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2024.05.15 22:00 _Triple_ [STORE] 900+ KNIVES/GLOVES/SKINS, 100.000$+ INVENTORY. BFK Lore, Gloves Amphibious, Skeleton Fade, Bowie Emerald, BFK Auto, Gloves MF, Talon Doppler, Gloves POW, Bayo Tiger, Gut Sapphire, Stiletto MF, M9 Ultra, Ursus Doppler, Flip Doppler, M9 Stained, Nomad CW, Paracord CW, AK-47 X-Ray & A Lot More
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KNIVES
★ Butterfly Knife Lore (Factory New), B/O: $7194.77
★ Butterfly Knife Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2025.74
⎯★ M9 Bayonet Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $557.87
★ M9 Bayonet Stained (Well-Worn), B/O: $529.41
★ M9 Bayonet Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $465.39
⎯★ Talon Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $1295.27
★ Bayonet Tiger Tooth (Minimal Wear), B/O: $746.28
★ Karambit Bright Water (Field-Tested), B/O: $688.15
⎯★ Flip Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $547.93
★ Flip Knife Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $476.69
★ Flip Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $278.18
★ Flip Knife Black Laminate (Well-Worn), B/O: $258.83
★ Flip Knife Urban Masked (Field-Tested), B/O: $181.64
⎯★ Stiletto Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $686.04
★ Stiletto Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $665.41
★ Stiletto Knife, B/O: $601.39
★ Stiletto Knife Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $418.25
★ Stiletto Knife Night Stripe (Field-Tested), B/O: $227.80
★ Stiletto Knife Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $194.96
★ Stiletto Knife Safari Mesh (Field-Tested), B/O: $192.79
⎯★ Nomad Knife Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $518.11
★ Nomad Knife Scorched (Field-Tested), B/O: $169.78
★ Nomad Knife Forest DDPAT (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $166.88
★ StatTrak™ Nomad Knife Blue Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $335.79
⎯★ Skeleton Knife Stained (Well-Worn), B/O: $442.05
★ Skeleton Knife Urban Masked (Minimal Wear), B/O: $426.24
★ Skeleton Knife Boreal Forest (Field-Tested), B/O: $314.03
★ StatTrak™ Skeleton Knife Fade (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2361.28
★ StatTrak™ Skeleton Knife Urban Masked (Field-Tested), B/O: $376.53
⎯★ Ursus Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $557.12
★ Ursus Knife, B/O: $471.42
★ Ursus Knife Blue Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $212.37
★ Ursus Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $187.66
★ Ursus Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $178.18
★ Ursus Knife Ultraviolet (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $155.13
★ Ursus Knife Boreal Forest (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $124.26
⎯★ Huntsman Knife Black Laminate (Minimal Wear), B/O: $204.83
★ Huntsman Knife Black Laminate (Field-Tested), B/O: $184.50
★ StatTrak™ Huntsman Knife Lore (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $224.11
⎯★ Bowie Knife Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $2142.02
★ Bowie Knife, B/O: $230.44
★ Bowie Knife Damascus Steel (Factory New), B/O: $209.20
★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet (Minimal Wear), B/O: $180.51
★ Bowie Knife Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $131.03
⎯★ Falchion Knife Night (Field-Tested), B/O: $132.54
★ Falchion Knife Urban Masked (Well-Worn), B/O: $112.81
★ Falchion Knife Scorched (Field-Tested), B/O: $108.81
★ Falchion Knife Forest DDPAT (Field-Tested), B/O: $107.82
★ Falchion Knife Safari Mesh (Field-Tested), B/O: $107.46
★ StatTrak™ Falchion Knife Ultraviolet (Field-Tested), B/O: $143.08
⎯★ Paracord Knife Crimson Web (Minimal Wear), B/O: $486.48
★ Paracord Knife Blue Steel (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $163.12
⎯★ Survival Knife Blue Steel (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $138.26
★ Survival Knife Night Stripe (Field-Tested), B/O: $131.03
⎯★ Gut Knife Sapphire (Minimal Wear), B/O: $1127.79
★ Gut Knife Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $286.17
★ Gut Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $246.55
★ Gut Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $240.77
★ Gut Knife, B/O: $210.49
★ Gut Knife Lore (Field-Tested), B/O: $194.22
★ Gut Knife Case Hardened (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $151.51
★ Gut Knife Blue Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $124.94
★ Gut Knife Rust Coat (Well-Worn), B/O: $118.99
★ Gut Knife Boreal Forest (Minimal Wear), B/O: $109.80
★ StatTrak™ Gut Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $237.96
⎯★ Shadow Daggers Gamma Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $264.92
★ Shadow Daggers Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $253.03
★ Shadow Daggers Tiger Tooth (Factory New), B/O: $237.22
★ Shadow Daggers Crimson Web (Field-Tested), B/O: $153.40
★ Shadow Daggers Autotronic (Minimal Wear), B/O: $144.42
★ Shadow Daggers Blue Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $105.20
★ StatTrak™ Shadow Daggers Damascus Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $150.46
⎯★ Navaja Knife Fade (Factory New), B/O: $365.99
★ Navaja Knife Doppler (Factory New), B/O: $228.93
★ Navaja Knife Marble Fade (Factory New), B/O: $227.43
★ Navaja Knife Slaughter (Factory New), B/O: $209.06
★ Navaja Knife, B/O: $203.16
★ Navaja Knife Case Hardened (Well-Worn), B/O: $132.57
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Factory New), B/O: $121.69
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Minimal Wear), B/O: $109.95
★ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $100.41
★ StatTrak™ Navaja Knife Fade (Factory New), B/O: $369.01
★ StatTrak™ Navaja Knife Damascus Steel (Field-Tested), B/O: $109.95
GLOVES
★ Sport Gloves Amphibious (Minimal Wear), B/O: $2394.67
★ Sport Gloves Omega (Well-Worn), B/O: $572.33
★ Sport Gloves Bronze Morph (Minimal Wear), B/O: $338.88
★ Sport Gloves Big Game (Field-Tested), B/O: $323.66
⎯★ Specialist Gloves Marble Fade (Minimal Wear), B/O: $1652.07
★ Specialist Gloves Tiger Strike (Field-Tested), B/O: $599.14
★ Specialist Gloves Crimson Web (Well-Worn), B/O: $231.57
★ Specialist Gloves Buckshot (Minimal Wear), B/O: $126.21
⎯★ Moto Gloves POW! (Minimal Wear), B/O: $996.99
★ Moto Gloves POW! (Field-Tested), B/O: $383.31
★ Moto Gloves POW! (Well-Worn), B/O: $276.00
★ Moto Gloves Turtle (Field-Tested), B/O: $180.28
⎯★ Hand Wraps CAUTION! (Minimal Wear), B/O: $502.29
★ Hand Wraps Giraffe (Minimal Wear), B/O: $180.73
★ Hand Wraps CAUTION! (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $178.32
⎯★ Driver Gloves Queen Jaguar (Minimal Wear), B/O: $181.01
★ Driver Gloves Rezan the Red (Field-Tested), B/O: $101.66
⎯★ Broken Fang Gloves Jade (Field-Tested), B/O: $127.88
★ Broken Fang Gloves Needle Point (Minimal Wear), B/O: $124.55
⎯★ Bloodhound Gloves Guerrilla (Minimal Wear), B/O: $127.94
★ Hydra Gloves Case Hardened (Field-Tested), B/O: $102.55
WEAPONS
AK-47 X-Ray (Well-Worn), B/O: $478.95
AUG Hot Rod (Factory New), B/O: $425.83
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Hyper Beast (Factory New), B/O: $413.95
M4A4 Daybreak (Factory New), B/O: $309.51
StatTrak™ AK-47 Aquamarine Revenge (Factory New), B/O: $305.43
AK-47 Case Hardened (Well-Worn), B/O: $196.38
StatTrak™ M4A4 Temukau (Minimal Wear), B/O: $174.64
P90 Run and Hide (Field-Tested), B/O: $167.03
AWP Asiimov (Field-Tested), B/O: $153.33
Souvenir SSG 08 Death Strike (Minimal Wear), B/O: $140.00
M4A1-S Printstream (Battle-Scarred), B/O: $124.70
StatTrak™ M4A1-S Golden Coil (Field-Tested), B/O: $117.48
AWP Asiimov (Well-Worn), B/O: $115.97
StatTrak™ Desert Eagle Printstream (Minimal Wear), B/O: $112.96
StatTrak™ AK-47 Asiimov (Minimal Wear), B/O: $110.85
Souvenir M4A1-S Master Piece (Well-Worn), B/O: $102.42
AK-47 Bloodsport (Minimal Wear), B/O: $100.53
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2024.05.15 21:53 kinkleesi bleeding for 20 days
my partner (m26) and i (f23) have been ttc for roughly 3 months now. been monitoring ovulation with clearblue advanced digital tests and the flo period app. ovulated from april 3rd until april 12th, but did not have a ‘peak day’.
started with light bleeding (watery pink) on april 18th and thought it might’ve been implantation bleeding. got a weird positive on a pregnancy test on april 23rd. bleeding stayed pink and light, didn’t change until april 26th, when i got a random and sudden urge to ‘push’ and so i did.. i felt what i can only describe as a pop, followed by a gush of fluid. went to the bathroom and saw a blood clot the side of a ping pong ball, and a whole lotta blood. bleeding stayed relatively heavy for about a week, followed by light bleeding again until may 7th. bleeding stopped for four days, before starting again on may 12th. bleeding has stayed light, blood is a rusty brown colour.
went for a pap test on may 13th, doctor said everything looks good and my cervix is super healthy, just waiting for the lab results now. went for an intrauterine ultrasound today, the tech mentioned my ovaries are normal size (5.9 something i think she said?), she said all the follicles are in the correct place and she doesn’t see any polyps, fibroids or anything in the endometrium. had a blood test today as well to test beta hcg, lh, fsh, cbc, ferritin, free t3, free t4, anti tpo, prolactin and glucose—just waiting for the results now.
if anyone can help put an anxious mind at ease—what the heck could be going on?
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started with light bleeding (watery pink) on april 18th and thought it might’ve been implantation bleeding. got a weird positive on a pregnancy test on april 23rd. bleeding stayed pink and light, didn’t change until april 26th, when i got a random and sudden urge to ‘push’ and so i did.. i felt what i can only describe as a pop, followed by a gush of fluid. went to the bathroom and saw a blood clot the side of a ping pong ball, and a whole lotta blood. bleeding stayed relatively heavy for about a week, followed by light bleeding again until may 7th. bleeding stopped for four days, before starting again on may 12th. bleeding has stayed light, blood is a rusty brown colour.
went for a pap test on may 13th, doctor said everything looks good and my cervix is super healthy, just waiting for the lab results now. went for an intrauterine ultrasound today, the tech mentioned my ovaries are normal size (5.9 something i think she said?), she said all the follicles are in the correct place and she doesn’t see any polyps, fibroids or anything in the endometrium. had a blood test today as well to test beta hcg, lh, fsh, cbc, ferritin, free t3, free t4, anti tpo, prolactin and glucose—just waiting for the results now.
if anyone can help put an anxious mind at ease—what the heck could be going on?
2024.05.15 21:53 SavingsSad2382 After 7-8 years of fighting to be heard, and 8-9 years of being sick, I’m finally being tested for RA when I’ve had Hashimoto’s diagnosed for 11 years. Except the RA damage is done and I just have to figure out how to cope? I guess? Why do doctors refuse to listen when you’re young?
So sorry in advance for the long post. I just need to get this out.
TW for talk of suicide and depression
If you’re my partner and you see this - please don’t read this. I promise you are a wonderful support but I know my venting hurts you because you want to fix things and you can’t.
I feel such immense grief and rage. I don’t even know where to begin, so I guess I’ll start at the start of this “health journey”. When I was 16, I became incredibly ill. I was vomiting all the time, exhausted to the point of sleeping 14 hours a day from the time I got home from school til just before I had to leave for the bus. I don’t remember much from this time period because of the brain fog and genuinely don’t know how I passed my classes. I was gaining a lot of weight, too, and hadn’t had a menstrual cycle in 6 months, and was so so depressed. My mom ignored the health issues because she thought I was just being dramatic (there is much deeper context with the issues there but it comes down to I am now NC as an adult), but when I said I needed to see a doctor for my depression she did. My then-family doctor was wonderful and listened, and to be safe decided to run some blood tests though I hadn’t described to her my physical symptoms aside from the oversleeping I attributed to depression. I was diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease, or Hashimoto’s. I started medication and my symptoms improved though some things, like the weight gain, never reversed.
