It's been 3 months ever since I had an episode of my whole body aching especially my back pain which got really worse to the point I couldnt sleep from the pain and even sweated and had a mild fever 37.4 celcius that night. The whole body/bone pain has been going on for a few days prior to developing that fever for one day but I felt like I was going down with something. My neck has been bothering me for a while I dont cough but it felt sore inside/weird. I did a cbc everything normal, crp, esr normal, ANA normal, ca-125 normal, LDH normal, igA, Igg, Igm normal, ultrasound showed reactive nodes with a more prominent one in the right side of my neck which is palplatable and measured 9.5mm and was described as a hypoechoic oval shape (lymph node?) In the report. Chest x ray clear. A hematologist felt my nodes on my neck and then my groin ones which are pea sized but dismissed them. For the past months Ive been having muscle spasms and discomfort on my legs, and hands which comes and goes like the burning feeling in the inside of my throat. I also get pressure in the sides of my head and there are swollen occipital nodes that cause me discomfort too. It feels like my muscles are really tense. Also I have really weak muscles/tendons/hip flexors? In the side of my buttocks especially the left one which becomes more intense when I open that leg or rotate it inside. I also get some burning sensations spreading from my chest to stomach and sometimes I feel cold. I also get random pain on my jaw and under cheekbones. Most discomfort was noticed during the night or laying down. I still experience back/hip pain from time to time. Also my left ear is sensitive when I hear something loud or touch it it makes something like echo ear drum? Also been seen by an ENT doctor who said I was clear. Should I look into this further or could this be due to a virus after 3 months? Possibility for Sjogrens(mildly drymouth, also vagina with frequent candida infections, dry eyes and have always had problems with cavities, dry nose) or TMJ? 6months ago I also had a neck and brain MRI which showed back left bone spurs in A4-A6 level that could be pressuring the A6 root. I've also worried about lymphoma because I got some mild night sweats that could be connected to anxiety and nightmares, were not drenching and after xanax use they havent appeared for a few weeks. What has been constantly bothering me though is the lower back pain muscle spasms and that weird stiff feeling on the sides of my hips and that tendon/nerve/muscle stretching/spasm deep inside left buttock.

This has been bugging me for awhile now, and I think I have some pictures up on an old post showing me pulling skin off my neck/jaw area (and note: it got even worse since). My doctor gave me a referral for a dermatologist, but I still have some time before the appointment.
As I stated above, I can pull my facial skin almost like I have EDS; however, I have no other symptoms of EDS, and the skin laxity ends around my shoulders/collarbone. EDS was the first thing my doctor said before I showed her I did not have the same laxity on my forearms.
I’m only 27 (and male, 5’10”, 225lbs— probably useful info), but I’m becoming horribly prematurely aged, and it’s killing my confidence. The bizarre thing is, though, is that my skin quality is actually looking really good. Red light therapy has made my complexion look better than it has in years, cleared old scar tissue from pimples I popped, and gotten rid of all but a few stubborn forehead wrinkles I’ve developed from raising my brows to keep my vision clear of excess skin and my nasolabial folds. My skin is soft and thick, almost too thick, and it’s like almost like everything underneath the skin has melted. I really think that’s the problem— the fat and muscles that once held my face together are either disappearing or dropping, and I’m left with one amorphous, gelatinous blood pooling into my jowls and neck. Despite being overweight, I can feel every last bump and crevice in my cheeks, around my eyes, along my jaw and brow, etc. Yet the skin just covers over all of it like a mask, and it just makes me look fat (and as I just said, I am overweight, but my upper body does not look horribly so. I have massive legs, so people often think I’m a good 20-30lbs less than I really am). But it’s like all the fat has drained off my face and is sinking downward.
I’m at a loss. I keep thinking it can’t get worse, but it does. It’s affecting my vision, it makes my head feel heavy, I can feel my skin fold with every movement of my neck. Obviously, it’s destroyed my confidence and desire to be in public or date. And now as I read about stuff like acquired cutis laxa, I’m worried it could even be tied to stuff like cancer.
It’s worth noting that these symptoms really took off after a COVID infection. My case was very mild, but it was afterwards that things got bad. Tremors, spasms, heart palpitations, blood pressure spikes, brain fog, joint pain, muscle strains, you name it, I probably had it. I lost fat passing in my hands and wrists as well (strange thing to notice, but very evident as a powerlifter, golfer, and baseball player. Things start feeling different in your hands, your gloves stop fitting right, stuff like that). The tremors, heart palpitations, and all that cleared up last November after I upped my water intake from about a half gallon to at least one gallon a day, and all labwork was normal, if not better than before I was sick (no more vitamin D deficiency, testosterone up as my prolactinoma was finally under control after several years), except for positive antihistone antibodies. The rheumatologist said not to worry about it for now because everything else was normal, and he expected I had had an inflammatory reaction to the virus and the flare up was over.
I’m at my wit’s end. This is ruining my life, and not one doctor aside from my PCP seems to care because they dismiss it as a cosmetic concern.

