is next week.

On my end, my symptoms have only gotten worse, and the tiredness and fatigue I'm experiencing by day's end, especially trying to prop myself up to pay any attention whatsoever to my kid, are killing me, and personally I'm back to suspecting I have MS, but I have no diagnosis nor am I any closer to getting one.

I also fell on the ice shoveling two weeks ago and destroyed my coccyx and laid in bed for a week. It's rough here, buddy. The constant discomfort with no relief, exhaustion, and frustration with trying to get anywhere with diagnosis and treatment are taking their toll. This morning I was shopping in-network counseling.

So anyways, sorry the updates have remained slow; my appreciation of your support through this remains huge.