I ended up going into remission for a time and no longer needed the HRT. But when I was around 20/21, I started having health problems again. I started experiencing numbness and tingling in both my hands and wrists, which I thought was from repetitive movement working as a cashier, though the symptoms only appeared about 6 months into that job and in hindsight it probably isn’t normal to develop that quickly that way. But I ignored it because I didn’t think it was serious as it was “just” carpal tunnel, and began wearing wrist splints regularly. I did not ask my doctor, as during this time I was having difficulties hearing at work and the hearing test I requested came back normal and I was dismissed and I didn’t want to reinforce the belief I have unreasonable worries about non-issues - later, I learned this was actually an auditory processing issue, which was never brought up by any medical professional I saw as a possible cause.
In 2020, when I was 24, I began experiencing the same autoimmune symptoms I had when I was first sick at the age of 16. I fell asleep at work which had never happened before and it worried me. I went to the ER on recommendation of Telehealth, where the doctor didn’t believe my symptoms and ordered just an EKG that came back normal. He told me I didn’t fall asleep/pass out while actively working, and simply “took a nap” and it’s normal. Follow-up with my GP after was unsuccessful, until I pushed for thyroid testing. I was found to no longer be in remission and put back on HRT, and once again my symptoms improved but did not resolve.
At the same time, and for the year or so that followed, I experienced extreme digestive health issues. I had visible yellowing of the skin, very dark under eye circles, issues with itchy and red patches of skin, and was passing undigested food and eventually became obviously malnourished as a result. I had what seemed to be a kidney stone that passed before I could get in for the ultrasound so it couldn’t be confirmed. I alternated between constipation and diarrhea, and always felt pain. My GP told me it was “probably just IBS” and had me do an elimination diet (twice) that did not work. He dismissed my concerns telling me I’m fine, until I sent a novel of my symptoms and saying I know he thinks I’m a hypochondriac but I am unwell and need to be looked at. The liver tests I pushed for came back normal. He offered to test me for Celiac but advised against it due to the cost of the blood test, so I didn’t. He did, however, refer me for a colonoscopy but the pandemic made this severely delayed. During the wait, I found some relief of my symptoms by cutting out gluten and dairy from my diet, and the yellowing of my skin and dark circles went away as did, eventually, the skin patches my doctor insisted was “just eczema”. I was off of gluten for a full year when I had my colonoscopy in fall 2022, the results came back normal and that doctor reiterated that it is “probably just IBS”. I learned later that I should have been consuming gluten for at least 3 months prior in order for it to be an effective test for Celiac, and my doctor failed to tell me this.
In early 2022, the joint pain had become frequent enough and painful enough in the knuckles where my hands meet my fingers, and in my wrists with definite carpal tunnel in both wrists as well, that I went to my GP. However, he is busy, and it’s often easier to book an appt with his assistant who is able to assess many conditions. At this time I also believed he would be more likely to listen and take me seriously. I went to the appt, described the nerve and joint pain issues. I had an exam where he confirmed bilateral carpal tunnel and arthritis in my hands. He said no testing was needed. I pushed back, stating that I am only 25 and there is no normal reason for the inflammation, and I have Hashimoto’s which has very high comorbidity with RA and I was concerned due to the fact the inflammation was symmetrical. I was dismissed, told the only test that could be done is an x-ray which was pointless as all it would do is confirm the presence of arthritis which he already confirmed with the exam. He told me to keep wearing wrist splints, keep taking ibuprofen and acetaminophen for the inflammation and pain, told me taking them was risk-free, and told me to come back when the redness and swelling of my joints got worse. I didn’t feel comfortable going to my GP for fear of being marked further as a problem patient, and assumed he would tell me the same information his assistant had based on my experiences with him and the fact his assistant is his staff that sees many of his patients.
My depression worsened during these years, coming to a head in early 2023 when I attempted. I did not succeed due to a mistake I made, fortunately. I was hospitalized for a time, where I was finally officially diagnosed with PTSD and CPTSD. And for the first time, a doctor asked if I suspected I’m neurodivergent. I was assessed and diagnosed with ADHD, which explained a significant amount of non-health related issues, though it also explained some like my KP and teenage cystic acne as they are common comorbidities. It’s important to note that I have a younger sibling that was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, and I was viewed as the “normal” child and any issues were dismissed as my sibling had higher support needs and was the priority and I was always viewed as simply being overdramatic and wanting attention. I was told the cause of my depression was trauma, including childhood trauma, as well as 26 years of undiagnosed and unmanaged ADHD I had been forced to deal with on my own. I was told I had done the best I could but they were not surprised it reached the point it did, as sadly the mental health system in Ontario is not what it should be and often people do not receive help until they’re long past the point of needing it. And for many, it’s too late. I am fortunate that it wasn’t too late for me, I’m fortunate I survived.
Prior to my stay at the hospital, I had gotten to the point of needing to take ibuprofen daily for the inflammation. When disclosing my medical history and medications, I was asked if I had received a formal diagnosis for my arthritis and what tests had been performed. I told them I had been assessed for and diagnosed with arthritis, but that no tests were performed. It was clear they did not believe me, and I wasn’t provided ibuprofen during my stay. They did not follow-up with my GP regarding the arthritis either, though to be fair I was in the psych ward and non urgent physical ailments were not their concern.
Now we get to 2024. It’s a jump, but I don’t feel anything between is significant. I do not go a day without pain, and havent for 3 months. The pain has now reached every joint in my body, I feel fatigued and foggy, I feel horrible all the time and have had 3 UTIs since February. The last one reached my kidneys rapidly, and coincided with the worst full-body arthritis flare of my life - this was 2 weeks ago. I woke up every 2 hours sobbing in agony because my body and knees in particular were so warm and painful and stiff. For a full day I was unable to get out of bed and ran a low grade fever with chills I assumed were due to the infection but now I’m not so sure. Since then, I have been in constant pain though not as severe as then. My knee and hip pain keep me up at night, and/or wake me up often due to the pain and stiffness. Regardless of my larger joints, my hands and wrists always hurt now. I feel ill in the way I did with my Hashimoto’s. Ibuprofen and acetaminophen aren’t doing anything anymore, and I rely on cannabis for relief which isn’t always suitable. My partner got me a topical ointment that has been incredibly but isn’t affordable enough to be sustainable with how much of it I need in one go, and I need to use it sparingly when I absolutely need it. Despite not feeling that my joints are red and swollen enough to go back (because I see them every day and they look normal because they always look like that), I stuck with my plan to see my GP. I first tried to book in February, but only saw him this week.
I described all the physical symptoms asking about my lower leg/ankle swelling and to have my thyroid levels checked for potential med increase need, and I described my joint issues. He assessed my hands, and told me my knuckles are red and swollen. I’ve realized after in research and really looking at my hands that the top knuckle on one of my fingers has a lump on it, albeit a very small one. He immediately said he is testing me for RA with blood work, and in my research I’ve confirmed the req form is thorough, and also includes urinalysis and an EKG. However he told me for the inflammation marker test to go for it when it’s at its worst, and with my work schedule I can’t, and I’ve waited so long for this I refuse. I’m going for it as soon as I can. I’ve waited so long to be listened to and believed. And as many as half of people with RA test negative on the blood tests so I’ll end up needing imaging tests anyway either way and I want this process to be as fast as possible. Even if it’s not RA, I need them to figure out what’s wrong with me and give me the appropriate treatment. He was alarmed and visibly displeased to hear that I had seen his assistant 2 years ago for an assessment - though I forgot to mention to him that that appointment was also for bilateral carpal tunnel (which I now know is an early sign of RA due to compression of nerves). It wasn’t explicitly stated but it was clear that I should have been tested 2 years ago. And wasn’t.
I’m tired of being in pain. I’m tired of being sick. I’m just plain tired. I feel so failed by the system that’s supposed to care for us. I’m so frustrated with people insisting that doctors are all-knowing and infallible and if they tell you you’re fine, you are. I’ve been fighting for years to be heard and have only been left to feel like I’m losing my mind and imagining these problems and am just overdramatic after all. I feel vindicated that I was right all along, but it’s too little too late. RA is a progressive disease, and the earlier it’s diagnosed and aggressively treated the better. I’ve had at minimum 2 years of progression that cannot be undone. The damage can’t be reversed. I am angry and devastated. The grief is so f*king immense.
I’m 27. I don’t know what my future looks like anymore and that scares me. I’m worried about the damage this disease has done to my internal organs. I worry having kids is no longer an option for me, due to my health. I worry that my physical capabilities will continue to deteriorate. I am so angry that I’ve been written off as an anxious hypochondriac when I knew something was wrong.
Diagnosis of an autoimmune disease or any illness really, apparently doesn’t negate medical misogyny and ageism. Advocating for yourself doesn’t go anywhere when you’ve been labelled crazy and a problem patient. The most it’s gotten me is my doctor “offering” to send my files if I wanted to switch to a different GP, which I can’t with the GP shortage. I have to live with the lifelong consequences of doctors failing me. And it f*king sucks.
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TW for talk of suicide and depression
If you’re my partner and you see this - please don’t read this. I promise you are a wonderful support but I know my venting hurts you because you want to fix things and you can’t.
I feel such immense grief and rage. I don’t even know where to begin, so I guess I’ll start at the start of this “health journey”. When I was 16, I became incredibly ill. I was vomiting all the time, exhausted to the point of sleeping 14 hours a day from the time I got home from school til just before I had to leave for the bus. I don’t remember much from this time period because of the brain fog and genuinely don’t know how I passed my classes. I was gaining a lot of weight, too, and hadn’t had a menstrual cycle in 6 months, and was so so depressed. My mom ignored the health issues because she thought I was just being dramatic (there is much deeper context with the issues there but it comes down to I am now NC as an adult), but when I said I needed to see a doctor for my depression she did. My then-family doctor was wonderful and listened, and to be safe decided to run some blood tests though I hadn’t described to her my physical symptoms aside from the oversleeping I attributed to depression. I was diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease, or Hashimoto’s. I started medication and my symptoms improved though some things, like the weight gain, never reversed.
I ended up going into remission for a time and no longer needed the HRT. But when I was around 20/21, I started having health problems again. I started experiencing numbness and tingling in both my hands and wrists, which I thought was from repetitive movement working as a cashier, though the symptoms only appeared about 6 months into that job and in hindsight it probably isn’t normal to develop that quickly that way. But I ignored it because I didn’t think it was serious as it was “just” carpal tunnel, and began wearing wrist splints regularly. I did not ask my doctor, as during this time I was having difficulties hearing at work and the hearing test I requested came back normal and I was dismissed and I didn’t want to reinforce the belief I have unreasonable worries about non-issues - later, I learned this was actually an auditory processing issue, which was never brought up by any medical professional I saw as a possible cause.
In 2020, when I was 24, I began experiencing the same autoimmune symptoms I had when I was first sick at the age of 16. I fell asleep at work which had never happened before and it worried me. I went to the ER on recommendation of Telehealth, where the doctor didn’t believe my symptoms and ordered just an EKG that came back normal. He told me I didn’t fall asleep/pass out while actively working, and simply “took a nap” and it’s normal. Follow-up with my GP after was unsuccessful, until I pushed for thyroid testing. I was found to no longer be in remission and put back on HRT, and once again my symptoms improved but did not resolve.
At the same time, and for the year or so that followed, I experienced extreme digestive health issues. I had visible yellowing of the skin, very dark under eye circles, issues with itchy and red patches of skin, and was passing undigested food and eventually became obviously malnourished as a result. I had what seemed to be a kidney stone that passed before I could get in for the ultrasound so it couldn’t be confirmed. I alternated between constipation and diarrhea, and always felt pain. My GP told me it was “probably just IBS” and had me do an elimination diet (twice) that did not work. He dismissed my concerns telling me I’m fine, until I sent a novel of my symptoms and saying I know he thinks I’m a hypochondriac but I am unwell and need to be looked at. The liver tests I pushed for came back normal. He offered to test me for Celiac but advised against it due to the cost of the blood test, so I didn’t. He did, however, refer me for a colonoscopy but the pandemic made this severely delayed. During the wait, I found some relief of my symptoms by cutting out gluten and dairy from my diet, and the yellowing of my skin and dark circles went away as did, eventually, the skin patches my doctor insisted was “just eczema”. I was off of gluten for a full year when I had my colonoscopy in fall 2022, the results came back normal and that doctor reiterated that it is “probably just IBS”. I learned later that I should have been consuming gluten for at least 3 months prior in order for it to be an effective test for Celiac, and my doctor failed to tell me this.