January 29, 2384 - the day of the last total eclipse is when the raid began. “The day of the sun's false shadow” as people call it now. We, humans, were an unsuspecting victims in a universe habited by multiple vastly stronger existences. When it happened the world had been thrown into utter chaos and shock. The sun had been completely covered by the moon and this event was supposed to last only a short while however after two hours sunlight had still not shown its face upon the earth's surface. This was the beginning of humanity's greatest tribulation. After days of the sun's light not being shown the planet's temperature began to drop and to compensate for this people began to create massive fires but this did not stop the problem. Photosynthesis in plants began to stop, making it harder for humans to breathe. This made humans build labs and create artificial oxygen, which took care of that problem but humans still began to die from hypothermia, frozen oceans, and forced stoppage of blood flow. After two weeks, the sun finally revealed itself and all hope had been restored in humanity collectively only for half the population to be massacred in an instant. “The watchers” had been slowly waiting with armies to colonize our planet and technology beyond our wild comprehension. Technology we can only dream of had been shown and used right before our very eyes and for the first time in all of human history, we had been united as one in our mutual fear and horror. 2 months later, 90% of humanity has been wiped out and the few who remained were used as slaves to cultivate energy. With the use of a Dyson shell, nearly 80% of the sun's energy and heat had been directed into maintaining their energy. Amongst all this time, humanity had collectively agreed to fight back. This began the creation of the liberation group, “the Plague”. These groups of people were the last hope of humanity and carried an extremely large ambition and dream on their shoulders. While “the watchers” were extremely advanced this doesn't change the fact that they were fallible and this group of people were their scourge. They didn't have the military might nor the advanced brain to even keep up against “the watchers” but through slavery and forced labor, the human body began to develop into something stronger. They began to surpass their limits and break the barriers that the human mind had once placed on themselves. Through the selective farming of “the watchers” a new plant had developed that was essentially a stimulant to the human body and a limit breaker for their physical capabilities. At first, they began by using strong levels of acid to corrode the buildings and structures and then stopping their heartbeat to give the impression of suicide so they could not be caught, however, they did not die due to a new system developed from the human's newfound evolution. Due to the strict regimen that we had to follow, we knew all of the places where they would and wouldn't be, all the blind spots of the planet, all the places where they were in close proximity to a chasm, and all the places where we were at a disadvantage. We used the blindspots as bases and hideouts where we could plan our vengeance. After a year of just observing their behavior, habits, bodily functions, and even their schedules we developed a hypothesis that 24 seconds after 7:39 PM we have approximately 19 minutes and 53 seconds in Greenland where we are not being watched nor located. We used this small window of time to gather the fundamental items we needed to fight back and build the foundation for our organization. We gathered food, plants, water, armor, and weapons. We realized that they were immune to cutting/slicing damage and could only be hurt through blunt attacks. With this knowledge, we developed a specific fighting style and used that small time frame to train others in it. We adapted to the harsh conditions and created clothes using spare pieces from “the watchers” specially made for insulating heat, weighing less, and being less penetrable by outside attacks. After a year every person on the planet was a master at this martial arts and had fully developed a counter to all technology that “the watchers” had. However, we could not initiate immediate war on them so we needed a plan. We came up with the idea to have one of our strongest members report to the watchers about our activity and give away one of our bases. This created the false notion that not only did they have someone working as a double agent on their side but also they knew where we would be so they could catch us off guard. We were all there like they expected and they attacked like planned. We had all moved our weapons, armor, and vital items into a different base but kept some things where they attacked to make them think we had not gotten far but this was a dud. Eventually, we had all “died” and had our bodies left at that place as a sign of victory on their side. However, because of this, their ego had grown and they began to underestimate us. The surveillance had gotten weaker as they assumed their “double agent” would tell them everything as a trade for luxury living. We knew that physical power would not be enough so our smartest man collaborated to develop a virus specifically made for their genetic makeup which took about 5 years to extract small strands of DNA without them realizing. Once the virus had been created the incidence began and eliminated more than 60 percent of “the watchers” because of how they were too distracted trying to develop a cure and the vast amount of them dying, we had gained more time to develop our forces and we began to ingest various harmful substances but in small doses in order to gain resistance to any harmful poisons and acids. After new children start to be born this began the origin of a new human species. One massively stronger, smarter, more durable, and with all the immunities and benefits without the downsides. With the birth of this new generation, all of the human race had experienced a collective euphoria. We had begun to secretly train these kids for years and strengthen them in a way the human race had never been before. Due to the circumstances of their birth, they had also developed a strong ability for adaptation and healing factor which ultimately led to humans finally being able to physically compete with “the watchers”. However, we were still lacking in numbers despite the virus taking a vast majority of “the watchers” away. Some of us grew confident and because we were now physically capable some believed we could win the war while others believed we couldn’t yet. This created division within our ranks but did not necessarily break our ranks but that was all depending on your interpretation. We gathered our smartest men and women to make a plan to initiate war, and for 14 days they were stuck in ruminative thought. 2 years passed and we had finally built up the numbers, technology, and physical capabilities to contend with the watchers. Now on the day of the war, all of our strongest soldiers imitated the attack. But this time they were an unsuspecting victim on a planet habited by a stronger species. During the war we had counters for nearly everything the watchers could dish out but one thing we were not aware of was the fact that the watchers could transform into a smaller but faster, stronger, and more durable form. This form took the shape of humankind. So closely related that it struck fear into the hearts of many. Not only was this extremely off-putting but the revelation that came along with it had altered the perception of humanity as we know it. The war had been put to a halt, and all forced fighting in the war had directed their attention to one watcher and one watcher alone. All forces had been completely immobilized and fighting back was no longer capable. With this, the words that had been spoken out of the watcher were a revelation that humanity had not even considered possible. “We are not your enemies. We are you but from the future. In our original timeline, we have been attacked by a species even higher than us. We had been pushed to the brink of extinction and our last hope was only to go back in time in hopes that if we returned to our past selves we could help evolve even more to contend with the world-ending threats from the future. This siege we had laid on this planet and the forced evolution, progression, and tragedy among humankind also brought extreme progression in human capabilities. All of you are vastly superior to your previous forms because of our arrival. While we acknowledge our methods were not the ideal we had no other option. This was the fastest and most effective method to progress the human species although we could not allow the human race to have this win. It would boost the ego of your race and our all of you in a state of comfort and stagnation. With this being said we resign from our participation in this war and would greatly appreciate it if you allowed us to help humanity rebuild and donate technology.” Speechless as to what humanity has just heard we just stood there in utter shock and disbelief. Not a single soul knew what to say and all of humanity had stood in confusion. One man spoke “how do we know this is true” the watcher proceeded to show pictures and videos of them being massacred while some stood in human form and others did not. They showed is this along with the words, “we initiated this war as a way to put the human race through natural selection and eliminate all the weak human being who would not be able to contribute to our growth and success in any upcoming battle. So with that being said what is your decision?” Our leader, and the smartest woman among us had stated, “We humbly decline this offer as we would prefer to evolve by our capabilities and we have already surpassed you so what can you possibly teach us.” After this being stated the war had been started again and the watchers had been for the first time since the “great cleansing” began utterly defeated and annihilated. With the war being won, humanity being victorious, and newfound abilities being discovered humanity had been thrown into an era of peace and prosperity. All tragedies had been blamed on the watchers and for the first time humanity had an ever lasting peace and a perfect utopia where everyone agreed and benefited from each other. With this, we have been vastly improving and slowly but steadily rebuilding our planet and all of humankind. Our members started family’s and genuinely enjoyed the life they were living once again. Everyone acting coyly and with one another was a beautiful side to behold. Everything was perfect until the same monsters who killed the watchers, showed up to eliminate us due to fear of what we could evolve into this time we had no way to fight back and our ranks were already diminished or severely weakened. How would humanity be able to survive this time???Most people had been massacre and captures to be experimented on. Very few of us had actually managed to get away from them and we had only been able to do this through shadow banishment. It was a skill that we had acquired through the technology of the watchers. Living in the void was not the ideal lifestyle as it was ruthless, dirty, and unsafe but the chances of surviving here were massively higher than surviving on earth. Only a hundred of us remained and the human species were basically extinct. With this small group left we had resorted to instead of trying to repopulate and exact revenge immediately we would take the short route. In the void monsters had no sort of civilization and the only rule amongst these creatures were the strongest prevail. There was no sort of rule, order, or even a sense of respect between these monsters. The weak were prey for the strongest, and the strong were killed by the stronger. We took this as an opportunity to not only increase our strength by training and battling but also amassing an empire. The remind of humanity collectively agree that we would bring order and peace to the void. The best way to go through this was by entering the tournament. The monsters held tournaments to watch the strongest fight and kill each other for pure fun. We joined this colosseum and while at first we easily overwhelmed our opponents we had slowly been facing harder and harder opponents as we rose through the ranks. By the time even a single one of us was defeated we had made a name and gained the attention of multiple monsters within the void. We were not necessarily respected or followed but we were feared and simultaneously an opponent that monsters wished to fight. After this we had developed our own fighting ring in which monster could fight and battle against us and only us. We implied a set of rules in this ring. Rule 1; no killing Rule 2; reservations must be made to fight Rule 3; both parties must consent Rule 4; do not make the fight personal Rule 5; it must be between a human and monster. These rules created a sense of security amongst the monsters and while driven by their desire of battle they also abided by the rules. Eventually after fighting throughout the tournament and gaining more traction with the monsters in it. Eventually even the most high ranked demons had begun to make reservations in for our fights. Our strongest soldiers had been the ones to fight them as nobody else can really compete. The first fight had been with a demon who had the ability of immunity. This ability did not only revolve around internal status effects but also could be applied to his physical body. The fight had been the biggest one the ring had ever experienced and it did not disappoint. Eventually we had won and this through the whole entire void and everyone in it into an uproar. Monsters who never even bothered to fight had shown up to battle. The strongest monster in the void and the only monster with a sense of order, self, and purpose had shown up to fight all humans by himself. He agreed that if we win he would pledge allegiance to us all and work under our rule however if we lose we will be killed. This monster bore an extreme resemblance humans. The structure of his body and the contents of it were all human like however he claimed not to be. This monsters name was angel and he possessed the ability to manipulate and control all matter with the sole exception of any other organic material that resided outside of his own body. Our commander and strongest member amongst us was the person to fight him. His name was Alexander and despite the fact that we didn't have any singular special powers like him however our physical bodies were honed greater than any other species in existence. They were evenly matched in speed and strength and even in our capabilities to rapidly heal from damage. They had been evenly matched in all physical ability and the fight had ultimately come to hand to hand combat and who could last longer. Angel was unmatched in combat and had barely even been hit due to how experienced in martial arts he had been; however throughout the fight Alexander had been naturally adapting to his fighting style and developing counters to everything. Our natural ability to adapt to all attacks and effects placed upon us had given a clear win condition; however time was needed to actually see and fully understand how to possibly adapt to everything. The longer the fight took the higher the chance of Angel losing. Alexander had slowly but steadily been adapting and developing new combat styles to counter everything angle could do and even had grown to use his own severed limbs as projectiles and use his blood as a coat over all other objects to cancel his ability to use his field. Angel's main ability had been to control the air around him to increase speed, power, and even get a sense of what his opponent would be doing before it happened. After finally adapting to this his body had begun to heat itself in an attempt to turn it into vapor and due to blood being organic matter of another life form he would no longer have control of the air and the surrounding area. After this the fight had come down to solely base physical capabilities and for 10 minutes they had been mindlessly brawling and instantaneously healing through the damage taken. After a long period of time their healing began to slow down due to bodily fatigue. Biting, punching, scratching, kicking, anything you can think of, they did it. That fight was a bloodbath unlike anything else and in the end they both passed out on the floor with nothing left besides their bodies soaked and bathed in each other's blood. After they had both been knocked unconscious their bodies had been left there in anticipation for them to awaken. The ring filled beyond capacity as people argued and fought about who would awaken first. In anticipation for this once in a lifetime event the whole void had stopped with all its attention. Angel was the first to awaken and he had been exhausted and utterly stunned as to how he actually had gotten knocked out. He had the opportunity to kill his opponent as he had technically won the battle but out of respect for his opponents strength and capabilities he possessed. After the fight had finished Angel had left and was never to be seen again. After 2 weeks Alexander had awoken in a small shack being guarded by one other human and confused after everything had been explained to him he had went around looking for angel but he was not to be found. After awakening Alexander had been massively stronger than before. Due to the physical state his body was put in and all the damage that he had taken from Angel his body had adapted and become more dense in order to take all the attacks while sustaining the least amount of damage possible. After his awakening this began our political revolution. We had now implemented the ring with rules and gotten multiple monsters to follow by these rules and with them being accurate to filling orders more now we had decided to initiate a leadedictator in a sense. The top 5 strongest creatures in the void had been the leaders and this had consisted of Alexander at 1, 2 other demons at 2 and 3, and humans to fill the final spots. We began to implement laws and rules in order to stop the mass murder and destruction happening and within a small time frame we had created structures similar to the ones of the earth. Houses and gyms in order to train in hopes of becoming stronger and even professional combat sports. After 2 months time had passed we had developed a military with our best members in it and humbly had began to repopulate. All this had been done in hopes of regaining the earth and defeated our oppressors. Fast forward 1 months the and the siege of the home planet had begun. They had not been suspecting us however took the preparations in case we had come. Based and soldiers set up in every corner of the world to fight back when the time came we did come back. With this an all out war for the fate of humanity had began and the extinction of either race lay in the balance between life and death.
After the war had began all forces had been deployed to different areas of the planet. Groups that had worked together best being deployed to one part while our strongest being deployed to another. At first we had been nearly even in everything besides technology. They had everything that we lacked and this gave them the combative edge. However despite lacking in technology we made up for it in numbers. Most fights had consisted of large groups of monsters fighting against one or two of our enemy and this has convoluted till their forces had been somewhat deployed. The one on one fights had been more dragged out and heavily impacted the war. Our strongest soldiers fighting against their strongest soldiers in a one on one fight. Everyone has put their all into this battle and left nothing to spare. Our second and third strongest soldiers had the most impact in this war not because of who they fought but because of what they could do. They didn’t actually have abilities specific to them but instead they were born with a type of energy within their bodies in which they called “synergy”. This synergy could be used to amp all their physical abilities but also be used to crate and use techniques or even use techniques that are specific to the traits of the individuals soul. The strength and physical stats of the individual depended on how much synergy they had at their disposal and while some of them were able to gather strength from other life forms it was not a very common occurrence. Alexander fought someone with the ability to control and manipulate momentum. They used synergy and funneled it through all objects of their choice to increase or decrease of momentum of that. This didn’t do much on a wide scale and was a very basic ability but in a solo battle this made it extremely hard to land attacks and even when they were landed they did little to no damage. The most important one to kill had the ability to manipulate all probability. Meaning the likelihood of us even winning this war was less then .0001 percent with them being alive. Whether it was because of a collection of small losses or one major loss did not make a difference. All odds were stacked against us as long as this person remained on the battlefield. In simple terms the whole war relied on the defeat of that person. Our second in command and smartest soldier, “Cassandra” decided to take this upon herself. She was the only one among us who possessed an innate ability and was viewed as the most special soldier but this came at a cost. She gained a talent no other human possessed but in return she no longer had the natural ability to adapt to all circumstances. Her ability was to take the form and attributes of any and all creature she knew to exist. Mythical or not she could take the shape and ability of these creatures and use it as long as she desired. However she could only use one at a time and had to wait 30 seconds in between shifting. Our third in command, “Vladimir” had took the roll of fighting their head technologist. While his opponent had not specialized in battle he still was one of the most dangerous and this was because of his ability to create machines as small as molecular level that shared his thoughts and emotions. These machines were used to repair his body in case on injury, transport information, invade any opponents body and restrict movement, anything that he deemed possible could be done with the use of those machines. But he chose to mainly use them as sort of technological tools to help him further advance his society. The rest of our battles were not nearly as important and were mostly group battles. Afro the beginning portion of Alexander’s fight he had been losing severely and could barely land any attacks at all. After a few minutes of getting beat down and not being able to fight back the adaptation process began. The first adaptation was only a temporary solution to the problem but his body had been explosively shooting out sharpened pieces of his bones and even using tiny droplets of blood as weapons. However this was only a temporary solution because eventually those bones and blood just started being slowed also. The final adaptation and most effective one happened when his body created a function in which he can store kinetic energy and then release it at any given time. This allowed him to rapidly boost his speed whenever his momentum had been slowed and basically cancel out his opponent power. However this still did not stop how his opponent made himself significantly faster. After this the fight had been more tipped into Alexander’s favor but still not enough to actually win. Throughout the progression of the fight Alexander had been gathering more and make friction between the clothes he had and his feet running against the floor. After gathering as much friction and kinetic energy as possible he let it all explode and release all over his body. This altered the form of his body. His body and skin began to form cracks and let off steam. He began to turn dark red and his eyes became shot with blood. His body was slowly crumbling and deteriorating. He had 5 minutes left to defeat his opponent and if he did not then his body would crumble and he would die. Due to his rapid healing factor he had a chance of living if he was able to end the fight within 5 minutes and give himself some time to rest but this all depended on how much he could get done. The battle had been tilted all the way in Alexander’s favor and had no longer been a battle. It had turned into if his opponent could outlast him in those 5 minutes. Brutally beating his opponent and taking full advantage of the situation Alexander did not relent on his rampage. Stopping his momentum no longer mattered and it seemed like the more he tried the faster Alexander got. Steam had been blowing off him. In the end he had managed to kill his opponent within those 5 minutes and had been at deaths door. Cassandra had began her battle and had been absolutely obliterating her opponent. The ability to shape shift from dragons, unicorns, hydras, centaurs, and any mythical creature you can think of. At first she had taken the abilities of a dragon but throughout the fight she had been developing into stronger and more complex creatures. After a while her opponent had been decreasing the probability of her even landing attacks. This made it extremely hard for her to fight and maintain the advantage. She took the appearance and abilities of the mythical deity sun wukong. Due to sun wukong being a monkey that ascended into a higher power he is one of the only gods that she can transform into. After this she gained the ability to not only make clones out of every hair on her body but also multiply the power of each clone. While she does not possess every power sun wukong has she possesses some of them and the most prominent ones. This fight had been a one sided beatdown and only lasted longer than 2 minutes because the probability of each clone attacking each other had been raised to its maximum percentage. Despite this every 1000 punches that had been thrown at least 1 hit her opponent and this was more than he could handle from millions of clones. Vladimir had no special capabilities; he only possessed an extremely honed body and battle experience. At first they had been near equal but the battle began to take a turn when the tiny bugs began to infest his body and eat him from the inside. Due to his advanced healing factor he had been able to stop any significant damage and fight with mild discomfort but this did not change that if he continued in for a longer period of time then he would inevitably be defeated by these bugs and killed. This made the battle a race against time. Expending everything his body had to offer and leaving not a single drop of energy left. Pushing his body to the absolute peak and physical limit. Even going beyond the known capabilities of his body he began to evolve into a higher form. He did not develop any new type of power or gain a newfound power but he did increase and rapidly evolve his physical capabilities. He began to punch with such speed and strength that he created shockwaves from breaking the sound barrier. With this his punches became far more explosive and with every punch thrown he was exploding giant parts of his opponents body and everything within the perimeter. With no regard to his surroundings the battle had destroyed everything in sight and left them fighting in a bare wasteland. Basically erasing everything within line of his punches he began to annihilate his opponent with speed and strength unmatched. Due to all the tiny machines within his body he regrow limbs and was able to counter attack with near no fatigue or even lag in his action. While pushing his body to its absolute limit his body had given up on him. Rapidly healing from constant damage, pushing muscles to their utmost limit, moving, attacking at his highest speed, and even understanding/ perception of all attacks massively faster then he could ever before. Due to all this his body began to give out and in the midst of battle he fell and was unable to recover. No longer able to fight back and maintain the performance he had, he was defeated. Being eaten from the inside, limbs being torn from his body, and being damaged so much that not even his regeneration could keep up. His head had been ripped off his body and with this humanity had suffered its first major loss. After this all other forces began to gain support from all his other bugs and humanities forces had been rapidly depleting. With loss in sight humanity had lost hope and accepted defeat. Right when humanity had accepted defeat and all hope had been lost the king had shown himself once again. Like an Angel coming to bless all of humanity he had run through and obliterated all enemies of humanity. Destroying everything in sight and bringing all enemies to his feet he had saved humanity and restored hope and just like that he had disappeared into the void once again. There was no explanation as to how or why but in that moment all of humanity knew who we would be forever grateful and indebted to. Not many opponents had been left standing but the few who were, were extremely weakened and overwhelmed by numbers. After this decisive battle humanity had been in a state of joy and excitement out of their new victory. Once all the excitement and happiness from winning had worn off all the sorrow and remorse from the losses had come rushing in. All the lost family members, dead soldiers, limbs lost, and mental trauma had taken a toll on humanity. After we had gotten our planet back we did not spend our time rebuilding and trying to repopulate. We spent months mourning the loss of our loved ones and all our soldiers. We laid in depression and sorrow for our mutual loss and mental trauma. This brought humanity closer as a whole and we bonded over our suffering. Humanity had been one but at what cost. After years of processing humanity had finally been able to rebuild all of our structures, population, and even expand to different planets. After all these trials and tribulations we had finally evolved completely and after ages of loss we had finally entered a golden age of humanity. After all this we had begun to explore the deep parts of our planet and while exploring we discovered something far beyond our comprehension. Humanity had only been a small part of a vastly bigger world and a whole new world had now been exposed to us. We had breached through the ice caps of the north pole and had been greeted with hostility from a race on our planet we did not even know existed. After entering this “new world” humanity had found out the truth of our existence and creation. After finding out the truth of our creation and the prophecy of our faith we had all collectively regretted winning that war. Beyond our world laid horrors and truths we were not yet prepared for. After all this we had once again been thrown into a dark age with no will to fight. In the end this was the beginning of the end for humanity…