In early 2022, the joint pain had become frequent enough and painful enough in the knuckles where my hands meet my fingers, and in my wrists with definite carpal tunnel in both wrists as well, that I went to my GP. However, he is busy, and it’s often easier to book an appt with his assistant who is able to assess many conditions. At this time I also believed he would be more likely to listen and take me seriously. I went to the appt, described the nerve and joint pain issues. I had an exam where he confirmed bilateral carpal tunnel and arthritis in my hands. He said no testing was needed. I pushed back, stating that I am only 25 and there is no normal reason for the inflammation, and I have Hashimoto’s which has very high comorbidity with RA and I was concerned due to the fact the inflammation was symmetrical. I was dismissed, told the only test that could be done is an x-ray which was pointless as all it would do is confirm the presence of arthritis which he already confirmed with the exam. He told me to keep wearing wrist splints, keep taking ibuprofen and acetaminophen for the inflammation and pain, told me taking them was risk-free, and told me to come back when the redness and swelling of my joints got worse. I didn’t feel comfortable going to my GP for fear of being marked further as a problem patient, and assumed he would tell me the same information his assistant had based on my experiences with him and the fact his assistant is his staff that sees many of his patients.
My depression worsened during these years, coming to a head in early 2023 when I attempted. I did not succeed due to a mistake I made, fortunately. I was hospitalized for a time, where I was finally officially diagnosed with PTSD and CPTSD. And for the first time, a doctor asked if I suspected I’m neurodivergent. I was assessed and diagnosed with ADHD, which explained a significant amount of non-health related issues, though it also explained some like my KP and teenage cystic acne as they are common comorbidities. It’s important to note that I have a younger sibling that was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, and I was viewed as the “normal” child and any issues were dismissed as my sibling had higher support needs and was the priority and I was always viewed as simply being overdramatic and wanting attention. I was told the cause of my depression was trauma, including childhood trauma, as well as 26 years of undiagnosed and unmanaged ADHD I had been forced to deal with on my own. I was told I had done the best I could but they were not surprised it reached the point it did, as sadly the mental health system in Ontario is not what it should be and often people do not receive help until they’re long past the point of needing it. And for many, it’s too late. I am fortunate that it wasn’t too late for me, I’m fortunate I survived.
Prior to my stay at the hospital, I had gotten to the point of needing to take ibuprofen daily for the inflammation. When disclosing my medical history and medications, I was asked if I had received a formal diagnosis for my arthritis and what tests had been performed. I told them I had been assessed for and diagnosed with arthritis, but that no tests were performed. It was clear they did not believe me, and I wasn’t provided ibuprofen during my stay. They did not follow-up with my GP regarding the arthritis either, though to be fair I was in the psych ward and non urgent physical ailments were not their concern.
Now we get to 2024. It’s a jump, but I don’t feel anything between is significant. I do not go a day without pain, and havent for 3 months. The pain has now reached every joint in my body, I feel fatigued and foggy, I feel horrible all the time and have had 3 UTIs since February. The last one reached my kidneys rapidly, and coincided with the worst full-body arthritis flare of my life - this was 2 weeks ago. I woke up every 2 hours sobbing in agony because my body and knees in particular were so warm and painful and stiff. For a full day I was unable to get out of bed and ran a low grade fever with chills I assumed were due to the infection but now I’m not so sure. Since then, I have been in constant pain though not as severe as then. My knee and hip pain keep me up at night, and/or wake me up often due to the pain and stiffness. Regardless of my larger joints, my hands and wrists always hurt now. I feel ill in the way I did with my Hashimoto’s. Ibuprofen and acetaminophen aren’t doing anything anymore, and I rely on cannabis for relief which isn’t always suitable. My partner got me a topical ointment that has been incredibly but isn’t affordable enough to be sustainable with how much of it I need in one go, and I need to use it sparingly when I absolutely need it. Despite not feeling that my joints are red and swollen enough to go back (because I see them every day and they look normal because they always look like that), I stuck with my plan to see my GP. I first tried to book in February, but only saw him this week.
I described all the physical symptoms asking about my lower leg/ankle swelling and to have my thyroid levels checked for potential med increase need, and I described my joint issues. He assessed my hands, and told me my knuckles are red and swollen. I’ve realized after in research and really looking at my hands that the top knuckle on one of my fingers has a lump on it, albeit a very small one. He immediately said he is testing me for RA with blood work, and in my research I’ve confirmed the req form is thorough, and also includes urinalysis and an EKG. However he told me for the inflammation marker test to go for it when it’s at its worst, and with my work schedule I can’t, and I’ve waited so long for this I refuse. I’m going for it as soon as I can. I’ve waited so long to be listened to and believed. And as many as half of people with RA test negative on the blood tests so I’ll end up needing imaging tests anyway either way and I want this process to be as fast as possible. Even if it’s not RA, I need them to figure out what’s wrong with me and give me the appropriate treatment. He was alarmed and visibly displeased to hear that I had seen his assistant 2 years ago for an assessment - though I forgot to mention to him that that appointment was also for bilateral carpal tunnel (which I now know is an early sign of RA due to compression of nerves). It wasn’t explicitly stated but it was clear that I should have been tested 2 years ago. And wasn’t.
I’m tired of being in pain. I’m tired of being sick. I’m just plain tired. I feel so failed by the system that’s supposed to care for us. I’m so frustrated with people insisting that doctors are all-knowing and infallible and if they tell you you’re fine, you are. I’ve been fighting for years to be heard and have only been left to feel like I’m losing my mind and imagining these problems and am just overdramatic after all. I feel vindicated that I was right all along, but it’s too little too late. RA is a progressive disease, and the earlier it’s diagnosed and aggressively treated the better. I’ve had at minimum 2 years of progression that cannot be undone. The damage can’t be reversed. I am angry and devastated. The grief is so f*king immense.
I’m 27. I don’t know what my future looks like anymore and that scares me. I’m worried about the damage this disease has done to my internal organs. I worry having kids is no longer an option for me, due to my health. I worry that my physical capabilities will continue to deteriorate. I am so angry that I’ve been written off as an anxious hypochondriac when I knew something was wrong.
Diagnosis of an autoimmune disease or any illness really, apparently doesn’t negate medical misogyny and ageism. Advocating for yourself doesn’t go anywhere when you’ve been labelled crazy and a problem patient. The most it’s gotten me is my doctor “offering” to send my files if I wanted to switch to a different GP, which I can’t with the GP shortage. I have to live with the lifelong consequences of doctors failing me. And it f*king sucks.
2024.05.15 21:48 Fun_Assumption_6024 Testostrone supression from ostarine
Im a 28 year old male, i took ostarine which is a SARM for body building purposes for a period of 4 weeks. My blood work came back with low testostrone due to supression (5.14 nmol/L) to be exact. Typical range would be from 7.8 - 33 My LH and FSH are within range same as all other hormones. Slightly elevated liver enzymes as well. A friend suggested i hop on Clomiphene to boost test back up, would a natural test booster be a better alternative since my LH and FSH are within normal range?
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2024.05.15 21:46 SavingsSad2382 Completely failed by the medical system, but sucks to suck I guess I just have to live with the permanent consequences (a rant)
So sorry in advance for the long post. I just need to get this out.
TW for talk of suicide and depression
If you’re my partner and you see this - please don’t read this. I promise you are a wonderful support but I know my venting hurts you because you want to fix things and you can’t.
I feel such immense grief and rage. I don’t even know where to begin, so I guess I’ll start at the start of this “health journey”. When I was 16, I became incredibly ill. I was vomiting all the time, exhausted to the point of sleeping 14 hours a day from the time I got home from school til just before I had to leave for the bus. I don’t remember much from this time period because of the brain fog and genuinely don’t know how I passed my classes. I was gaining a lot of weight, too, and hadn’t had a menstrual cycle in 6 months, and was so so depressed. My mom ignored the health issues because she thought I was just being dramatic (there is much deeper context with the issues there but it comes down to I am now NC as an adult), but when I said I needed to see a doctor for my depression she did. My then-family doctor was wonderful and listened, and to be safe decided to run some blood tests though I hadn’t described to her my physical symptoms aside from the oversleeping I attributed to depression. I was diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease, or Hashimoto’s. I started medication and my symptoms improved though some things, like the weight gain, never reversed.
I ended up going into remission for a time and no longer needed the HRT. But when I was around 20/21, I started having health problems again. I started experiencing numbness and tingling in both my hands and wrists, which I thought was from repetitive movement working as a cashier, though the symptoms only appeared about 6 months into that job and in hindsight it probably isn’t normal to develop that quickly that way. But I ignored it because I didn’t think it was serious as it was “just” carpal tunnel, and began wearing wrist splints regularly. I did not ask my doctor, as during this time I was having difficulties hearing at work and the hearing test I requested came back normal and I was dismissed and I didn’t want to reinforce the belief I have unreasonable worries about non-issues - later, I learned this was actually an auditory processing issue, which was never brought up by any medical professional I saw as a possible cause.
In 2020, when I was 24, I began experiencing the same autoimmune symptoms I had when I was first sick at the age of 16. I fell asleep at work which had never happened before and it worried me. I went to the ER on recommendation of Telehealth, where the doctor didn’t believe my symptoms and ordered just an EKG that came back normal. He told me I didn’t fall asleep/pass out while actively working, and simply “took a nap” and it’s normal. Follow-up with my GP after was unsuccessful, until I pushed for thyroid testing. I was found to no longer be in remission and put back on HRT, and once again my symptoms improved but did not resolve.
At the same time, and for the year or so that followed, I experienced extreme digestive health issues. I had visible yellowing of the skin, very dark under eye circles, issues with itchy and red patches of skin, and was passing undigested food and eventually became obviously malnourished as a result. I had what seemed to be a kidney stone that passed before I could get in for the ultrasound so it couldn’t be confirmed. I alternated between constipation and diarrhea, and always felt pain. My GP told me it was “probably just IBS” and had me do an elimination diet (twice) that did not work. He dismissed my concerns telling me I’m fine, until I sent a novel of my symptoms and saying I know he thinks I’m a hypochondriac but I am unwell and need to be looked at. The liver tests I pushed for came back normal. He offered to test me for Celiac but advised against it due to the cost of the blood test, so I didn’t. He did, however, refer me for a colonoscopy but the pandemic made this severely delayed. During the wait, I found some relief of my symptoms by cutting out gluten and dairy from my diet, and the yellowing of my skin and dark circles went away as did, eventually, the skin patches my doctor insisted was “just eczema”. I was off of gluten for a full year when I had my colonoscopy in fall 2022, the results came back normal and that doctor reiterated that it is “probably just IBS”. I learned later that I should have been consuming gluten for at least 3 months prior in order for it to be an effective test for Celiac, and my doctor failed to tell me this.
In early 2022, the joint pain had become frequent enough and painful enough in the knuckles where my hands meet my fingers, and in my wrists with definite carpal tunnel in both wrists as well, that I went to my GP. However, he is busy, and it’s often easier to book an appt with his assistant who is able to assess many conditions. At this time I also believed he would be more likely to listen and take me seriously. I went to the appt, described the nerve and joint pain issues. I had an exam where he confirmed bilateral carpal tunnel and arthritis in my hands. He said no testing was needed. I pushed back, stating that I am only 25 and there is no normal reason for the inflammation, and I have Hashimoto’s which has very high comorbidity with RA and I was concerned due to the fact the inflammation was symmetrical. I was dismissed, told the only test that could be done is an x-ray which was pointless as all it would do is confirm the presence of arthritis which he already confirmed with the exam. He told me to keep wearing wrist splints, keep taking ibuprofen and acetaminophen for the inflammation and pain, told me taking them was risk-free, and told me to come back when the redness and swelling of my joints got worse. I didn’t feel comfortable going to my GP for fear of being marked further as a problem patient, and assumed he would tell me the same information his assistant had based on my experiences with him and the fact his assistant is his staff that sees many of his patients.