Reason why he has wolf characteristics is cause wolves are my favorite animal.
Name Matthew Hammond age 15
Quirk: Power control
Has the ability to control a type of energy only he has.
Ways to use this energy is standard strength and speed by but the power into your muscle fibers and organs to enhance their performance. Matthew can also materialize this power in different ways he traniednto find out how he can do this, for example shock waves or energy tenticals.
The main weakness is energy drain. I know what y'all probably thinking, "this is like every quirks weakness cause I swing your quirk can tire you out", but his quirks energy drain. When he use his quirk, the energy run down and if uses a all out attack he loses the energy and cant use his quirk. But on the good side , this energy grows back over time , and since it's his quirk energy if he goes to where he let out a huge attack, he can absorbed it back. It takes like an hour to get his power back to 100% naturally if he just goes on with his day.
Mutation: * Wolf Ears and Tail: Matthew has permanent wolf-like ears and a tail as a result of his mutation.* Laser Eyes: Matthew can emit powerful laser beams from his eyes. This mutation was a rare coincident.
Also he can share his energy with others to enhance their quirks cause energy works like that I think.
Elemental Forms and Powers:

1. Lightning Form (Name: Volt)

• Powers: Electrokinesis, Enhanced Speed

Weakness: If used too much then it will damage his nervous system temporarily.

1. Fire Form (Name: Blaze):

• Powers: Pyrokinesis, Heat Resistance

Weakness: if you use too much then we'll gain first degree burns.

1. Water Form (Name: Aquos):

• Powers: Hydrokinesis, Water Healing

Weakness: No clear weakness.

1. Ice Form (Name: Frost):

• Powers: Cryokinesis, Enhanced Durability

Weakness: if in a heated area, then he will get weak and slower.

1. Light Form (Name: Radiance):

Weakness: overused will make him temporarily blind

• Powers: Photokinesis, Illusion Projection

1. Darkness Form (Name: Shadow):

• Powers: Umbrakinesis, Intangibility

Weakness: Obviously light. Even a flashlight.

1. Plant Form (Name: Flora):

• Powers: Chlorokinesis, Plant Communication

1. Metal Form (Name: Alloy):

Weakness: Overtime he'll get weaker cause of rust. Water

• Powers: Metalkinesis, Enhanced Strength

1. Earth Form (Name: Terra):

• Powers: Geokinesis, Earth Manipulation

No clear weakness.
How this works is his power works like a computer l well more like just a normal computer, then a virus AKA and elements infects this power and then it slowly corrupts his powers AKA but there until his body is able to use a different elements,the form is only as strong as his original form because the element can only corrupt what is there,not make more power. A little bit of this energy is still there so that it can take back control. Each form has a mind of its own like some dark shadow type thing. The reason why his forms have minds of their own is cause if I gave him full control his forms he would swap to frequently and that would be two strong.
The reason why he can do this is when he was 3 is quirk was developing and he was exposed to radiation messing with his quirk genes and when his quirk developed it added this.
Hero Costume:

• Appearance: Matthew's hero costume features a sleek and modern design. It includes a green suit with black accents, symbolizing his main form's green hair and eyes.
• Symbol: The costume incorporates a stylized emblem combining the symbols of all his elemental forms, representing his fusion abilities.
• Support Items: Matthew carries specialized bracers that enhance his control over his energy whips. Additionally, he has utility pouches to store various tools and gadgets.

He also has tubes that are like water bottle size on this belt that he charges with his energy every night before he goes to bed in case he runs out of energy himself.
Maximum Output Move: Master Elemental

• Description: Matthew channels and combines the energies of all his elemental forms into one ultimate attack.
• Effects: Elemental tattoos appear on his body, symbolizing each element's power. Lightning appears on his head, fire on his chest, water on his left arm, ice on his right arm, light on his left leg, darkness on his right leg, plant on his right shoulder, metal on his left shoulder, and earth on his back. The attack unleashes a devastating and overwhelming burst of elemental energy.

Carrys amounted cannons inspired by Titan speaker man. They harness his power into either energy balls or just flat out lasers.
To make my self clear his max form when he uses all his elements he can only use 1/10 of his forms power including him as the main guy of this whole body.
PERSONALITY
He's smart nice in a way sometimes a prankster if you try to roast him you will go complete PackGod on you, if he's in a bad mood don't try to comfort him you'll just make things worse and not for him for you, he's really cocky, but not bakugo cocky hes just a bit over confident. He is very creative. He loves tech to the point if you break a 30 buck phone around him, let's just say you gonna want to do a crime in front of batman before Matthew finds you.
Favorite food: Red Beans and rice
6ft 2
Hates obsesseve people.
There's some girl who likes him so much she stalks him threatens his girlfriend tried to kiss him by force kidnapped him. She did this to point he couldn't take it any more so he moved to Japan but she still found him.
Any way I hope y'all like my reworked oc

Will this make me cough?
Will this make my head hurt?
Is seven too early to go to bed? I just want to get away from the world.
Will I ever live without pain?
Why am I always sick?
These are the types of questions I don’t have to ask myself anymore. I’m here to say, loud and clear for anyone listening: Chiari doesn’t have to rule your life. You can take it back, one moment at a time. There’s so much more to life than an affliction you can’t control.
But you HAVE more control than you think.
What triggers your symptoms? What questions do you ask yourself before you decide how to spend your time?
At my worst, pain ruled the day. I did anything to avoid it, which usually meant doing anything to avoid the cough that triggered it. For many years, that looked like this:
Prescription asthma medication (pre-Chiari diagnosis)
So, sooooo much cough syrup
Drinking wine
Calling in sick to work
Avoiding parties
Avoiding friends
Avoiding family
Avoiding any kind of gathering
Shrinking my world

And the more I avoided the things that triggered the cough, the smaller my world became. Reducing triggers has become one of the most important parts of living well with Chiari. BUT living in constant fear of those triggers didn’t serve me. It only served the pain. The more I withdrew from people and situations, the worse I felt.
I could never make my world small enough to avoid the pain.
In doing an inventory of my life, I knew there were many ways I was living WRONG. After I stopped taking all my unnecessary asthma medication in 2016 and started feeling slightly better physically and hopeful for the first time in years, I began making changes to how I was living to feel better overall. Some of these, consequently, also reduced the cough triggers.
Reduced chemical use: This deserves its own post—or several—because of the massive difference it made, both with the Chiari and my general health. Some of the steps I took to reduce chemical use included:

• Replacing most harsh/toxic cleaning supplies with natural/less toxic counterparts.
• Eliminating all traditional air fresheners, both plug-in and aerosol, and replacing with essential oils.
• Removing all triggering perfumes and heavily scented personal care supplies from my daily routine.
• Trading Swiffer WetJet for a Bona cleaning system—which is very similar to Swiffer except the Bona has washable/reusable cleaning pads and you can add whatever floor cleaner you want to the soap cartridge.