My depression worsened during these years, coming to a head in early 2023 when I attempted. I did not succeed due to a mistake I made, fortunately. I was hospitalized for a time, where I was finally officially diagnosed with PTSD and CPTSD. And for the first time, a doctor asked if I suspected I’m neurodivergent. I was assessed and diagnosed with ADHD, which explained a significant amount of non-health related issues, though it also explained some like my KP and teenage cystic acne as they are common comorbidities. It’s important to note that I have a younger sibling that was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, and I was viewed as the “normal” child and any issues were dismissed as my sibling had higher support needs and was the priority and I was always viewed as simply being overdramatic and wanting attention. I was told the cause of my depression was trauma, including childhood trauma, as well as 26 years of undiagnosed and unmanaged ADHD I had been forced to deal with on my own. I was told I had done the best I could but they were not surprised it reached the point it did, as sadly the mental health system in Ontario is not what it should be and often people do not receive help until they’re long past the point of needing it. And for many, it’s too late. I am fortunate that it wasn’t too late for me, I’m fortunate I survived.
Prior to my stay at the hospital, I had gotten to the point of needing to take ibuprofen daily for the inflammation. When disclosing my medical history and medications, I was asked if I had received a formal diagnosis for my arthritis and what tests had been performed. I told them I had been assessed for and diagnosed with arthritis, but that no tests were performed. It was clear they did not believe me, and I wasn’t provided ibuprofen during my stay. They did not follow-up with my GP regarding the arthritis either, though to be fair I was in the psych ward and non urgent physical ailments were not their concern.
Now we get to 2024. It’s a jump, but I don’t feel anything between is significant. I do not go a day without pain, and havent for 3 months. The pain has now reached every joint in my body, I feel fatigued and foggy, I feel horrible all the time and have had 3 UTIs since February. The last one reached my kidneys rapidly, and coincided with the worst full-body arthritis flare of my life - this was 2 weeks ago. I woke up every 2 hours sobbing in agony because my body and knees in particular were so warm and painful and stiff. For a full day I was unable to get out of bed and ran a low grade fever with chills I assumed were due to the infection but now I’m not so sure. Since then, I have been in constant pain though not as severe as then. My knee and hip pain keep me up at night, and/or wake me up often due to the pain and stiffness. Regardless of my larger joints, my hands and wrists always hurt now. I feel ill in the way I did with my Hashimoto’s. Ibuprofen and acetaminophen aren’t doing anything anymore, and I rely on cannabis for relief which isn’t always suitable. My partner got me a topical ointment that has been incredibly but isn’t affordable enough to be sustainable with how much of it I need in one go, and I need to use it sparingly when I absolutely need it. Despite not feeling that my joints are red and swollen enough to go back (because I see them every day and they look normal because they always look like that), I stuck with my plan to see my GP. I first tried to book in February, but only saw him this week.
I described all the physical symptoms asking about my lower leg/ankle swelling and to have my thyroid levels checked for potential med increase need, and I described my joint issues. He assessed my hands, and told me my knuckles are red and swollen. I’ve realized after in research and really looking at my hands that the top knuckle on one of my fingers has a lump on it, albeit a very small one. He immediately said he is testing me for RA with blood work, and in my research I’ve confirmed the req form is thorough, and also includes urinalysis and an EKG. However he told me for the inflammation marker test to go for it when it’s at its worst, and with my work schedule I can’t, and I’ve waited so long for this I refuse. I’m going for it as soon as I can. I’ve waited so long to be listened to and believed. And as many as half of people with RA test negative on the blood tests so I’ll end up needing imaging tests anyway either way and I want this process to be as fast as possible. Even if it’s not RA, I need them to figure out what’s wrong with me and give me the appropriate treatment. He was alarmed and visibly displeased to hear that I had seen his assistant 2 years ago for an assessment - though I forgot to mention to him that that appointment was also for bilateral carpal tunnel (which I now know is an early sign of RA due to compression of nerves). It wasn’t explicitly stated but it was clear that I should have been tested 2 years ago. And wasn’t.
I’m tired of being in pain. I’m tired of being sick. I’m just plain tired. I feel so failed by the system that’s supposed to care for us. I’m so frustrated with people insisting that doctors are all-knowing and infallible and if they tell you you’re fine, you are. I’ve been fighting for years to be heard and have only been left to feel like I’m losing my mind and imagining these problems and am just overdramatic after all. I feel vindicated that I was right all along, but it’s too little too late. RA is a progressive disease, and the earlier it’s diagnosed and aggressively treated the better. I’ve had at minimum 2 years of progression that cannot be undone. The damage can’t be reversed. I am angry and devastated. The grief is so f*king immense.
I’m 27. I don’t know what my future looks like anymore and that scares me. I’m worried about the damage this disease has done to my internal organs. I worry having kids is no longer an option for me, due to my health. I worry that my physical capabilities will continue to deteriorate. I am so angry that I’ve been written off as an anxious hypochondriac when I knew something was wrong.
Diagnosis of an autoimmune disease or any illness really, apparently doesn’t negate medical misogyny and ageism. Advocating for yourself doesn’t go anywhere when you’ve been labelled crazy and a problem patient. The most it’s gotten me is my doctor “offering” to send my files if I wanted to switch to a different GP, which I can’t with the GP shortage. I have to live with the lifelong consequences of doctors failing me. And it f*king sucks.
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TW for talk of suicide and depression
If you’re my partner and you see this - please don’t read this. I promise you are a wonderful support but I know my venting hurts you because you want to fix things and you can’t.
I feel such immense grief and rage. I don’t even know where to begin, so I guess I’ll start at the start of this “health journey”. When I was 16, I became incredibly ill. I was vomiting all the time, exhausted to the point of sleeping 14 hours a day from the time I got home from school til just before I had to leave for the bus. I don’t remember much from this time period because of the brain fog and genuinely don’t know how I passed my classes. I was gaining a lot of weight, too, and hadn’t had a menstrual cycle in 6 months, and was so so depressed. My mom ignored the health issues because she thought I was just being dramatic (there is much deeper context with the issues there but it comes down to I am now NC as an adult), but when I said I needed to see a doctor for my depression she did. My then-family doctor was wonderful and listened, and to be safe decided to run some blood tests though I hadn’t described to her my physical symptoms aside from the oversleeping I attributed to depression. I was diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease, or Hashimoto’s. I started medication and my symptoms improved though some things, like the weight gain, never reversed.
I ended up going into remission for a time and no longer needed the HRT. But when I was around 20/21, I started having health problems again. I started experiencing numbness and tingling in both my hands and wrists, which I thought was from repetitive movement working as a cashier, though the symptoms only appeared about 6 months into that job and in hindsight it probably isn’t normal to develop that quickly that way. But I ignored it because I didn’t think it was serious as it was “just” carpal tunnel, and began wearing wrist splints regularly. I did not ask my doctor, as during this time I was having difficulties hearing at work and the hearing test I requested came back normal and I was dismissed and I didn’t want to reinforce the belief I have unreasonable worries about non-issues - later, I learned this was actually an auditory processing issue, which was never brought up by any medical professional I saw as a possible cause.
In 2020, when I was 24, I began experiencing the same autoimmune symptoms I had when I was first sick at the age of 16. I fell asleep at work which had never happened before and it worried me. I went to the ER on recommendation of Telehealth, where the doctor didn’t believe my symptoms and ordered just an EKG that came back normal. He told me I didn’t fall asleep/pass out while actively working, and simply “took a nap” and it’s normal. Follow-up with my GP after was unsuccessful, until I pushed for thyroid testing. I was found to no longer be in remission and put back on HRT, and once again my symptoms improved but did not resolve.
At the same time, and for the year or so that followed, I experienced extreme digestive health issues. I had visible yellowing of the skin, very dark under eye circles, issues with itchy and red patches of skin, and was passing undigested food and eventually became obviously malnourished as a result. I had what seemed to be a kidney stone that passed before I could get in for the ultrasound so it couldn’t be confirmed. I alternated between constipation and diarrhea, and always felt pain. My GP told me it was “probably just IBS” and had me do an elimination diet (twice) that did not work. He dismissed my concerns telling me I’m fine, until I sent a novel of my symptoms and saying I know he thinks I’m a hypochondriac but I am unwell and need to be looked at. The liver tests I pushed for came back normal. He offered to test me for Celiac but advised against it due to the cost of the blood test, so I didn’t. He did, however, refer me for a colonoscopy but the pandemic made this severely delayed. During the wait, I found some relief of my symptoms by cutting out gluten and dairy from my diet, and the yellowing of my skin and dark circles went away as did, eventually, the skin patches my doctor insisted was “just eczema”. I was off of gluten for a full year when I had my colonoscopy in fall 2022, the results came back normal and that doctor reiterated that it is “probably just IBS”. I learned later that I should have been consuming gluten for at least 3 months prior in order for it to be an effective test for Celiac, and my doctor failed to tell me this.
In early 2022, the joint pain had become frequent enough and painful enough in the knuckles where my hands meet my fingers, and in my wrists with definite carpal tunnel in both wrists as well, that I went to my GP. However, he is busy, and it’s often easier to book an appt with his assistant who is able to assess many conditions. At this time I also believed he would be more likely to listen and take me seriously. I went to the appt, described the nerve and joint pain issues. I had an exam where he confirmed bilateral carpal tunnel and arthritis in my hands. He said no testing was needed. I pushed back, stating that I am only 25 and there is no normal reason for the inflammation, and I have Hashimoto’s which has very high comorbidity with RA and I was concerned due to the fact the inflammation was symmetrical. I was dismissed, told the only test that could be done is an x-ray which was pointless as all it would do is confirm the presence of arthritis which he already confirmed with the exam. He told me to keep wearing wrist splints, keep taking ibuprofen and acetaminophen for the inflammation and pain, told me taking them was risk-free, and told me to come back when the redness and swelling of my joints got worse. I didn’t feel comfortable going to my GP for fear of being marked further as a problem patient, and assumed he would tell me the same information his assistant had based on my experiences with him and the fact his assistant is his staff that sees many of his patients.
My depression worsened during these years, coming to a head in early 2023 when I attempted. I did not succeed due to a mistake I made, fortunately. I was hospitalized for a time, where I was finally officially diagnosed with PTSD and CPTSD. And for the first time, a doctor asked if I suspected I’m neurodivergent. I was assessed and diagnosed with ADHD, which explained a significant amount of non-health related issues, though it also explained some like my KP and teenage cystic acne as they are common comorbidities. It’s important to note that I have a younger sibling that was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, and I was viewed as the “normal” child and any issues were dismissed as my sibling had higher support needs and was the priority and I was always viewed as simply being overdramatic and wanting attention. I was told the cause of my depression was trauma, including childhood trauma, as well as 26 years of undiagnosed and unmanaged ADHD I had been forced to deal with on my own. I was told I had done the best I could but they were not surprised it reached the point it did, as sadly the mental health system in Ontario is not what it should be and often people do not receive help until they’re long past the point of needing it. And for many, it’s too late. I am fortunate that it wasn’t too late for me, I’m fortunate I survived.
Prior to my stay at the hospital, I had gotten to the point of needing to take ibuprofen daily for the inflammation. When disclosing my medical history and medications, I was asked if I had received a formal diagnosis for my arthritis and what tests had been performed. I told them I had been assessed for and diagnosed with arthritis, but that no tests were performed. It was clear they did not believe me, and I wasn’t provided ibuprofen during my stay. They did not follow-up with my GP regarding the arthritis either, though to be fair I was in the psych ward and non urgent physical ailments were not their concern.
Now we get to 2024. It’s a jump, but I don’t feel anything between is significant. I do not go a day without pain, and havent for 3 months. The pain has now reached every joint in my body, I feel fatigued and foggy, I feel horrible all the time and have had 3 UTIs since February. The last one reached my kidneys rapidly, and coincided with the worst full-body arthritis flare of my life - this was 2 weeks ago. I woke up every 2 hours sobbing in agony because my body and knees in particular were so warm and painful and stiff. For a full day I was unable to get out of bed and ran a low grade fever with chills I assumed were due to the infection but now I’m not so sure. Since then, I have been in constant pain though not as severe as then. My knee and hip pain keep me up at night, and/or wake me up often due to the pain and stiffness. Regardless of my larger joints, my hands and wrists always hurt now. I feel ill in the way I did with my Hashimoto’s. Ibuprofen and acetaminophen aren’t doing anything anymore, and I rely on cannabis for relief which isn’t always suitable. My partner got me a topical ointment that has been incredibly but isn’t affordable enough to be sustainable with how much of it I need in one go, and I need to use it sparingly when I absolutely need it. Despite not feeling that my joints are red and swollen enough to go back (because I see them every day and they look normal because they always look like that), I stuck with my plan to see my GP. I first tried to book in February, but only saw him this week.
I described all the physical symptoms asking about my lower leg/ankle swelling and to have my thyroid levels checked for potential med increase need, and I described my joint issues. He assessed my hands, and told me my knuckles are red and swollen. I’ve realized after in research and really looking at my hands that the top knuckle on one of my fingers has a lump on it, albeit a very small one. He immediately said he is testing me for RA with blood work, and in my research I’ve confirmed the req form is thorough, and also includes urinalysis and an EKG. However he told me for the inflammation marker test to go for it when it’s at its worst, and with my work schedule I can’t, and I’ve waited so long for this I refuse. I’m going for it as soon as I can. I’ve waited so long to be listened to and believed. And as many as half of people with RA test negative on the blood tests so I’ll end up needing imaging tests anyway either way and I want this process to be as fast as possible. Even if it’s not RA, I need them to figure out what’s wrong with me and give me the appropriate treatment. He was alarmed and visibly displeased to hear that I had seen his assistant 2 years ago for an assessment - though I forgot to mention to him that that appointment was also for bilateral carpal tunnel (which I now know is an early sign of RA due to compression of nerves). It wasn’t explicitly stated but it was clear that I should have been tested 2 years ago. And wasn’t.
I’m tired of being in pain. I’m tired of being sick. I’m just plain tired. I feel so failed by the system that’s supposed to care for us. I’m so frustrated with people insisting that doctors are all-knowing and infallible and if they tell you you’re fine, you are. I’ve been fighting for years to be heard and have only been left to feel like I’m losing my mind and imagining these problems and am just overdramatic after all. I feel vindicated that I was right all along, but it’s too little too late. RA is a progressive disease, and the earlier it’s diagnosed and aggressively treated the better. I’ve had at minimum 2 years of progression that cannot be undone. The damage can’t be reversed. I am angry and devastated. The grief is so f*king immense.
I’m 27. I don’t know what my future looks like anymore and that scares me. I’m worried about the damage this disease has done to my internal organs. I worry having kids is no longer an option for me, due to my health. I worry that my physical capabilities will continue to deteriorate. I am so angry that I’ve been written off as an anxious hypochondriac when I knew something was wrong.
Diagnosis of an autoimmune disease or any illness really, apparently doesn’t negate medical misogyny and ageism. Advocating for yourself doesn’t go anywhere when you’ve been labelled crazy and a problem patient. The most it’s gotten me is my doctor “offering” to send my files if I wanted to switch to a different GP, which I can’t with the GP shortage. I have to live with the lifelong consequences of doctors failing me. And it f*king sucks.
2024.05.15 21:45 moodymi_ First time on birth control
Hey y’all!
This is my first time on birth control and I have already finished a pack. I skipped my period (sugar pills) bc I wanted a break from those horrible cramps and never ending bleeding but I’m spotting. At first it wasn’t too bad. I would only find dark colored blood when I would wipe, nothing would be left on my undies or in the toilet. But now (about a week after skipping the period pills) I’m starting to spot in my undies and there’s a lot more now.
I guess I’m just wondering when this will end? Should I not have skipped my period the first time?
Any and all advice is deeply appreciated! Thank youuu
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This is my first time on birth control and I have already finished a pack. I skipped my period (sugar pills) bc I wanted a break from those horrible cramps and never ending bleeding but I’m spotting. At first it wasn’t too bad. I would only find dark colored blood when I would wipe, nothing would be left on my undies or in the toilet. But now (about a week after skipping the period pills) I’m starting to spot in my undies and there’s a lot more now.
I guess I’m just wondering when this will end? Should I not have skipped my period the first time?
Any and all advice is deeply appreciated! Thank youuu
2024.05.15 21:30 Latter_Aspect_4035 Advise 😞🙏🏻
Hello! Sorry for the long message!
I’ve been in my head a lot lately bc I’ve been scared in never being able to conceive although my DR told me I am healthy enough to conceive when I removed my IUD.
I had an iud after 7 years (never got my period while on BC) - I was told it was normal and could happen when I got it so I never looked further into it. I recently removed it in March and started bleeding heavy with clots about a week later and it lasted a week.
April 8th something told me to take a pregnancy test although I didn’t have any symptoms (I experienced pregnancy prior to IUD which I had severe symptoms) I had a faint positive. April 17th I took another test and another faint positive, I went to urgent care the same day and they did an iron and said negative. A week later I took more test the same (24th and 25th) and all test came back positive. On the 28th I started spotting (only once) and having light cramps nothing painful. I called my doctors office to schedule and appointment sooner and they said it can be normal.
On may 1st I started to bleed again but it wasn’t heavy nor did I have any clots. Then I continued bleeding the next 2 days and ended on May 3rd (day of primary care appt). She checked me and said the bleeding didn’t look like anything to be concerned about. I requested a blood pregnancy test to confirm since I only took at home test. She advised if it gets worse and I bleed heavy or have clots, fever or chills then I should immediately go to the Er.
My results came back 20 Mlu which is super low (I stopped bleeding on Friday the 3rd) so I decided to take another at home test which all came back negative. I accepted the fact that I had a miscarriage but was super confused on the timing and the test.
My partner and I are trying to conceive and I am now terrified I won’t be able to 😔 this is the only thing I want in life. I’ve been doing a lot of reading and now afraid to be infertile or have pcos (considering I didn’t get my period on BC and gained a lot of weight when on BC). I have an appointment with ONGYN next week and just super anxious. I am going to request hormone and fertility test and a scan of my uterus
If anyone can share their stories if they may have experienced anything similar. 🙏🏻
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I’ve been in my head a lot lately bc I’ve been scared in never being able to conceive although my DR told me I am healthy enough to conceive when I removed my IUD.
I had an iud after 7 years (never got my period while on BC) - I was told it was normal and could happen when I got it so I never looked further into it. I recently removed it in March and started bleeding heavy with clots about a week later and it lasted a week.
April 8th something told me to take a pregnancy test although I didn’t have any symptoms (I experienced pregnancy prior to IUD which I had severe symptoms) I had a faint positive. April 17th I took another test and another faint positive, I went to urgent care the same day and they did an iron and said negative. A week later I took more test the same (24th and 25th) and all test came back positive. On the 28th I started spotting (only once) and having light cramps nothing painful. I called my doctors office to schedule and appointment sooner and they said it can be normal.
On may 1st I started to bleed again but it wasn’t heavy nor did I have any clots. Then I continued bleeding the next 2 days and ended on May 3rd (day of primary care appt). She checked me and said the bleeding didn’t look like anything to be concerned about. I requested a blood pregnancy test to confirm since I only took at home test. She advised if it gets worse and I bleed heavy or have clots, fever or chills then I should immediately go to the Er.
My results came back 20 Mlu which is super low (I stopped bleeding on Friday the 3rd) so I decided to take another at home test which all came back negative. I accepted the fact that I had a miscarriage but was super confused on the timing and the test.
My partner and I are trying to conceive and I am now terrified I won’t be able to 😔 this is the only thing I want in life. I’ve been doing a lot of reading and now afraid to be infertile or have pcos (considering I didn’t get my period on BC and gained a lot of weight when on BC). I have an appointment with ONGYN next week and just super anxious. I am going to request hormone and fertility test and a scan of my uterus
If anyone can share their stories if they may have experienced anything similar. 🙏🏻
2024.05.15 21:30 niceperson101202 Bleeding CD 24 ?!? EARLY PERIOD OR MISCARRIAGE?
Bleeding on CD24??? Please share if you ever experienced this. Yesterday I was on cycle day 24 and had the lightest pinkish brown bleeding, today is cycle day 25 and it seems to be a normal period !?! Why did I get a period this early ? My normal cycle ranges from 30 to 35 days and I ovulate around cycle day 12-18. No cramping no tendernesss nothing just blood. Only supplements im on include : Prenatals Inositol NAC Antioxidant formula (pure brand) Vitamin d drops Coq10 gummies Progesteron cream Omega 3 soft gels
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2024.05.15 21:28 niceperson101202 Bleeding CD 24 early period or miscarriage?!?
Bleeding on CD24??? Please share if you ever experienced this. Yesterday I was on cycle day 24 and had the lightest pinkish brown bleeding, today is cycle day 25 and it seems to be a normal period !?! Why did I get a period this early ? My normal cycle ranges from 30 to 35 days and I ovulate around cycle day 12-18. No cramping no tendernesss nothing just blood. Only supplements im on include : Prenatals Inositol NAC Antioxidant formula (pure brand) Vitamin d drops Coq10 gummies Progesteron cream Omega 3 soft gels
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2024.05.15 21:26 niceperson101202 Bleeding on CD 24!
Bleeding on CD24??? Please share if you ever experienced this. Yesterday I was on cycle day 24 and had the lightest pinkish brown bleeding, today is cycle day 25 and it seems to be a normal period !?! Why did I get a period this early ? My normal cycle ranges from 30 to 35 days and I ovulate around cycle day 12-18. No cramping no tendernesss nothing just blood. Only supplements im on include : Prenatals Inositol NAC Antioxidant formula (pure brand) Vitamin d drops Coq10 gummies Progesteron cream Omega 3 soft gels
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2024.05.15 21:25 Impressive_Corgi_650 17 dpo brand FRER and easy@home CD 33.
 | I’m on the verge of losing my mind. submitted by Impressive_Corgi_650 to TFABLinePorn [link] [comments] Tests kept darkening and then stopped and just went back as it was at 10dpo. I don’t know what to do. My gp refuses to do any blood tests untill i’m 8 weeks and I wasn’t able to find any labs near by to do them privately ( they all request to book in with their OB and it’s insanely expensive!! ). Is it chemical ? When should I expect hcg to drop and have my period or miscarriage bleeding? It’s been about 3 days since tests started fainting |
2024.05.15 21:25 niceperson101202 Bleeding on CYCLE DAY 24
Bleeding on CD24??? Please share if you ever experienced this. Yesterday I was on cycle day 24 and had the lightest pinkish brown bleeding, today is cycle day 25 and it seems to be a normal period !?! Why did I get a period this early ? My normal cycle ranges from 30 to 35 days and I ovulate around cycle day 12-18. No cramping no tendernesss nothing just blood. Only supplements im on include : Prenatals Inositol NAC Antioxidant formula (pure brand) Vitamin d drops Coq10 gummies Progesteron cream Omega 3 soft gels
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2024.05.15 21:24 Competitive_Meet2231 Pregnancy scare..
Me and my boyfriend specifically on the 1st of may were both grinding with our underwear on, but after that we started rubbing our genitals but not fully naked i still had my underwear on,( however he rubbed his tip on my clit naked but he didn’t go all the way down when rubbing).. i was very wet so im concerned that some pre cum may has swimmed all the way to my vagina. He came on my pubic hair but we immediately cleaned it and cleaned himself, after some minutes we again rubbed more his tip on my clit, the same way as before..
On the 13th of may i got what i think is « my period » but it came very different that’s what concerned me ( i started spotting light brown on the 10th which is something that never happened to me before) and then on the 13th i got “my period” but it’s very light than usual and that also never happened to me before (my pad is only half filled or even less and i usually have heavy flow the second and the first day, but this time i didn’t and the color of my blood was bright red or brown) ..
Can someone explain what is it? I took two pregnancy test and the last one was on the first day of my period and it came back negative… im still terrified..