Addressed/Reduced Stress: Stress was (and still is) a major trigger. Just the other day a hiccup with my health insurance sent me into a rare and unexpected coughing fit. Reducing stress is so broad a topic and looks different for everyone. For me, the quick version went something like this:

• Quit well-paying but soul-sucking job with a huge corporation in a giant building with no natural light and poor ventilation.
• Began a job in line with my personal values. There were still times of stress, but I had more control over how to deal with it. The job paid less money and I went from full time to part time, which isn’t feasible for everyone (I didn’t think it was feasible for me either, but it worked out).
• Started meditation practice—mainly through guided visualizations by Dr. Joe Dispenza.
• Started writing again.
• Went to Reiki sessions (a form of energy healing) every few months.
• Took time for myself to connect with the parts of my soul that needed healing.

Improved physical health: Since my biggest pain trigger was from coughs, it follows that I also had to improve my overall health to catch less viruses. This is ongoing and constantly evolving (the bugs my son brings home from preschool are tough and linger forever), and involves:

• Regular use of vitamins, supplements, essential oils, enzymes, and detoxifications programs
• Limiting alcoholic drinks to a couple per week (down from a couple per day)
• No smoking
• Resting when I need it
• Moving away from processed foods, focusing on adding fresh fruits and vegetables into a more plant-based diet
• Exercises to strengthen my neck muscles
• Increasing my step count every few weeks

Reducing triggers isn’t managing symptoms. It’s a constant effort to prevent them without making the Chiari the star of the show. For me, it’s actually removing Chiari from the scene entirely. These changes didn’t happen overnight and don’t have to be expensive and add additional stress to your already overloaded life.
Start small. Start where you are with something that will make the biggest difference.

1. Drones The strangest and most benign form of the zombie, although thankfully not the most rare, is the drone. Some people are defined by their jobs and metaphorically do not have a life outside of it , and in undeath this can become literal. The drone continues to perform the job it did in life to the best of its ability to the exclusion of all else. They retain their intelligence, but their minds become…limited and they lose creativity and imagination. A drone will not lift a finger to save someone getting ripped apart in front of them unless they’re a client, a customer, or in their custody or under their protection.
   
2. Screaming Speedies It’s runs fast and it screams when it spots prey, alerting other zombies. Not complicated.
   
3. Vegheads Zombies that eat plants instead of meat. Not benign. A horde can devour an entire orchard or field in a couple of hours. Famine on foot.
   
4. The diffusion Aiming for the head doesn’t work. You’ll have to hack it to pieces to kill it.
   
5. Glowies Zombies dipped in nuclear waste. They’ll kill you with radiation as well as their bites but they’re literally glowing so they’re easier to avoid.
   
6. Bloated Ticks These are not actually giant bloated undead bloodsucking ticks. This is the only thing about them that’s not disgusting. They’re hideously bloated decaying corpses that explode when they attack. Hard enough to do damage. They’re destroyed when they do this but that’s cold comfort when their spine just went through your skull.
   
7. Lovechunks The lovechunks is slightly more clever than the typical zombie and has am IQ about room temperature. They also don’t eat people. This does not render them harmless. Lovechunks want to “spread the love” and infect humans with whatever is causing the zombie outbreak. They’ll bite if they must but their preferred method is to vomit chunky bile into human mouths . They prefer to wait until people are asleep but they may wrestle a victim or beat them into unconsciousness if they can’t catch them that way.
   
8. Mercies Constantly crying zombies that have just enough selfawareness to realise what they are doing. They still need to feed but tend to kill as painlessly as they can. Suicidal survivors often seek them out.
   
9. Bagpipes Bloated with decomposition, multiple slits in their throat, these corpulant gas bags can inflate and then release a harsh air through their slit as a disonant and disorientingly loud chord.
   
10. Masterminds A rare strains who retained most of their sapience, boasting unnatural intelligence, and even being able to converse. They are picky eaters who prefer to feed on high INT creatures and are clever and sadistic enough to manipulate situations, other zombies and even survivors so they can feed their refined pallettes.
    
11. Preta usually formed from turned looters, these poor souls had their mind warped by the curse of undead gluttony and their own greed that they have a compulsion to consume currency and especially shiny gemstones. Their stomachs bloated and jingling with their haul.
    
12. Franks Their bodies act as capacitors and electricity literally courses through their veins. They still feed on humans, their tazer like attacks make feeding easier, but they are also drawn to sources of electricity to recharge. Like shelter generators.
    
13. Hydras Some bonds transcend even death. When a group of people turn, they may seek familiar arms for comfort. There they will lay, rotting and fusing not unlike the rat king, until the call of hunger gets strong enough and this shambling mound prowls through the night, moaning through multiple mouths.
    
14. Virophage Illness is a lesser brought up issue for survival but imagine being ill for all of your unlife. These pathetic, constantly sniffling wretches were turned while sick and their wracked bodies became the perfect breeding ground for a particularly strong airborne virus thats being called ZomFlu. They can disperse this virus in an area the size of a small neighborhood.
    
15. Spellcarved A necromancer has added glowing runes to this zombie's skin. When slain a spell will trigger. Stinking cloud and fireball are popular picks.
    
16. The Colossus A giant of a zombie. Built like a body builder on steroids. Their muscles have muscles.
    
17. The mannequin These zombies are ambush predators. They find mannequins and stand in among them. They wait for people to get close before they pounce on them.
    
18. Memorials The type of zombies from iZombie. They retain their whole personality and most of their appearance so long as they eat brains but are always at risk of going feral if they starve. Named them "Memorials" because of how they get the memories from the Brains they eat, so they serve as a remembrance to not just their former selves, but all the people they've eaten.
    
19. Kitbashes Not all deaths leave tidy corpses, and an infection (or whatever wild magic that may be causing zombies) can't be expected to know what a person was supposed to look like. Whether it's a single corpse or multiple fused together, the zombie phenomenon has fashioned this flesh into something that can move and infect, but could never pass as whatever species it was before undeath. Maybe what once was an arm is used as a leg, Ribs used as teeth, (dog) heads used as pincers.
    
20. Sleepers. These Zombies retain enough intelligence and appearance to pass as survivors, but have no long term memory. Usually they'll passively infect people with coughs, shared equipment, kisses; if found out, they're still capable of infecting with the more traditional bites once their Zombie Instincts kick in. They'll always forget what happens to the groups of survivors that took them in before; they don't know they're zombies, so they don't have to lie to the next group when they ask to be adopted. Zombies ignore them which is the easiest way to discover their condition apart from a cursory health exam.
    
21. The Lost These creatures are technically not zombies anymore, as they've been cured, but they've been zombies for so long that their minds are still like that. Zombies ignore them, they can’t be reinfected, and they can follow simple commands, but they’re about as bright as a particularly stupid dog and aren’t good for much more than carrying your stuff
    
22. The Grind These zombies are essentially aloof to anyone, stuck inhabiting the motions of their former lives, before they ultimately decay. You see them going about elements of their life, stuck in a cycle. Sometimes they're standing in front of a sink mimicking doing the dishes. Others walk around their yards in lawnmowing patterns. Others are seen walking the aisles of supermarkets, inspecting empty shelves. Still others are seen camped out on couches and in lounge chairs, watching static or broken tvs, while others sit at empty dining tables almost as if in conversation.
    
23. Regenerators Rare zombies gain the ability to steadily incorporate biological flesh into their own forms, instead of simply converting the life energy they contain into necrotic energy, they instinctively twist the consumed flesh into becoming part of themselves, in a parody of living, biological consumption.
    
24. The Screamers (Regenerator) Like Regenerators, these can shape their forms by consuming flesh. These gain flesh and hunt their prey by stunning them using highly focused necrotically-infused sonic screech-beams. Their rotting flesh warps to resemble that of a frog, sacs inflate on their neck before an attack.
    
25. Proto-Ghouls (Regenerator) They tend to consume fast-movers, zombies so fresh they haven't rotted away to shuffling mindlessness yet (and thus able to move fast and furiously), in addition to consuming their normal prey (the still-living). Because of the infusion of fresh necrotic energy from the fast-movers, live meat from normal prey, they develop beyond even fast-movers, their limbs often stretching into longer, sharper versions, and their necks extending and gaining great flexibility to both swallow their prey whole, and whip around to snatch it and prevent fleeing.
    
26. Tongue-Lashers (Regenerator) To facilitate prey-entrapment, these bloated parodies of toads transform much of their consumed flesh into massive, long, sticky tongues covered in nasty backward-facing, keratin-based spines. Tongues go out to about 30 feet at maximum extension. A single lick can seriously wound a living victim, infecting them, if they manage to escape, but more likely trapping them, as the tongue-spines grip strongly. They tend to not move fast, instead waiting for victims to come to them, and sit bloated upon the corpses they consume, digesting them slowly.
    
27. Rust-Tongues (Regenerator, Advanced Tongue-Lasher). Those Tongue-lashers that grow powerful and have consumed armored foes, metal weapons, or other metal objects begin to incorporate metal into their bodies, making them even more dangerous and difficult to destroy, and increasing threat range to 60 feet. It usually seems to imprint the metal on the tongue-spines, giving it a chain-saw like effect, and. The more metal, the slower they move, however.
    
28. Armored Rust-Tongue (Regenerator, Boss Tongue-Lasher) Having consumed massive quantities of metal-infused prey, their entire body has hardened and been reinforced by metal, making them slow, but giving them a massive 120 foot threat range on their tongues, as well as greatly increasing their natural armor. They even gain the abilities of rust-monsters as Legendary Actions.
    
29. Flesh Maiden Flat and mostly soft pieces of rotten flesh that move like ooze where the bones now serve as spikes, can grapple with the its former intestines and encase prey in a spiky ball. Can squeeze thought small places like grates.
    
30. Dau'das Blind but a great climber, navigates through superb sense of smell and hearing.
    
31. False vampire Decomposition has made this type look like a nosferatu, they weight very little and can sometimes soar downwards with wing-like skin under arms and legs.
    