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On the 13th of may i got what i think is « my period » but it came very different that’s what concerned me ( i started spotting light brown on the 10th which is something that never happened to me before) and then on the 13th i got “my period” but it’s very light than usual and that also never happened to me before (my pad is only half filled or even less and i usually have heavy flow the second and the first day, but this time i didn’t and the color of my blood was bright red or brown) ..
Can someone explain what is it? I took two pregnancy test and the last one was on the first day of my period and it came back negative… im still terrified..
2024.05.15 21:23 niceperson101202 Bleeding on CD24 ???
Please share if you ever experienced this.
Yesterday I was on cycle day 24 and had the lightest pinkish brown bleeding, today is cycle day 25 and it seems to be a normal period !?!
Why did I get a period this early ?
My normal cycle ranges from 30 to 35 days and I ovulate around cycle day 12-18.
No cramping no tendernesss nothing just blood.
Only supplements im on include :
Prenatals Inositol NAC Antioxidant formula (pure brand) Vitamin d drops Coq10 gummies Progesteron cream Omega 3 soft gels
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Yesterday I was on cycle day 24 and had the lightest pinkish brown bleeding, today is cycle day 25 and it seems to be a normal period !?!
Why did I get a period this early ?
My normal cycle ranges from 30 to 35 days and I ovulate around cycle day 12-18.
No cramping no tendernesss nothing just blood.
Only supplements im on include :
Prenatals Inositol NAC Antioxidant formula (pure brand) Vitamin d drops Coq10 gummies Progesteron cream Omega 3 soft gels
2024.05.15 21:17 jgden217 HCG 23.4, 4 weeks. Expecting chemical.
Based on the first day of my last period, I’ll be 4 weeks tomorrow. My FRER pink dye tests have all been super faint, not much change in how dark they are for 2 days. My ob sent me in for HCG draw and my number was 23.4. I know I have to wait and see if it doubles by Friday…but in general, that seems to be low. The report even has a standard statement at the bottom that 25+ is considered positive. Has anyone had an experience like this? I’m bracing for a chemical loss and have had a gut feeling things aren’t quite right, so I wouldn’t be shocked. But I’m so hopeful, and very very anxious for Friday’s results.
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2024.05.15 21:15 lambchopsuey Another source on SGI-USA's unreliable membership statistics
This comes from Cults and Nonconventional Religious Groups: A Collection of Outstanding Dissertations and Monographs, "Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism and the Soka Gakkai in America: The Ethos of a New Religious Movement", Jane Hurst, 1992, pp. 144-150.
First-and-longtime SGI-USA General Director Mr. Williams earned a MA in Political Science from the University of Maryland in 1962 (unlike Ikeda, who bought up "honorary" degrees like they were party favors - using the sincere SGI members' donations "for kosen-rufu" to make himself feel better about being an uneducated buffoon), and he seemed to have learned the value in announcing LARGE membership numbers. In fact, it was his habit of proclaiming outrageously-large membership numbers that gained SGI-USA (then NSA) lots of free publicity in the form of news pieces about "The FASTEST GROWING Religion In The USA!" and suchlike.
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The years from 1966 to 1976 were the time of NSA's (former name of SGI-USA) greatest growth and most fervent activity.Just a 10-year period.
During the years of NSA's greatest growth, from 1966-1976, the major events listed [not shown here] drew NSA members together for mass meetings and large public culture presentations. At the same time shakubuku campaigns were taking place, parades were given in many local areas, and community centers were opening all over America in urban centers. Membership was steadily increasing according to NSA statistics shown in the next figure.Here it is: Figure 12 See that trend line? We're about to get to that.
What is interesting about these statistics is how important they are to NSA's self-understanding as a dynamic, growing movement.It's always been about the numbers. The Dead-Ikeda cults have always focused on the numbers - and the bigger, the BETTER! - to show their strength and appeal. They also have consistently preached that eeeeverybody wants what THEY have, which appeals to the SGI members' vanity, sense of superiority, and desire to be involved in something popular, vibrant, and winning, in other words. In advertising, this is a form of the "bandwagon approach".
That is how Ikeda described the Soka Gakkai in Japan's methodology for counting its membership:Painful memories of many leadership mtgs setting targets for freaking everything… shabuku, publications, attendance, contribution,youth and beating the dead horse of membership list to make it happen and it didn’t. Source
They are not entirely based in fact. It is likely that they include all members who have received the Gohonzon in a gojukai ceremony at any time. It does not estimate how many of these are now practicing members.
With a very predictable result:Interview published on "Gendai" magazine, April 1980
Ikeda: The official membership figure of 7.89 million households refers to the cumulative sum of the Gohonzon issued by the Head Temple. It does not mean that that number of people are all practicing today.
Interviewer: So the official stats account for the entries but not the exits. Sounds like this is math that only keeps adding and never subtracts?
Ikeda: That is correct. It's the sum total of shakubuku's. The people who passed away or quit are also included. It is impossible to identify the true membership figure. Source
This is one reason the numbers of Christians in the US tend to be way overestimated - Americans are pretty mobile, and the same Christian can end up being counted as a member by half a dozen churches. Same thing happened in SGI-USA:They'd brag about the increasing numbers (I hated all that statistics bs) but the meetings never grew in size because just as many people were disappearing from the organization lol. SourceMany Christian churches compile statistics in the same way, counting all baptized members as members, whether active or not.
Even those relatively low numbers are overstated - here's an account that shows why/how:Omg I remember those card exercises and the district box. As a leader doing stats & finding out I had a member card in every district that I had attended as a leader. All the multiple counting. So when the MIS database was installed that’s when the reality of double and triple listings was exposed. I forgot the year that “friends of sgi” were deleted from the database causing another dramatic drop in membership. The guest list created a nightmare and youth in charge were turned into liars…supposedly these new youth were joining but nohonzons were not given it was a based on a confirmation from the guest. The majority of the guests figured out just say “yes” to get the leader who called on behalf of their friend, off the phone. A lot of friendships ruined. So what happened next, no guests at meetings, attendees are all leaders who had no guests. And whenever a guest did attend they were coveted by Everyone at the mtg. Those member card boxes are still sitting under someone’s altar because they represent a “precious life” gagging SourceIn any case, Figure 12 shows the membership as NSA sees it. A better estimate of active members is based on the number of World Tribune subscriptions. According to them, there are around 50,000 subscribers in early 1992. If one counts 1-2 members per household, there are probably between 50,000 and 100,000 active members of NSA at this time.
I believe the SGI does whatever necessary to make it appear that there are more members than there actually are. No big surprise. But quite frankly, I was very surprised this district leader gave me a list that had to have been at least 30 years old with names of people who were either deceased, moved away, were no longer practicing or were a guest at one point.
One more thing: I lived in Boston more than 10 years ago and I practiced with a particular district very briefly. I doubt I went to more than 2 or 3 meetings. Anyhow, they still send me emails for meetings with the addresses and phone numbers of other members. Source
In 2017 I found people who have been dead for more than 10 years. They were on the list of non-active soka members. However, their number contributed to the total number of members. Source
2014's annual goal for SGI-USA was to raise the subscriptions numbers from 36,500 to 50,000. That was the entire SGI-USA organization's goal for the entire country in 2014.During the NSA days I remember being at a world tribune turn in until 2am… why because my district had a target of 48 and we only had 20 members. I was a relatively new leader in training and I kept asking who set this target and how do you get blood from a stone. We sat and kept reviewing and recalculating…finally it was suggested that we split the cost this one time. Because we made the target the following month the target was raised. This went on from 1987 until 1990 when ikeda came to US and name change. So a few years ago everyone was encouraged to “gift” publications to their friends and family members with the hope they would become members. That fell apart in so many ways. The recipients never renewed and many reports were received about the unwanted publications via post office lol. Now in order to receive gohonzon the new person has to subscribe to the publications. Sgi is so desperate to show rising membership but the truth is the discussion meeting and publications numbers are steadily decreasing. At the monthly zone planning board mtg these stats are presented. So a district may have 54 members but only 8 attend the monthly meetings and only 4 of them get the publications. Numbers don’t lie. Source
External sources are no help in making this estimate. The 1992 World Almanac and Book of Facts, citing the 1991 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, says that in 1989 there were 100,000 Buddhists in the United States, and in 1990 there were 19,000. Clearly improved demographics are called for.I'd say so!
First-and-longtime SGI-USA General Director Mr. Williams earned a MA in Political Science from the University of Maryland in 1962 (unlike Ikeda, who bought up "honorary" degrees like they were party favors - using the sincere SGI members' donations "for kosen-rufu" to make himself feel better about being an uneducated buffoon), and he seemed to have learned the value in announcing LARGE membership numbers. In fact, it was his habit of proclaiming outrageously-large membership numbers that gained SGI-USA (then NSA) lots of free publicity in the form of news pieces about "The FASTEST GROWING Religion In The USA!" and suchlike.
The trend line on Figure 10, above, tops out at the "500,000" mark, a pipe dream if there ever was one. The last big "culture festival" planned for SGI-USA during the Mr. Williams era was supposed to be a gathering of 100,000 in the New Orleans Superdome for 1990; that was canceled for no reason. Oh, sure, they said "Unfortunately, New Orleans doesn't have the infrastructure to handle an influx of 100,000 tourists!" Bullcrap. It was FAR more likely that someone realized that SGI-USA didn't HAVE 100,000 members:"Just how many Gakkai members currently exist throughout the entire country presents a very interesting problem. In the 1980's, the current SGI-USA General Director Emeritus George Williams claimed a membership of 500,000 and a World Tribune subscription base of 100,000. However, it is a certainty that today in 1994, there are 20,000 World Tribune subscriptions. This is a surprising decrease. Furthermore, Vice-General Director McCloskey tells the mass media that the SGI-USA has 350,000 believers, but recently, he admitted to a certain group of people that the actual number of members is close to 20,000, the same number as World Tribune subscriptions." Source
I think I remember talk about that 1990 convention, but it fizzled out one day.
Even at the time, I knew that the Superdome idea was an absurd over-reach. It wasn’t that many years after the Guru Mahara-Ji failed to fill the Astrodome with followers, and I anticipated a similar humiliating debacle. Today, I suspect actual membership is around 30,000, mostly boomers, and declining. I have no idea how any roughly sane person could think that they can conjure up 100,000 youth, unless maybe they pay them like movie extras. Source
2024.05.15 21:13 therealalian Magenta and The Butterfly, a symbol of transformation
So recently the Royal family had a piece of artwork done of King Charles lII. This piece of art is going around the internet gaining all kinds of controversy. I see a lot of people interpret the red/magenta color of this art as a meaning for blood, which it very well could be. But blood isn't quite so vibrant like the Magenta color we see in the painting.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C68_S5iMWZg/?igsh=MXV5bTljaWh1cXoxYw==
Notice there are also small spots of orange as well. I believe this painting is a symbol of the incoming EMPCOE reset event.
The red/magenta/orange colors symbolize the color of the skies during the EMPCOE event when it occurs. The butterfly is a symbol of transformation because of the shift from caterpillar to butterfly. The EMPCOE reset is also a transformative event because it is the beginning and the end of all life on earth. If you read the caption on the post it even says the butterfly is a symbol of transformation.
I have been seeing all kinds of mentions of "The beginning of the end" all over the place lately or other variations of that same phrase. This is all very fascinating to me because there is a long running conspiracy in the game Cyberpunk 2077 which involves a hex code that translates to the color Magenta. People can't figure out what is so significant about the color Magenta.
See this post https://www.reddit.com/FF06B5/s/aJV3xxaa4I
Magenta is technically the beginning and the end of the color wheel. Magenta is also the color of transformation/ ascension. Magenta is also the color the sky will be during the EMPCOE.
Mark Zuckerberg was recently seen on his 40th birthday with Bill Gates wearing a shirt that says Carthago Delenda Est which translates to "Carthage must be destroyed". This is quite odd because this is basically Zuckerberg being cryptic and hinting toward destruction soon. l'm sure you guys have heard about the bunker he's building as well as many other celebrities and rich elites.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C69aOWwO4nM/?igsh=MTRuaWJ6NHJ5b3E2ZQ==
It's funny to me that Bill Gates was with Zuckerberg.