I randomly got very sick a few years ago. I am not sure of the cause, but I believe it may have been COVID, which I believe unfortunately spurred on a pretty severe autoimmune/inflammatory reaction. It came on very sudden, first with brain fog, then a dull pressure headache, and then muscle twitching, what felt like a fever, neuropathy on the left side of my body (It began in my face and went downwards, used to affect both sides but only the left side now), ear ringing, throbbing headaches, upper body burning pain, dizziness, memory issues, neck stiffness, sinus inflammation that caused watery mucus, and other issues. I remember one day about a month into my issues, I had an extreme warmness in my face and nearly constant ear ringing on and off. It was the strangest thing.
I was able to see a PCP about a month into my issues. My PCP did not seem to consider my issues of an urgent nature, even with sudden neuropathy, memory loss, dizziness, etc. I had a CT scan of my brain 3 months after initial illness which showed mild volume loss and possible encephalomalacia.
It took me a year to finally see a neurologist for it due to waiting times. The first one I saw was dismissive and literally told me to "wait it out" and see if I got better (I didn't). The second one I saw, and saw the longest, didn't even see me personally the first time, and had his nurse look at me instead, and did really nothing for my issues save for trying a very small dosage of Gabapentin for a few months as well as vitamin supplements, which I stopped taking due to it not doing anything for me. The third one I saw for a second opinion of the second one told me "I don't know what's causing your symptoms" and just left it at that. I saw a rheumatologist in 2022 who also didn't do anything for my neuropathy, just more blood work testing.
I recently found out the second neurologist I saw who I saw for years was successfully sued for malpractice while I saw him, but in another state. I believe he does telehealth neurology. He was sued in Georgia and settled for 175,000 dollars in late 2022. I had been seeing him since late 2021, and last saw him in person in late 2023 where he blamed my issues on "stress" and left it at that.
I told numerous doctors/specialists about chronic body inflammation feelings, such as intense upper body burning, head pressure, dizziness/vertigo, memory issues, neuropathy, etc. and they have never ordered a spinal tap to see if there was something in the CSF causing the chronic feeling. I have had brain MRIs that showed possible idiopathic intracranial hypertension with mild CSF buildup in the optic nerve and a partially empty sella turcica, but again, no spinal tap was ordered because my eye exam by a neuro-ophthalmologist was clean and showed no swelling. My brain MRIs also showed volume loss possibly caused by encephalomalacia, again, no spinal tap done.
I've had blood work for lupus and celiac that was negative, and an ANA rating that was barely positive. Normal rheumatoid factor and negative for Sjogren's as well. I just checked and I believe I am negative for vasculitis as well, Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody test was negative looking back at my testing in 2022. I also had a sinus CT scan a year into my issues that showed mild sinusitis. I am not diabetic but I was pre-diabetic when this began. Glucose testing has been normal, cholesterol is fine, lipids are fine. B12 is normal, but vitamin D is low.
It has been almost 3 years now and I still have neuropathy in certain parts of the left side of my body (mainly my face and genitals, I'm male and was born male) and again, nothing was done for me regarding a spinal tap, which is the only test outside of a PET scan that I haven't done which could be helpful for me as far as I know. I saw that third neurologist for a second opinion, and all he did was say maybe to get a spinal tap if I have chronic headaches, but other than that, like I said, he said outright he didn't know what was causing my symptoms.
I cannot work with how I feel, and it feels like neurologists and doctors in general left me to rot and deal with the chronic issues on my own, and now I'm going to be stuck with long-term, permanent issues such as nerve damage in my face and genitals because no doctor cares. I have ED and anorgasmia now along with the neuropathy that affects my genital area. It's just on the left side for some reason. It used to be tingling/burning on the left side of my genital area and face and now is reduced sensitivity issues. In 2021 I had a very sharp pain on the left side of my penis when I touched the right side of it, it was very scary and made me believe the nerve may have died, but that went away with very slow improvement, but that side is still not back to normal.
I still sometimes have dizziness and headaches, for instance, if I'm in a car and I watch the cars speed by us at an intersection, I'll feel sort of dizzy. It's not as bad as it was, but it's still not normal to feel like that, and no doctor has done anything for that or suggested it.
Am I wrong to think a spinal tap should have been ordered? Is there any reason they didn't, even after I asked? 0 out of the 3 neurologists I've seen in the past three years or so recommended one, so I did try getting second and even third opinions. The first neurologist genuinely just brushed me off, he didn't even order any testing. Just sent me on my way without a follow up appointment after saying to "wait it out".
I live in America and am on my state's Medicaid. I recently switched PCPs (my previous one was condescending and didn't seem interested in my issues) and the new PCP referred me to a new neurologist I'm going to see later this year, but it just feels at this point all they can do is assess the damage and not fix it due to it being so long since I got sick and my issues never really totally fixing itself.
I had an MRA of my head last month that was clean thankfully, so I think I didn't have a hemorrhagic stroke or some sort of blood vessel damage in my arteries. I saw a neurosurgeon about two weeks ago that I last saw in 2021 who still believes my cerebral atrophy (which I'm guessing is the volume loss likely caused by encephalomalacia) is abnormal for my age (mid-20s). The neurosurgeon's notes say my current neurologist believes I may have small fiber neuropathy as well as a cognitive disorder, but he has not prescribed a single thing since the low dosage of Gabapentin over two years ago.
The only real testing I have left is neuropsychological testing which will be a few hours. I am 90% positive that my issues are from something, likely a virus, causing severe chronic inflammation all over my body including my head. I was never in the past 3.5 years given anything to treat that inflammation.
I recently saw a new neurologist which is my 4th neurologist since 2021. He seemed genuinely interested in what had happened to me and found the symptoms frustrating because of how vague they were/are, but it was in a "I wish i knew so I could help you" way, which I've never seen with a previous doctor I've seen. He said a spinal tap in 2021 may have been useful but didn't think it was essential testing for my issues, said he might have tried Prednisone for a couple of weeks to see if it helped with inflammation, but that was it. He said since I'm still seeing very slow improvement, my nerves may still heal, but is that true, even this late into it? I feel the previous neurologists I saw didn't care at all, and I finally found one that does, but it's too late to make a difference. He said trying B12 supplements and Cymbalta might help. He wants me to get a lumbar MRI to see why I have nerve issues in my genital area. He didn't think I had GBS/AIDP or something like that either, but he did think a viral cause could be possible. He was all I could ask for a specialist like this, but again, seems too late to matter. I just don't know what to do.
TL;DR: Got very sick years ago, told doctors of body weakness and pain, what felt like inflammation in my body, nerve damage, memory issues, etc. was not given any real treatment for what was still occurring in my body, which seemed to be chronic severe inflammation going on. If I get told I have permanent nerve damage/brain damage that was most likely from what I believe it to be, what would constitute the doctors I saw falling below the acceptable standard of care? Does anything in my story so far seem like negligence from doctors?
Please feel free to ask questions, and apologies for the length of my post.

Context: If you haven’t seen the matrix give it a watch it’s a great movie but how they can learn things from a simple download instantly.
Similarly anything you want to learn you now are able to just download ( 100% safe no viruses possible you have full control of what you download) into your brain teaching you not just knowledge but muscle memory as well.
But your brain can only handle so much (it’s theorized your IQ Is like an empty bucket higher IQ means you can store more information).
So for every one thing you learn your oldest memory is erased.
To make it simple. One language is one thing. One certain fighting style is one thing. One trade knowledge is one thing. One specialty in education is one thing (you can’t get all the knowledge of a masters in business degree but you could get a masters in finance , hr, legal, or management of a business or all four for four memories)
You can’t pick and choose what you would like to forget it’s just simply your oldest memory in your subconscious (subconscious because subconscious feeds your conscious thoughts.)
How much would you be willing to learn? How many memories would you be willing to give up for that knowledge. No memories are safe. You could learn so much you forget the birth of your child, you could forget your favorite memories of your loved ones
Caveat. I feel there is a difference between knowledge and memories. For instance you don’t remember much if anything from being a baby. That doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. You just can’t recall those memories so those rules apply to the memories you lose. You will still remember the people and family you have around you but may forget what you have done with them. And can always create more memories with them provided they are still alive to do so.

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• 5-10-2024DO SEX DIFFERENCES IN HOW ADIPOSE TISSUE RESPONDS TO INSULIN EXPLAIN WHY TYPE 2 DIABETES IS MORE COMMON IN MEN? About 1 in 8 U.S. adults (12%) have tried a weight-loss drug like Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound or Mounjaro, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll says. About 6% are taking one right now, the poll found. Most patients say they use the drugs (61%) to treat a chronic condition like diabetes or heart disease, which can make it easier to obtain a prescription, the report says, and more than 2 in 5 using the drugs are diabetics (43%).
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MAY 10, 2024

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• 5-10-2024ONE IN 8 US ADULTS HAVE NOW USED MEDS LIKE OZEMPIC, FINDS POLL
• 5-10-2024DO SEX DIFFERENCES IN HOW ADIPOSE TISSUE RESPONDS TO INSULIN EXPLAIN WHY TYPE 2 DIABETES IS MORE COMMON IN MEN?
• 5-10-2024HOW HERPES HIJACKS A RIDE INTO CELLS
• 5-10-2024CAN PICKLEBALL, TENNIS AND OTHER RACKET SPORTS REALLY HELP YOU LIVE LONGER?
• 5-10-2024ARM FAT MAY REVEAL WOMEN AND MEN AT RISK OF SPINAL FRACTURE
• 5-10-2024PANERA BREAD IS PHASING OUT ITS ‘CHARGED LEMONADE’ DRINKS—WHY CONSUMING TOO MUCH CAFFEINE CAN BE DANGEROUS
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• 5-10-2024RESEARCHERS SHOW IMPACT OF INSOMNIA AND DEPRESSION ON ASTHMA CONTROL
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• 5-10-2024STRESS HORMONE DURING PREGNANCY LINKED TO IQ IN CHILDREN
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• 5-10-2024LATE-STAGE STUDY FINDS MENOPAUSE DRUG FEZOLINETANT SAFELY REDUCES HOT FLUSHES FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS
• 5-10-2024STATES WITH ABORTION BANS SAW GREATER DROPS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATES APPLYING FOR RESIDENCIES
• 5-10-2024PANDEMIC AGREEMENT TALKS NEAR END WITH DEAL ELUSIVE
• 5-10-2024NEW RESEARCH TRACES THE SPREAD OF HIV IN AND FROM INDONESIA
• 5-10-2024METABOLISM OF AUTISM REVEALS DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS
• 5-10-2024FRENCH, US DRUG FIRMS TEAM UP FOR COVID-FLU SHOT
• 5-10-2024FLICKER STIMULATION SHINES IN CLINICAL TRIAL FOR EPILEPSY
• 5-10-2024ANALYSIS REVEALS NEW INSIGHTS INTO GLOBAL SURGE OF STREP A INFECTIONS
• 5-10-2024USING MRI, ENGINEERS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO DETECT LIGHT DEEP IN THE BRAIN
• 5-10-2024UNOBTRUSIVE, IMPLANTABLE DEVICE COULD DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES
• 5-10-2024PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPY SHOWS PROMISE IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH MOTOR NEURON DISEASE
• 5-10-2024AUTISM’S MISSING MICROBES MAY INFLUENCE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR BY PROTECTING THE GUT
• 5-10-2024SCIENTISTS MAKE PROGRESS ON NEW CHARGED PARTICLE THERAPY FOR CANCER
• 5-10-2024ERR-GAMMA ‘TRAINS’ STOMACH STEM CELLS TO BECOME ACID-PRODUCING CELLS
• 5-10-2024PSYCHIATRIC RECORDS SHOW OVER HALF OF THE PEOPLE WERE ADMITTED AGAINST THEIR WILL
• 5-10-2024A TIME FOR BIPOC PEOPLE TO LIFT THE STIGMA
• 5-10-2024CHILDREN IN UTAH DEVELOP E. COLI ILLNESS FROM PLAYING AROUND LAWN SPRINKLERS
• 5-10-2024RACIAL, ETHNIC DIFFERENCES SEEN IN BREAST CANCER TREATMENT DECLINATION
• 5-10-2024RESEARCHERS QUANTIFY THE RISK FOR DIABETES AFTER GESTATIONAL DIABETES
• 5-10-2024STUDY REVEALS NEED TO REVIEW TEMPERATURE CONTROL MEASURES IN HOSPITALS TO MANAGE LEGIONELLA
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• 5-10-2024RFK JR. SAYS A PARASITE ATE PART OF HIS BRAIN. DO PARASITES ACTUALLY ‘EAT’ HUMAN TISSUE?
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27 male
Diagnosed with: Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, and adhd/anxiety.
I’ve also experienced GERD like symptoms for a long time. My doctor sent me to get tested but I ran out of money on my medical card so I’m waiting another month when it gets uploaded with more money. But my doctor was confident in me having GERD.
Medications: Adderal IR, Magnesium (just started today).
Yesterday I started to feel really weird. I felt dizzy and nauseous. I also started to become much more bloated then I usually am. Sometimes I do get bloated from certain foods (I suspect from having GERD), but it’s never that bad. The bloating persisted and I only got temporary relief from tea and a probiotics shot. When I got to work I started to feel really fatigued. I also felt very nauseous as if I would pass out. My head had this weird feeling, not sure if being lightheaded is the correct term to describe it. I felt so confused and dizzy that I couldn’t concentrate on what I was doing. I also had an headache. At one point the bloating got really bad and I started to experience heart burn. I did drink an energy drink, I’m sure that didn’t help it. About 1-2 hours after those symptoms started at work I eventually threw up.
I went home early and while driving home I felt very fatigued and sleepy while driving. The headache persisted but I did feel a bit better and fell asleep.
This morning I woke up with a headache. I felt super fatigued and I couldn’t focus even with my adderall prescription. I felt bloated, kept getting muscle spasms, and I had shortness of breath. Today my back also started to hurt everytime I coughed and I keep feeling weird sensations all over my body. It feels like a cloud of fatigue is covering my entire body. I really don’t know what’s going on. I thought I was getting a fever but I’m not sure if that’s it. A friend said it could be a stomach virus and my last thought was something GERD related or maybe vitamin deficiencies due to me not getting the proper nutrients through my diet. I do want to be honest and mention that despite my issues with digestion my diet hasn’t been the best lately up until a few days ago.
If anyone can give me any insight or advice, it would be greatly appreciated!