After seeing that post I then saw Kim Kardashian received some gifts from Michael Rubin for the yearly All White party on July 4th. If you don't know about the All White parties, please do yourself a favor and look them up. All those people are involved with the worst kind of corruption you can imagine. And guess what? Bill Gates daughter Phoebe Gates is good friends with Meek Mill and Michael Rubin.
I have a post about this here
https://www.reddit.comtherealalian/s/dBMccmHFOO
Michael rubin is close with the Kardashians and Hiltons. The Hiltons are directly connected to the Rothschilds through Paris Hiltons sister Nicky. All of these people are connected, from Bill Gates to Zuckerberg to the Kardashians to the Hiltons to the Rothschilds to Michael Rubin and all the celebrities who associate with the people he associates with. It's a fucking huge club and all of these people have been hinting toward some kind of "transformative event" coming soon, to my understanding.
What a world.
Oh yeah more solar flares are on the way and I'd like to casually remind everyone that there is a giant hole in the sun that the mainstream news is hardly mentioning. 👍🌞
In the coming weeks I expect more solar flares and more pink/red/magenta aurora all over the earth. I also expect more insane storms/floods, as well as earthquakes and volcanic activity. As the earth's electromagnetic field weakens we can expect to see an increase of supernatural/ unexplainable phenomenon both mentally and physically.
https://youtu.be/02h2TNaVDZ4?si=zQkhmJWNPJ7swTy-
If anyone wants to save their electronics from an EMP blast or solar flare, you should invest in some Faraday cloth or bags or cages. This will protect all your electronics that you keep inside of the Faraday.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/C68_S5iMWZg/?igsh=MXV5bTljaWh1cXoxYw==
Notice there are also small spots of orange as well. I believe this painting is a symbol of the incoming EMPCOE reset event.
The red/magenta/orange colors symbolize the color of the skies during the EMPCOE event when it occurs. The butterfly is a symbol of transformation because of the shift from caterpillar to butterfly. The EMPCOE reset is also a transformative event because it is the beginning and the end of all life on earth. If you read the caption on the post it even says the butterfly is a symbol of transformation.
I have been seeing all kinds of mentions of "The beginning of the end" all over the place lately or other variations of that same phrase. This is all very fascinating to me because there is a long running conspiracy in the game Cyberpunk 2077 which involves a hex code that translates to the color Magenta. People can't figure out what is so significant about the color Magenta.
See this post https://www.reddit.com/FF06B5/s/aJV3xxaa4I
Magenta is technically the beginning and the end of the color wheel. Magenta is also the color of transformation/ ascension. Magenta is also the color the sky will be during the EMPCOE.
Mark Zuckerberg was recently seen on his 40th birthday with Bill Gates wearing a shirt that says Carthago Delenda Est which translates to "Carthage must be destroyed". This is quite odd because this is basically Zuckerberg being cryptic and hinting toward destruction soon. l'm sure you guys have heard about the bunker he's building as well as many other celebrities and rich elites.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C69aOWwO4nM/?igsh=MTRuaWJ6NHJ5b3E2ZQ==
It's funny to me that Bill Gates was with Zuckerberg.
After seeing that post I then saw Kim Kardashian received some gifts from Michael Rubin for the yearly All White party on July 4th. If you don't know about the All White parties, please do yourself a favor and look them up. All those people are involved with the worst kind of corruption you can imagine. And guess what? Bill Gates daughter Phoebe Gates is good friends with Meek Mill and Michael Rubin.
I have a post about this here
https://www.reddit.comtherealalian/s/dBMccmHFOO
Michael rubin is close with the Kardashians and Hiltons. The Hiltons are directly connected to the Rothschilds through Paris Hiltons sister Nicky. All of these people are connected, from Bill Gates to Zuckerberg to the Kardashians to the Hiltons to the Rothschilds to Michael Rubin and all the celebrities who associate with the people he associates with. It's a fucking huge club and all of these people have been hinting toward some kind of "transformative event" coming soon, to my understanding.
What a world.
Oh yeah more solar flares are on the way and I'd like to casually remind everyone that there is a giant hole in the sun that the mainstream news is hardly mentioning. 👍🌞
In the coming weeks I expect more solar flares and more pink/red/magenta aurora all over the earth. I also expect more insane storms/floods, as well as earthquakes and volcanic activity. As the earth's electromagnetic field weakens we can expect to see an increase of supernatural/ unexplainable phenomenon both mentally and physically.
https://youtu.be/02h2TNaVDZ4?si=zQkhmJWNPJ7swTy-
If anyone wants to save their electronics from an EMP blast or solar flare, you should invest in some Faraday cloth or bags or cages. This will protect all your electronics that you keep inside of the Faraday.
2024.05.15 20:48 BigRhubarb6681 Probable miscarriage, but possible ectopic?
(posted in another group but I thought I'd also try here)
I should have been about 7.5 weeks pregnant now. Everything was going smoothly until Monday. All throughout since my positive test, I had some mild nausea, fatigue, a lot of boob pain, and some dull cramps, sometimes in the middle, more often on the right side, sometimes on the left. I had one HCG drawn I think around 5 weeks, which was at 760.
Went to my first ultrasound on Monday, and they didn't see anything other than thickened endometrium. They said my ovaries and tubes were clear. Next step was to draw HCG, which was at 745. So pretty obviously will be a miscarriage, but they said they can't rule out ectopic.
That night, I had become so anxious about an ectopic pregnancy because I was still having some dull cramps, so I went to the ER. I got a transvaginal ultrasound that revealed a structure that looked abnormal in my uterus, measuring a 5 weeks, suggestive of a gestational sac but it was abnormal (obviously, since my pregnancy clearly isn't viable). They also looked closely at my tubes, ovaries, and abdomen, and everything was clear. Pelvic exam was clear too. My HCG in the ER had dropped to 712, about 12 hours after my initial HCG draw that was 745. The doctor in the ER said suspected miscarriage, but again ectopic is not excluded.
The next morning after the ER (yesterday) I started to bleed very slightly, just a bit of pinkish blood, and ever since then have had a small amount of brown spotting consistently. I have minor period-like cramps which move from the center to either side. I also got my HCG drawn today, so I'm waiting on those results. I can't get over hearing twice now that an ectopic is not excluded.
If there is something in my uterus that looks like it would've been a sac, and everywhere else is clear, isn't that pretty obviously a miscarriage and not ectopic?
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I should have been about 7.5 weeks pregnant now. Everything was going smoothly until Monday. All throughout since my positive test, I had some mild nausea, fatigue, a lot of boob pain, and some dull cramps, sometimes in the middle, more often on the right side, sometimes on the left. I had one HCG drawn I think around 5 weeks, which was at 760.
Went to my first ultrasound on Monday, and they didn't see anything other than thickened endometrium. They said my ovaries and tubes were clear. Next step was to draw HCG, which was at 745. So pretty obviously will be a miscarriage, but they said they can't rule out ectopic.
That night, I had become so anxious about an ectopic pregnancy because I was still having some dull cramps, so I went to the ER. I got a transvaginal ultrasound that revealed a structure that looked abnormal in my uterus, measuring a 5 weeks, suggestive of a gestational sac but it was abnormal (obviously, since my pregnancy clearly isn't viable). They also looked closely at my tubes, ovaries, and abdomen, and everything was clear. Pelvic exam was clear too. My HCG in the ER had dropped to 712, about 12 hours after my initial HCG draw that was 745. The doctor in the ER said suspected miscarriage, but again ectopic is not excluded.
The next morning after the ER (yesterday) I started to bleed very slightly, just a bit of pinkish blood, and ever since then have had a small amount of brown spotting consistently. I have minor period-like cramps which move from the center to either side. I also got my HCG drawn today, so I'm waiting on those results. I can't get over hearing twice now that an ectopic is not excluded.
If there is something in my uterus that looks like it would've been a sac, and everywhere else is clear, isn't that pretty obviously a miscarriage and not ectopic?
2024.05.15 20:47 superiortea45 Skin tag, infection, or some other thing?
Hello, For the past threeish weeks I’ve had this problem with a lump around my anus that is confusing the hell out of me. I’ve called six different doctors to try and get it checked out, all of whom either A.) don’t offer that service B.) don’t have an opening anytime soon or C.) don’t take my insurance/cost is expensive. I am willing to go with places like C if the severity is high enough, but I’m at a loss for what this is and if immediate treatment is needed. I’ll describe it below along with my symptoms.
Wednesday, three weeks ago: l notice that my anus burns, causing mild discomfort but no pain (unless I pass a stool, which have been normal, as have my bowel movements). It’s not itchy, and I feel fine other than that. I pass it off as not washing my asscrack well enough in my last shower.
Saturday: after cleaning well in my last shower, burning is still there. Not worse but not better either, though now it only burns when I poop and a little bit after. I take a look and find a small white bump inside the opening of my anus. Bump does not hurt to touch, am unable to tell if it’s full of pus or just looks like that cause it’s white all around rather than at the top like a whitehead. I could, of course, be wrong in my assessment.
At this point, I do some research, coming up with no conclusive ideas. Symptoms most align with hemorrhoids but it looks the most like infected anal abscess or skin tag. In the interim, I get hemorrhoid ointment and wipes to help with swelling. I have brief constipation but nothing crazy.
While I put medication on it, it gets irritated and flares up a bit, then dies down quickly. I minimize how often I touch it and keep everything clean.
A few days later: I get diarrhea for unrelated reasons (period), which makes the lump flare up. Flaring dies down the next day.
Now: Lump shrinks more, but is still there. No more burning or discomfort of any kind, hasn’t gotten worse in a week. Not once have I had symptoms of leaking, blood, itching, fever, major changes in bowel movement (with the explainable exceptions mentioned above). Rest of my anus looks perfectly fine.
I should also note that: I am not sexually active. I have never had sex with someone who has a penis, nor have I done anything related to my anus. I am fully vaccinated for all STIs (that you get can vaccines for, of course). The very few partners I’ve had in the past did not have any infections. I also haven’t had sex in over a year, so it can’t be from anything recent.
As of now, my symptoms are non-existent to the point I wouldn’t know it was there if I hadn’t seen it prior. Was curious if, based on all this, I should get it checked out ASAP or just wait till the far away appointment the doctors have openings for. Thank you!
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Wednesday, three weeks ago: l notice that my anus burns, causing mild discomfort but no pain (unless I pass a stool, which have been normal, as have my bowel movements). It’s not itchy, and I feel fine other than that. I pass it off as not washing my asscrack well enough in my last shower.
Saturday: after cleaning well in my last shower, burning is still there. Not worse but not better either, though now it only burns when I poop and a little bit after. I take a look and find a small white bump inside the opening of my anus. Bump does not hurt to touch, am unable to tell if it’s full of pus or just looks like that cause it’s white all around rather than at the top like a whitehead. I could, of course, be wrong in my assessment.
At this point, I do some research, coming up with no conclusive ideas. Symptoms most align with hemorrhoids but it looks the most like infected anal abscess or skin tag. In the interim, I get hemorrhoid ointment and wipes to help with swelling. I have brief constipation but nothing crazy.
While I put medication on it, it gets irritated and flares up a bit, then dies down quickly. I minimize how often I touch it and keep everything clean.
A few days later: I get diarrhea for unrelated reasons (period), which makes the lump flare up. Flaring dies down the next day.
Now: Lump shrinks more, but is still there. No more burning or discomfort of any kind, hasn’t gotten worse in a week. Not once have I had symptoms of leaking, blood, itching, fever, major changes in bowel movement (with the explainable exceptions mentioned above). Rest of my anus looks perfectly fine.
I should also note that: I am not sexually active. I have never had sex with someone who has a penis, nor have I done anything related to my anus. I am fully vaccinated for all STIs (that you get can vaccines for, of course). The very few partners I’ve had in the past did not have any infections. I also haven’t had sex in over a year, so it can’t be from anything recent.
As of now, my symptoms are non-existent to the point I wouldn’t know it was there if I hadn’t seen it prior. Was curious if, based on all this, I should get it checked out ASAP or just wait till the far away appointment the doctors have openings for. Thank you!
2024.05.15 20:45 Nicwearsgucci 5.8 to 5.6
Never thought I’d see the day, in just 3 months I reversed it!
But my goal is 5.2.
Here’s some info about me, I’m about 5’11-6’ weighting at 157-162ish. So pretty skinny guy.
Being pre diabetic changed my life, if I didn’t randomly take that test to check if I’m okay, I would’ve been consuming RED 40s, processed foods, drinking every weekend, etc.
Here’s what I did:
First I threw away all my snacks and processed foods. I budgeted for healthy and WHOLE foods. If I craved sweets I tried my hardest to forget about it.
Learned to always look at each foods ingredients. For example: peanut butter should only have ONE INGREDIENT. Not 5+ smh. Unless the food is meant to have multiple ingredients, but you wanna make sure that each Ingredient is whole. Use Yuka app as reference.
I learned that if you aren’t craving protein, you shouldn’t be eating the bad foods.
I ate balanced meals such as chicken breast, party wings, lean steak but cutting off the visible outer fat to reduce the trans fats or whatever it is lol. Ground meat. EGGS EVERY MORNING. I at least do 4-5 eggs. I changed my oil from canola to olive oil and avocado oil.
I changed my Teflon pans to stainless steel baby!!! For some reason the food just tastes better on stainless steel. So invest the money, Costco has the best deals.
Vegetables are important af. I’d either get romaine lettuce, spinach’s, asparagus, or the mix spring vegetables. These are the foods that will balance your meals. Trust.
I incorporate fruits like, all types of berries, pears, apples. I avoided bananas since it raises sugars but idk I don’t have a CGM to try it out.
I incorporate fats sometimes just cuz healthy fats are expensive to come by but luckily I grow my own avocados lol. I’d add avocados and healthy peanut butter.
I incorporate whole grain bread, eliminate the white bread trash please. Get on that whole grain Dave’s killer. Apparently it raises blood sugar but I’ve been eating it and I did fine I suppose.
I incorporated a healthy water intake. I would drink powdered made electrolytes until I discovered this better alternative. - Sparking spring water. I use S.Pellegrino, got it at Costco and what I do is I cut a lemon or lime in half and use the half lemon to squeeze on a tall cup, I add a pinch of the pink sea salt, add ice and the sparkling water and omfg, healthy electrolyte with no additives and it taste fricken good. Don’t over do it cuz it can be addictive . I drink it at least 1-2 times a day and a bit of regular water. But don’t over hydrate yourself. If you don’t have a tint in the restroom you’re over hydrating. Google a color pee chart lol.
This is great for soda lovers
I incorporated a cold press juicer but damn it can be time consuming and expensive in terms of ingredients. But make sure it’s majority vegetables. Add like one or two fruits like apples or oranges to add the sweetness.
Bought the ninja ice cream maker. Make sure you add whole ingredients not any of that processed stuff to help make a good icecream. You want it to be a bit sweet? Use monk fruit. It’s better than sugar but more expensive. You wanna bake your favorite sweets? That’s fine I’d find ingredients that doesn’t raise blood sugars. Make sure the ingredients are whole. ALWAYS.
Before I eat the healthy snacks I always have to incorporate veggies now. 3 months ago I would’ve never thought lol.
Incorporate exercise. I have dumbbells at home so I occasionally do squats and other forms of lifting . I do pushups as well. Gyms are boring to me so I found this group to play my favorite sport. Which is soccer, I play 2 hours straight maxing out 10,000 steps+. If you hate the gym find a sport, 10x better imo.
It’s hard for me to max out 10k steps but I do at least 2k.
Now you will see results in a month, my face got slim, your mental health improves, you feel grateful for the smallest things. Processed foods will make your stomach upset. I was so used to processed foods that I didn’t realize how bad it was making me feel.
I promised myself that if I reverse it I’ll go back to the junk. But hell nah lol this change is for life lol. I love it.
And yes I did relapse, I got drunk once in the 3 months and drank responsible one day and ate some processed foods. But each time I did I would feel sick.
There will be cynical people telling you it’s okay to eat processed foods once in a while, and ridicule your new diet. Don’t let that get to you. It’s your body not theirs.
You’re not perfect so you’ll break rules here and there.
I’ll update if I have more to share. If I can do it you can to.
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But my goal is 5.2.
Here’s some info about me, I’m about 5’11-6’ weighting at 157-162ish. So pretty skinny guy.
Being pre diabetic changed my life, if I didn’t randomly take that test to check if I’m okay, I would’ve been consuming RED 40s, processed foods, drinking every weekend, etc.
Here’s what I did:
First I threw away all my snacks and processed foods. I budgeted for healthy and WHOLE foods. If I craved sweets I tried my hardest to forget about it.
Learned to always look at each foods ingredients. For example: peanut butter should only have ONE INGREDIENT. Not 5+ smh. Unless the food is meant to have multiple ingredients, but you wanna make sure that each Ingredient is whole. Use Yuka app as reference.
I learned that if you aren’t craving protein, you shouldn’t be eating the bad foods.
I ate balanced meals such as chicken breast, party wings, lean steak but cutting off the visible outer fat to reduce the trans fats or whatever it is lol. Ground meat. EGGS EVERY MORNING. I at least do 4-5 eggs. I changed my oil from canola to olive oil and avocado oil.
I changed my Teflon pans to stainless steel baby!!! For some reason the food just tastes better on stainless steel. So invest the money, Costco has the best deals.
Vegetables are important af. I’d either get romaine lettuce, spinach’s, asparagus, or the mix spring vegetables. These are the foods that will balance your meals. Trust.
I incorporate fruits like, all types of berries, pears, apples. I avoided bananas since it raises sugars but idk I don’t have a CGM to try it out.
I incorporate fats sometimes just cuz healthy fats are expensive to come by but luckily I grow my own avocados lol. I’d add avocados and healthy peanut butter.
I incorporate whole grain bread, eliminate the white bread trash please. Get on that whole grain Dave’s killer. Apparently it raises blood sugar but I’ve been eating it and I did fine I suppose.
I incorporated a healthy water intake. I would drink powdered made electrolytes until I discovered this better alternative. - Sparking spring water. I use S.Pellegrino, got it at Costco and what I do is I cut a lemon or lime in half and use the half lemon to squeeze on a tall cup, I add a pinch of the pink sea salt, add ice and the sparkling water and omfg, healthy electrolyte with no additives and it taste fricken good. Don’t over do it cuz it can be addictive . I drink it at least 1-2 times a day and a bit of regular water. But don’t over hydrate yourself. If you don’t have a tint in the restroom you’re over hydrating. Google a color pee chart lol.
This is great for soda lovers
I incorporated a cold press juicer but damn it can be time consuming and expensive in terms of ingredients. But make sure it’s majority vegetables. Add like one or two fruits like apples or oranges to add the sweetness.
Bought the ninja ice cream maker. Make sure you add whole ingredients not any of that processed stuff to help make a good icecream. You want it to be a bit sweet? Use monk fruit. It’s better than sugar but more expensive. You wanna bake your favorite sweets? That’s fine I’d find ingredients that doesn’t raise blood sugars. Make sure the ingredients are whole. ALWAYS.
Before I eat the healthy snacks I always have to incorporate veggies now. 3 months ago I would’ve never thought lol.
Incorporate exercise. I have dumbbells at home so I occasionally do squats and other forms of lifting . I do pushups as well. Gyms are boring to me so I found this group to play my favorite sport. Which is soccer, I play 2 hours straight maxing out 10,000 steps+. If you hate the gym find a sport, 10x better imo.
It’s hard for me to max out 10k steps but I do at least 2k.
Now you will see results in a month, my face got slim, your mental health improves, you feel grateful for the smallest things. Processed foods will make your stomach upset. I was so used to processed foods that I didn’t realize how bad it was making me feel.
I promised myself that if I reverse it I’ll go back to the junk. But hell nah lol this change is for life lol. I love it.
And yes I did relapse, I got drunk once in the 3 months and drank responsible one day and ate some processed foods. But each time I did I would feel sick.
There will be cynical people telling you it’s okay to eat processed foods once in a while, and ridicule your new diet. Don’t let that get to you. It’s your body not theirs.
You’re not perfect so you’ll break rules here and there.
I’ll update if I have more to share. If I can do it you can to.
2024.05.15 20:43 BigRhubarb6681 Miscarriage probable, but worried about ectopic?
TW: miscarriage, possible ectopic
I should have been about 7.5 weeks pregnant now. Everything was going smoothly until Monday. All throughout since my positive test, I had some mild nausea, fatigue, a lot of boob pain, and some dull cramps, sometimes in the middle, more often on the right side, sometimes on the left. I had one HCG drawn I think around 5 weeks, which was at 760.
Went to my first ultrasound on Monday, and they didn't see anything other than thickened endometrium. They said my ovaries and tubes were clear. Next step was to draw HCG, which was at 745. So pretty obviously will be a miscarriage, but they said they can't rule out ectopic.
That night, I had become so anxious about an ectopic pregnancy because I was still having some dull cramps, so I went to the ER. I got a transvaginal ultrasound that revealed a structure that looked abnormal in my uterus, measuring at 5 weeks, suggestive of a gestational sac but it was abnormal (obviously, since my pregnancy clearly isn't viable). They also looked closely at my tubes, ovaries, and abdomen, and everything was clear. Pelvic exam was clear too. My HCG in the ER had dropped to 712, about 12 hours after my initial HCG draw that was 745. The doctor in the ER said suspected miscarriage, but again ectopic is not excluded.
The next morning after the ER (yesterday) I started to bleed very slightly, just a bit of pinkish blood, and ever since then have had a small amount of brown spotting consistently. I have minor period-like cramps which move from the center to either side. I also got my HCG drawn today, so I'm waiting on those results. I can't get over hearing twice now that an ectopic is not excluded.
If there is something in my uterus that looks like it would've been a sac, and everywhere else is clear, isn't that pretty obviously a miscarriage and not ectopic?
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I should have been about 7.5 weeks pregnant now. Everything was going smoothly until Monday. All throughout since my positive test, I had some mild nausea, fatigue, a lot of boob pain, and some dull cramps, sometimes in the middle, more often on the right side, sometimes on the left. I had one HCG drawn I think around 5 weeks, which was at 760.
Went to my first ultrasound on Monday, and they didn't see anything other than thickened endometrium. They said my ovaries and tubes were clear. Next step was to draw HCG, which was at 745. So pretty obviously will be a miscarriage, but they said they can't rule out ectopic.
That night, I had become so anxious about an ectopic pregnancy because I was still having some dull cramps, so I went to the ER. I got a transvaginal ultrasound that revealed a structure that looked abnormal in my uterus, measuring at 5 weeks, suggestive of a gestational sac but it was abnormal (obviously, since my pregnancy clearly isn't viable). They also looked closely at my tubes, ovaries, and abdomen, and everything was clear. Pelvic exam was clear too. My HCG in the ER had dropped to 712, about 12 hours after my initial HCG draw that was 745. The doctor in the ER said suspected miscarriage, but again ectopic is not excluded.
The next morning after the ER (yesterday) I started to bleed very slightly, just a bit of pinkish blood, and ever since then have had a small amount of brown spotting consistently. I have minor period-like cramps which move from the center to either side. I also got my HCG drawn today, so I'm waiting on those results. I can't get over hearing twice now that an ectopic is not excluded.
If there is something in my uterus that looks like it would've been a sac, and everywhere else is clear, isn't that pretty obviously a miscarriage and not ectopic?
2024.05.15 20:35 Wonderful_Ad136 SCH/Probable Miscarriage?!
This past weekend (on Mother’s Day of all days) I was 5w2d and I started having intense period like cramping and bleeding, passing huge clots. I went to the ER and they did an ultrasound and saw a sac but couldn’t see anything in it. I continued to pass clots and a lot of blood for about 3 hours and then it completely stopped and I haven’t had any cramping or bleeding since. We accepted that it was a miscarriage and let our families know and have been intensely grieving since. This morning (5w5d) we went in to our REs office for bloodwork and a scan to confirm the miscarriage. Lo and behold there was still a sac and they were able to see the fetus, which measured at 5w5d, and measure a heart beat. The nurse did say the heart beat was low for 5w5d at 89bmp. …what just happened?! Has anyone had a similar experience? She was also able to see a SCH on the scan. We’re still bracing ourselves for a full miscarriage but… we don’t know what to think. What could have caused the intense bleeding and cramping?? And is 89bmp at 5w5d doomed? We are basket cases.
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