I have a upper respiratory infection (I have a dr a point for Monday) I am like 80% sure it’s some stupid virus might need antibiotics but aside from fever chills muscles aches and dizziness I’m fine. I’m just pretty much sleeping alot to recover .
I’m not going to play it down I was in the shower trying to drain my sinuses and the water was super hot bc I had chills and I got dizzy and nauseous. I managed to get out of the bath ok but I fell down like 5 times trying to get from the bathroom to the bedroom. I was lucky in that the bathroom is toddler proof so I didn’t hurt myself I did brake the towel rack.
My husband came in and found me collapsed and delirious and princess carrying me to the bed room. I remember saying that my legs just wouldn’t work.
Then he made me eat. (not hungry due to sickness) He has been princess carrying me everywhere today. He got our kids off to his parents and is literally just here if I need it.
I’m not dizzy anymore I really think it was the hot water to be honest. I told him I’m sure I can walk. However he’s still carries me everywhere and I am 66 kilos. I asked him when he was going to stop carrying me around and he said “never”

(67 F) I'm 5'2 and was 150 lbs. when this injury happened/white. Had breast cancer (stage 1) 3 years ago-lumpectomy & 10 days radiation at Memorial Sloan Kettering-currently on Aromasin (brand name-not generic). Previously on Femara (brand name). Both these AIs cause a lot of collateral damage. I have 2 more years to go.
Also taking eye drops (Fluoromethenolone) and Acyclovir 800 for herpes in L eye (for 10 yrs). I take MethlyFolate with B, Vitamin D (500), and New Chapter Bone Strength (plant calcium) usually 2 or 4 a day.
I had tick borne illnesses from 2011 -2015.-Babesiosis, Bartonella and Anaplasmosis. I was basically in bed for a few years, but could not get a diagnosis locally until I went to Center for Complex Diseases in CA. I never tested positive for Lyme, but a lot of viruses seemed to reactivate and showed in blood tests at that time (EBV, several Herpes viruses, Parvo, and I think a few others. ) The EBV values were very, very high. If it's important for this diagnosis I will find the bloodwork from 2015. The Mepron was not tolerable and I didn't continue.
PRIMARY COMPLAINT.
I (67 F) handled 3 bags, 40 lbs. each, of chicken feed before leaving for Mexico. I tossed them into the car, then tossed 2 onto a sled and dragged across the grass to the barn about 50 feet away. It was very hard to pull them. The other one I carried. Then I lifted each bag into a metal can.
This was March 6, 2024. The next day (or so) I was hurting in both upper arms (elbows to shoulders) and both upper legs-mostly top of legs at groin, but also side hip pain-which I've had on and off in the past. It felt like muscle pain, not joint pain.
I went to Mexico for 6 weeks and was allowed a break from the Aromasin. I stopped Aromasin March 12 and went to Mexico March 14. (Last year in June I was on Femara and had a 4 week break in Mexico and the joint/muscle pain from Femara all stopped-I was able to walk about 4-5 miles a day-pain free).
This time the pain from the injury didn't subside at all. At its worst I could not push myself out of bed, nor sit or stand without a lot of pain and shakiness. I could not pick something off the floor. At best I could walk around the city a bit-and look kind of normal with just some limping-and a lot rest breaks.
I had a massage from a local woman (not trained in massage at all) and she "cured" my right arm, but not the left arm. To this day my right arm it is almost pain free, left arm is still terrible. I have a short video of me trying to lift toothpaste with left arm (at 45 degree angle) and my arm kind of jerks upward slowly. It was painful to do this.
While still in Mexico I went to a MD who specializes in muscle pain and had 3 ultrasound treatments/ massage of the sore muscles of arms and legs. I got immediate relief from 2 treatments and could walk normally (instead of limping) and function almost pain free for 2 days then it would all come back the 3rd AM. One of her treatments had no effect at all.
I had 3 other massages and got 2 day relief from the less trained woman, and no relief from the trained woman. Again, not sure how this is possible.
In Mexico I had no car so to eat I had to walk to restaurants. Sometimes this helped (like less than 2 miles over the whole day) but if I exceeded this I paid for it the next day. While in Mex I lost 10 lbs. partly because some days I could not walk for food.
Over my weeks in Mexico my Right IT band got stiffer and stairs became difficult.
Now back in US, over 9 weeks later, the pain is the same. It's terrible in the AM and usually a bit better in the afternoon-but not always. Unless I take Advil I'm not really functioning on the bad days and sleep is impossible. I continue with gentle yoga weekly (scaled back from regular yoga and some 5# weight lifting), and acupuncture weekly which was helping with normal Aromasin pain, previous to this injury, but does not seem to help this new pain. I found a pain massage therapist in my town, and the first 2 visits helped a lot and the 3rd massage made things a lot worse. She believes this to be muscular, rather than joint related, and possibly the arm pain is at the deltoid muscle attachment. That matches the area of pain and the ROM limitations I'm reading about. We are also checking on infraspinatus issues. The IT band is a lot better from massage and maybe acupuncture helped.
So I'm doing yoga (tai chi), acupuncture and massage while waiting for other doc visits.
There is also pain in the front of left shoulder but only when I lie on my back. This started prior to the injury so probably not related, but it seems to be getting worse.
I sometimes use CBD or CBD/THC gummies for sleep which don't seem to help with pain might help with sleep. I used CBD/CBG oil in Mexico which dId seems to help (it seemed to have THC in it too). I use CBD salve on L arm which sometimes helps (depending on the brand). I have prescription Lidocaine patches which don't help at all. Tylenol does not seem to help at all.
I went to an orthopedist locally who thinks this is osteoarthritis (but did not evaluate my L arm) but because it happened in one day, is bilateral, there is no crepitus, I think the pain is muscular rather than joint. Also, would massage fix the pain of right arm if this is joint related? Maybe it would, but....it seems more inflammation or muscle.
I have some OK days (pain 3-4) and some horrible days (pain 10 or about equal to "post shoulder surgery" pain which I had for rotator cuff of right shoulder in 2006). On the bad days everything hurts worse (arms and legs) and the pain radiates down to my left thumb. On good days the pain stays in upper left arm.
I kept detailed notes on the pain but didn't see any patterns that could explain what helped and what didn't. It seems hit or miss.
I can't sleep because there is no comfortable position-so now having dizzy /vertigo episodes which are pretty scary.
I don't smoke and don't drink at all (sober 42 years). I only use gummies which I cleared with Sloan. I don't take any rec drugs. We eat fairly clean, but not perfect.
I'm not sure what to do next to get a diagnosis. I'm going to PT on May 16th and Rheumatologist at NYU on May 22. What do you all think? Is there some other specialist I should see? I fear this will be permanent without a correct diagnosis. Any suggestions would help, and thanks in advance to anyone with an opinion.......

Our professor grouped our class and gave us a case study in which we have to identify the virus that is most likely causing the disease.
Our given case was: “A 25-year old pregnant woman was rushed to the emergency room with high fever (103°F/39.4°C), severe headache, muscle aches and severe joint pains. She also experienced nausea, vomiting and photophobia. She reported recent travel to a tropical region where she stayed in a rural area infested with mosquitoes.”
Initially, we’ve thought of Western Equine Encephalitis virus (WEEV) because of photophobia, but we’re confused with other viruses like Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV) and even Chikungunya virus, but we eliminated Chikungunya because rashes is one of its distinct features.
Additionally, here are also some questions that the case came with for additional context, although I’m not asking for these since it will be easy for our group to figure these out once we’ve finalized the virus of interest: 1. What is your differential diagnosis for this patient’s symptoms? 2. What additional history and examination would you perform to narrow down the differential diagnosis? 3. Create a diagnostic algorithm of the tests that will show the laboratory work-up until a conclusion can be made. 4. What is the appropriate management for this patient?
Any insights? Thank you so much.

Hi
I’m 31M, Caucasian. Generally fit and healthy - hypothyroid and have ADHD, but both have been successfully treated for years.
TLDR: Had some sort of seasonal illness at the end of February for a few days. Ever since getting better from it, I’ve had worsening asymmetric peripheral neuropathy - tingling, weakness and some pains. Tests seem to have ruled out obvious common causes - anemia, diabetes, dehydration, heart issues - but they did show elevated ALT. ALT is coming back down now, but that’s all that the various GPs I’ve seen are interested in - they seem completely disinterested that the neuropathy has continued to worsen for over two months now. Having ruled out many more likely causes, I am worried I have an autoimmune condition (e.g. CIDP). This may require hospital treatment to avoid/reduce long-term nerve damage, but it’s being completely ignored/disregarded by my GP surgery. What should I do?
In full:
I was ill for several days at the end of February. Felt like a virus - got into work one Monday morning, felt utterly physically and mentally exhausted, like I’d been hit by a train. Went home and basically slept for three days. Started to feel a bit better by Thursday, and was back working (though from home) on the Friday.
About the same time as getting better, I started to get odd feelings in my right leg - a tingling or flushing feeling, rather like I’d sat in an uncomfortable position for a while and cut off circulation. A few days later, I started getting pins and needles in my right hand.
I went to the doctor about it in mid-March; she ordered bloods and an ECG. ECG was fine, bloods returned all normal except slightly elevated ALT and B12, although doctor wasn’t concerned by the latter. The normal results included FBC, antinuclear antibodies, HBA1C, UE, TSH.
Repeat liver-function bloods done in mid-April - ALT still high, but coming down (from 76 to 53, against a reference range of 0-40). Doctor is pleased by this, and says repeat again in a month.
I’ve also had an abdominal ultrasound to be on the safe side as a result of the raised ALT - still waiting for confirmed results, but the clinician doing it at the time said all looked ok.
BUT, the original symptoms are still getting worse, 2.5 months later. Pins and needles/tingling have spread to my left side now, and my left foot has started feeling numb. I’ve also been getting pain in my right leg and arm, and muscle weakness in the same arm, to the extent that holding up a sheet of paper to read starts to tire my arm after just a few seconds.
I’ve also been getting momentary dizziness.
I have been tearing my hair out trying to work out what’s going on - as I understand it, the bloods, ECG and ultrasound have ruled out the common and a few less common causes of peripheral neuropathy, and given that this started after I had an illness, I’m left thinking it must be some sort of autoimmune issue. I don’t think it can be Guillain-Barre syndrome as it’s been worsening for too long now, so I’m left only with CIDP, which I had never heard of. I know it’s rare, but I don’t know what else could be causing it.
The doctors (and I’ve seen several over the course of this) seem utterly disinterested in the symptoms that were the reason I went to them in the first place, and only interested in making sure my ALT goes back down. But the symptoms are worsening and spreading, and I don’t know what to do.

these are my answers. someone tell me if you got similar results 1.1) Arteries 1.2) This increases the blood pressure in the arteries so the blood flows through the fatty deposits, and more oxygen and glucose is supplied to the heart so it can respire. 1.3) This forces oxygen into the persons bloodstream which can be used for aerobic respiration 1.4) Statin 1.5) Opens up the coronary artery so more blood flow through the coronary arteries so more aerobic respiration 1.6) Smoking increases the risk of developing different cardiovascular diseases. Smoking increases the risk of developing certain diseases more than others. 1.7) Graph question 1.8) A poor diet high in saturated fats. 2.1) Nucleus 2.2) ADE 2.3) Less enzymes reaching the small intestine where the food is digested. As enzymes are biological catalysts, less food is broken down, so there are difficulties digesting food. Moreover, there is less amylase. Therefore less starch is broken down into glucose, so there is less glucose in the bloodstream available for aerobic respiration, so lipids are used instead. There are also less proteins broken down into amino acids, so less growth. 2.4) One cell thick for a short diffusion pathway. Many alveoli for a large surface area. Good blood supply to maintain a steep concentration gradient. 2.5) Less oxygen available for aerobic respiration, so less energy released. Instead, anaerobic respiration takes place, so lactic acid is produced, which leads to muscle fatigue and cramps 3.1) Grind a sample of cake using a mortal and pestle. Dissolve it into water and stir. To test for iodine add starch. If present, it turns from orange to blue black. To test for reducing sugars, add benedict's solution and heat in a water bath. If present, it turns from blue to brick red. One risk assessment is wearing gloves as iodine is an irritant. 3.2) The time taken for the bread to taste sweet in seconds 3.3) The mass of the bread sample. 3.4) The bread contained starch. The salivary glands secreted amylase which broke down into glucose, which is a sugar that tastes sweet 3.5) The time taken for it to taste sweet is subjective 4.1) Palisade mesophyll. Spongy mesophyll. Meristem. 4.2) Lignin 4.3) Translocation 4.4) Permanent vacuole 4.5) The concentration of ions in cell X is lower than the phloem. Therefore, the ions move from an area of low concentration to high concentration through active transport against the concentration gradient which is an active transport which requires energy released by aerobic respiration. Therefore, Cell X has many mitochondria for aerobic respiration 4.6) It loses most of its internal subcellular organelles 4.7) Cut 6 pieces of potato. Measure them so they have the same initial mass. Put each of them in a different salt solution concentration: 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0. Keep all of them in there for 2 hours. Then remove them and pat them dry with a paper towel to remove the excess water. Measure the new mass and calculate the mass change. Repeat and calculate a mean. Plot on a graph 4.8) The concentration inside the potato was higher than the concentration outside the potato. Therefore water moved out of the potato from a dilute to a concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane through osmosis, so the mass of the potato decreased. 4.9) It had a steeper concentration gradient so more water moved out, so more mass was lost 5.1) Penicillin 5.2) It had a zone of inhibition around it where bacteria are not growing so it killed some bacteria 5.3) The rate of antibiotic production isn't the same as the rate of bacteria developing resistance, so less bacteria are killed so more people are likely to get sick. 5.4) Viruses divide inside of host cells 5.5) Viruses live inside of our cells so it is hard to kill them without damaging our cells 5.6) Aids 6.1) There was no starch due to no glucose production so no excess glucose. In leaf 1, this is because no light can be captured by the chlorophyll, and no carbon dioxide can enter through the stomata. Therefore photosynthesis cannot take place. In leaf 2, this is because light can be captured, but carbon dioxide cannot diffuse into the leaf through the stomata. Leaf 3 could capture light and allow carbon dioxide to diffuse in so it photosynthesised and produced glucose. Excess glucose was converted to starch. 6.2) Blue-black. Orange-brown. 6.3) The green part had chlorophyll so it can absorb sunlight so it photosynthesised and formed glucose which was converted into starch. The yellow part couldn't photosynthesise so starch was not present. 6.4) Magnesium 6.5) Chlorosis 6.6) Measure the volume of oxygen produced per unit time such as per minute 6.7) A limiting factor is something that limits the maximum rate of photosynthesis 6.9) Light intensity = 1/distance^2 7.1) The subcellular organelles are replicated. 7.2) Cell membrane 7.3) 8010 7.6) Testing the drugs on live tissues in a lab.

these are my answers. someone please tell me if you got similadifferent answers 1.1) Arteries 1.2) This increases the blood pressure in the arteries so the blood flows through the fatty deposits, and more oxygen and glucose is supplied to the heart so it can respire. 1.3) This forces oxygen into the persons bloodstream which can be used for aerobic respiration 1.4) Statin 1.5) Opens up the coronary artery so more blood flow through the coronary arteries so more aerobic respiration 1.6) Smoking increases the risk of developing different cardiovascular diseases. Smoking increases the risk of developing certain diseases more than others. 1.7) Graph question 1.8) A poor diet high in saturated fats. 2.1) Nucleus 2.2) ADE 2.3) Less enzymes reaching the small intestine where the food is digested. As enzymes are biological catalysts, less food is broken down, so there are difficulties digesting food. Moreover, there is less amylase. Therefore less starch is broken down into glucose, so there is less glucose in the bloodstream available for aerobic respiration, so lipids are used instead. There are also less proteins broken down into amino acids, so less growth. 2.4) One cell thick for a short diffusion pathway. Many alveoli for a large surface area. Good blood supply to maintain a steep concentration gradient. 2.5) Less oxygen available for aerobic respiration, so less energy released. Instead, anaerobic respiration takes place, so lactic acid is produced, which leads to muscle fatigue and cramps 3.1) Grind a sample of cake using a mortal and pestle. Dissolve it into water and stir. To test for iodine add starch. If present, it turns from orange to blue black. To test for reducing sugars, add benedict's solution and heat in a water bath. If present, it turns from blue to brick red. One risk assessment is wearing gloves as iodine is an irritant. 3.2) The time taken for the bread to taste sweet in seconds 3.3) The mass of the bread sample. 3.4) The bread contained starch. The salivary glands secreted amylase which broke down into glucose, which is a sugar that tastes sweet 3.5) The time taken for it to taste sweet is subjective 4.1) Palisade mesophyll. Spongy mesophyll. Meristem. 4.2) Lignin 4.3) Translocation 4.4) Permanent vacuole 4.5) The concentration of ions in cell X is lower than the phloem. Therefore, the ions move from an area of low concentration to high concentration through active transport against the concentration gradient which is an active transport which requires energy released by aerobic respiration. Therefore, Cell X has many mitochondria for aerobic respiration 4.6) It loses most of its internal subcellular organelles 4.7) Cut 6 pieces of potato. Measure them so they have the same initial mass. Put each of them in a different salt solution concentration: 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0. Keep all of them in there for 2 hours. Then remove them and pat them dry with a paper towel to remove the excess water. Measure the new mass and calculate the mass change. Repeat and calculate a mean. Plot on a graph 4.8) The concentration inside the potato was higher than the concentration outside the potato. Therefore water moved out of the potato from a dilute to a concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane through osmosis, so the mass of the potato decreased. 4.9) It had a steeper concentration gradient so more water moved out, so more mass was lost 5.1) Penicillin 5.2) It had a zone of inhibition around it where bacteria are not growing so it killed some bacteria 5.3) The rate of antibiotic production isn't the same as the rate of bacteria developing resistance, so less bacteria are killed so more people are likely to get sick. 5.4) Viruses divide inside of host cells 5.5) Viruses live inside of our cells so it is hard to kill them without damaging our cells 5.6) Aids 6.1) There was no starch due to no glucose production so no excess glucose. In leaf 1, this is because no light can be captured by the chlorophyll, and no carbon dioxide can enter through the stomata. Therefore photosynthesis cannot take place. In leaf 2, this is because light can be captured, but carbon dioxide cannot diffuse into the leaf through the stomata. Leaf 3 could capture light and allow carbon dioxide to diffuse in so it photosynthesised and produced glucose. Excess glucose was converted to starch. 6.2) Blue-black. Orange-brown. 6.3) The green part had chlorophyll so it can absorb sunlight so it photosynthesised and formed glucose which was converted into starch. The yellow part couldn't photosynthesise so starch was not present. 6.4) Magnesium 6.5) Chlorosis 6.6) Measure the volume of oxygen produced per unit time such as per minute 6.7) A limiting factor is something that limits the maximum rate of photosynthesis 6.9) Light intensity = 1/distance^2 7.1) The subcellular organelles are replicated. 7.2) Cell membrane 7.3) 8010 7.6) Testing the drugs on live tissues in a lab.

Can anyone with this condition let me know if this may be what I'm dealing with?
So I'm not diagnosed with IBS and I don't think I have it, but I think I may have visceral hypersensitivity.
In mid March I came down with a respiratory virus from my kid. 9 days into the virus, I went to lay down in bed and my abdomen had this very tense, uncomfortable feeling to the right of my belly button, almost like my ab muscle was stuck in a tense state. Not an upset stomach type of feeling. However I did get the urge to run to the restroom and had diarrhea out of nowhere.
Ended up going back and forth between bed and toilet several times before my guts were empty. The tense feeling was still there and I started shivering uncontrollably. Had to use several blankets to get warm. Took a muscle relaxer and sleep supplements to try to sleep which barely worked because of the abdominal tension feeling.
Since then, I have had this abdomen/chest tension/energy feeling that starts early every morning and lasts nearly the entire day and never really fully goes away. It feels like my abdomen is tense inside. It feels like my nerves are going crazy and sometimes feels like electricity goes from my stomach to my head. I'm having lots of anxiety and depression now stemming from these physical symptoms. Touching my abdomen doesn't reduce/increase the discomfort and it doesn't seem to be linked to bowel movements. It just feels like my nerves in my abdomen are connected to some type of electrical stimulator causing tension and shocks and twitches.
I had woken up several mornings at the beginning of April with an ulcer and was treated for H Pylori.
Other symptoms I'm having: insomnia, vision issues, feel floaty/dizzy, headache, neck and leg weakness, extreme fatigue, cold intolerance, anxiety/depression, muscle twitching, no appetite, light nausea, brain fog.
Does it sound like visceral hypersensitivity? Something else? Treatment ideas? I've been on FMLA for 2 months already because of all of this and am pretty much bedridden. Any help would be great.

Hello all.
I've been ill since July 2023. After a weekend away with friends, I got terribly ill with severe flu like symptoms and being incredibly short of breath, even when laying in bed. I didn't test positive for covid at home or in the Emergency Department, but someone I shared a tent with that weekend did. Assuming I was infected with covid, this would have been my third/fourth infection.
TLDR its now May 2024 and I haven't recovered. After multiple appointments with my local doctors, I was referred to the hospital respiratory team in october 2023 and am now under investigation. I saw the specialist once in March 2024, and wont be seeing her again until July. I don't know if I'm not being seen because she is so overworked or because I'm not seen as a priority. Either way, I want to make the most of my time with her in July OR get the local doctors to look into some things that may have helped other people for me.
The only thing that has really helped me so far is a new inhaler for my asthma. Fostair 200/6 - or beclometasone dipropionate / formoterol fumarate dihydrate . Prednisolone has been frequently administered when I have been ill, to try and get my breathing back to the new normal levels of bad rather than ill bad.
My condition has improved since July last year, which is wonderful. All that progress has been lost however with a recent viral infection, which is less wonderful. I hadn't realised how much I had improved as many many things are still difficult, until the progress was gone.
So, here's a general list of tests that have been done and a list of symptoms that I am suffering with. I would be very interested to hear what has helped to alliviate similar symptoms for other people, or what they were diagnosed with along with those symptoms.

Symptoms

Shortness of Breath: So it doesn't take much for me to start breathing heavily or gasp for air. It varies day to day, but sometimes I cannot walk to the next room to use the bathroom without struggling for air. On a good day, I can load the dishwasher slowly and need to catch my breath after. Tasks like making my bed, washing clothes, washing myself... are now all ordeals that need to be planned around with time to catch my breath.
Fatigue: Same with above really, I can't do much without needing to rest. I used to get by on 6 hours sleep but now I can sleep for 10 hours and still need a nap. Simple household tasks mean I need to rest afterwards, and something as simple as going to the doctors, which is 0.3 miles away from my house, leaves me useless for the rest of the day.
Chest Pain: The pain is intermittant, but frequent. When ill, it is constant. So the pain is in three places. Most often, it is in the center, and is sensitive to pressure. Usually an ache but can be stabby. I can't rest my phone on me when laying down for example. The others are upper and lower lung area, can be either side, up or down, or both. These pains feel the same, kind of sharp, kind of prickley.
Frequently Ill: So i think my immune system may be busted, because it doesn't take a lot for me to get ill. What feels like "a bit run down" to other people has me with flu like symptoms ever time and needing to recover in bed. It always exacerbates the other symptoms as well, so I'm more SOB, more hurty, way more fatigued, etc.
Random Aches and Pains: All muscle pains, is it my back today? My hips? My arms? Who knows! It's like a weekly roulette wheel.
Difficulty Concentrating: Definitely feels worse than it used to be, which I put down to fatigue and feeling unwell in general. Mental concentration for too long definitely makes me incredibly tired. There are things I used to enjoy that I can no longer do, because of this. Certain video games for example are now a no go.
Decreased Stress Tolerance: Again, could be down to fatigue but stress or excitement makes me very tired and hurty.
Gut Stuff: It's not happy. Cramps, soft stools, mucas. Has been identified as ulcerative colitis since April 2024.

Tests

Bloods: Multiple blood tests have been done, I feel like a pincushion! The only thing to come up from full bloodworks and many many other tests are some inflammatory markers, and a severe lack of D3.
Chest X-Ray: Multple chest X-rays, mostly clear every time. The only thing that tends to come up is some minor cloudiness when my symptoms are extra bad, which tends to be put down to infection. Said cloudiness comes and goes.
Colonoscopy: I have developed and been diagnosed with ulcerative collitus in the last year. Not sure if revevant, but it doesn't help.
Lung Function: All fine, within normal values. This is my first lung function test so nothing to compare it to. I certainly dont feel like I have the same lung capacity that I used to.
ECG: Fine, sometimes heart rate a little high due to pain/stress
CT Angiogram Pulmonary: Heart and Lungs fine, nothing showed except minor linear atelectasis. Have been told that it should be perfectly fine and may not be related to illness at all.
Allergy Screening: Turns out I have multiple allergies that can present as respiratory that I wasn't aware of. I have changed to allergy bedding, and have an air filter in my room now as well as keeping an eye on ventilation. I was also trialed on Montelukast but this did nothing for me. All the allergy prevention stuff has done is stop me waking up with a runny nose. Which honestly, has been great.
Respiratory Virus PCR Swab: This was done at my last trip to the emergency dept. on April 30th. I'd had a bad flu like symptoms and coughed up blood. Everything showed negative apart from Picornavirus RNA. My symptoms have been extra bad since this last bout of illness, it's almost like when my symptoms first started.
Thanks for sticking with the post until the end, I'm looking forward to any replies. I have the support of a wonderful partner but still feeling very lonely in this as doctors seem confused by my symptoms. It's like I'm the only person that's ever presented with these symptoms, and it can't be true because this subreddit exists!

I came across a comment that had this:
On June 22, 2014, a middle-aged male worker suffered a laceration to his right thumb from a cutter knife. The wound was 1.5 cm in length, and was accompanied by minimal bleeding. Once cleaned, disinfected, and sutured, the wound was dressed with gauze. As part of the treatment the patient received an administration of tetanus antitoxin. On July 6, the sutures were removed, and it was observed that the wound was healing well and subsequently redressed with gauze. On July 7, a relative of the man was bitten on the right calf by a stray dog at a highway service station. When he assisted his relative, the man’s gauze was contaminated with the relative’s blood. The gauze was immediately discarded, but he did not seek further medical attention or receive a rabies vaccination. On Sept. 1, he began to experience nighttime agitation and sleep disturbance. On Sept. 9, he suffered from right upper extremity parasthesia in the form of crawling and stinging sensations. On Sept. 10, he experienced more severe symptoms including photophobia, hydrophobia, anemophobia, pharyngeal muscle spasms, excessive sweating, salivation, chest tightness, irritability, and delirium. He was transferred to our hospital and rabies was suspected based on clinical presentation. The patient was isolated in a quiet single room and advised to avoid light and stimulation; sedation was also provided. Saliva samples of the patient were collected and tested by the State Key Lab of Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases (Hangzhou, China), and a nested reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed the presence of rabies virus RNA (Fig. ​(Fig.1).1). The reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) kit for the detection of rabies virus RNA was purchased from TaKaRa Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Dalian, China). The patient markedly deteriorated after admission, and experienced lapses in consciousness and convulsions. At 1:00 p.m. on Sept. 11, he suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest, and then died after attempts at resuscitation proved unsuccessful. In contrast, the relative who was bitten by the rabid dog received timely inoculation with the rabies vaccine and suffered no complications.

This is the link
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5682730/
Rabies annually causes 20,000 deaths in India and this figure has not changed for the last decade. This review was done retrospectively to analyze the reasons for deaths due to rabies, registered at Indira Gandhi Medical College Shimla since 2009. We investigated 19 deaths due to rabies in the past 7-year period. Of these, five were caused by “scratches/abrasions without any bleeding” and no postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) was sought. All injuries were caused either by unvaccinated pups below 3 months of age or by stray unvaccinated dogs. Four deaths were of patients who received proper wound care along with minimum 3 doses of intramuscular rabies vaccination, but rabies immunoglobulins (RIG) were not given or were not available. In eight cases, no PEP was sought as the patients were either not aware of its need or the PEP facility was far away or the PEP cost was not affordable or deceased believed that pups below 3 months of age do not carry a risk of rabies. In one case, the patient was bitten by a cat 2 years back. Majority patients belonged to rural and remote areas. Five of the deaths in our study were because of not seeking prophylaxis as abrasions/scratches without bleeding were not thought to carry a risk of rabies. In the Philippines, a rabies death review of 1839 patients demonstrates that all deaths were due to dog related injuries including bites and scratches.[1] In Iran[2] four people having scratches on their hands were infected with the saliva of rabid animals and died due to rabies, there was no history of bites. In our death review also, deaths caused by “scratches/abrasions without blood” amply demonstrate the ability of the rabies virus to enter nerves through dermis due to broken skin and its capacity to cause rabies. In our settings, the minimum incubation period was 22 days due to scratches on the face in front of Lt Tragus and maximum incubation period was 102 days due to a trivial scratch on right Forearm by a furious rabid dog. Rabies due to bat scratches[3] is known and hence can happen due to rabid dog/animal scratches as well. Pathogenesis studies by Kuzmin et al.[4] state that after delivery into a wound, rabies virus can infect several types of cells and replicate at inoculation site, as has been shown for skeletal muscle cells and fibroblasts. Human skin dermal layer is populated with fibroblasts that may allow the entry of the rabies virus and subsequent infection if left unattended[5] and needs further evaluation. Latest guidelines of the WHO (2014) prescribe that the type II wounds, that include minor scratches or abrasions without bleeding, need to be given only rabies vaccine whereas additional local RIG infiltration may be required.[6] The confusion of scratches with blood or without blood need to be rectified in the type II classification of the WHO bite wounds and need to be replaced by “Bruises that don't involve breach of the skin surface.” Breach of skin surface can easily be identified with spirit test, if there is burning sensation, breach of skin is likely. Many national guidelines, for example, USA,[7] Canada, and Switzerland do not make a difference between category II and III wounds and recommend rabies vaccination alongwith RIG administration on potential exposure to rabid animals irrespective of the type of wounds. More such rabies death reviews may throw light on this unusual phenomenon of deaths due to scratches/abrasions by rabid animals, especially on the head, neck, shoulder region, hands and arms, in rabies endemic countries like India.

I (24 M) and my girlfriend (27 F) live together, I pay the rent.utilities but she chips in sometimes with groceries. I work a high-stress job in IT, which pays a lot and allows me to afford all this. No, I do not neglect my gf in terms of emotional connection, nor has she ever complained about it before. I thought we had a pretty healthy relationship but now I am reconsidering. So I'm sick, just a common cold but enough to put me mostly in bed, I have a raging headache and can't see very well because of the water in my eyes. So I apologise for any spelling mistakes. My gf was relatively understanding about me being sick to begin with although she did complain about me not going to work even though I get paid sick days but for the last 2 days she's been really mad. She yelled at me over me dropping a bowl of soup she made me and then today told me that if I don't get my act together and start pulling my weight with household chores again we're over. I have been neglecting them for the last 3 days but its cause I'm sick. I don't do this normally and she's saying I'm doing 'weaponised incompetence'? Because I can't really see where the dishes are when trying to load the dishwashei drop stuff/i'm swaying. AITA for doing this? She's been sick before and still managed to do her half of the chores and she says I should be able to muscle through but I'm really sick. I've been in bed most of the day.
Edit: Turns out I had a raging sinus infection lol (not chronic tho so its all good). Some people wanted to know why I was so sick. Idrk? The doctor said it just happens sometimes that different people have different reactions to different viruses. I haven't been bedrest level sick since I was a kid so it did catch me out. But yeah anyway, not dying. All good.
Edit2: I am not blind(?) I use hard lenses to vision correct, which I can't wear due to the watery eyes, it doesn't stick right and starts moving around which is NOT GOOD for your vision- seriously, tried it once as a kid, don't do it. I don't have any glasses and I can't wear soft lenses in the mean time because a} they hurt b} I don't have them and they'd take a few days by which I would no longer need them.
(reposted so I can give an update cause amitheasshole is bitchy about its rules)