I arrived home from a stressful trip to Japan last week where I spent the second half of the holiday between hospital visits and ended up arriving home a week late. Nobody in Japan could concretely diagnose it and instead treated the symptoms with instruction to get it looked at as soon as I got back home to the UK which raised anxiety levels quite a lot. My brief allergy timeline for the holiday is as follows: Day 1: Had an allergic reaction on the flight to food that didn’t contain an allergen I’m tested for. I’m tested for nuts so possible cross contamination issue? Day 3: Mild reaction to a dish I had no idea had nuts in, took 2x Claritin pills and symptoms died down. Later consumed an ice cream not realising in Japan it contained almond powder, had no issues presumably because I’d already had antihistamine. Day 6: Major reaction seemingly out of nowhere. I hadn’t consumed any nuts, only some coffee early on, then two beers and loaded fries right before my reaction. Definitely allergic reaction with a tight throat/chest and itchy mouth. Taken to ER via ambulance and given IVs and antihistamine drips. Prescribed 60mg Fex tabs to take twice daily. Day 7: Ate an omurice onigiri (rice ball held together with soy sauce topped with ketchup and a mini omelette) and had a bad reaction. Was taken to the ER but symptoms had mostly gone by the time I got there as I’d taken antihistamine tabs. Was given steroid and antihistamine drips and prescribed Celestamine - a combo pill containing betamethasone corticosteroids and dexchlorpheniramine antihistamine. Days 8-10: Was nervous to try foods so stuck to plain rice balls. Had minor reactions to it but felt safe enough. Throat and mouth reacted to the dry environment caused by the AC in my hotel room. Had to disembark my planned return flight due to mouth itchiness and throat swelling caused by the dry environment on the plane. Was taken to the ER and told my bloods suggested whatever it was wasn’t anaphylaxis. Prescribed more Celestamine. Days 10-14: Visited an ENT clinic and after examinations was told he thought I was having an unpleasant reaction to Celestamine and told to stop taking all previous meds. Was prescribed Levocetirizine as it’s the antihistamine I use at home. Was eating McDonald’s cheeseburgers at this point with no symptoms so ate mostly those with store bought salad tubs for the remainder of the trip. Days 15-17: Still had a tight chest in the morning and had no idea why. Possibly stress, an American stranger approached me to chat in English about their itinerary and a general chat and I felt my chest ease when I had a distraction. Bought an ice cream (it wasn’t until after this I realised it contained almonds) after one bite I checked the ingredients and saw almonds. Went to the hospital, they wanted to keep me overnight to check and they gave me antihistamine and antibiotic drips. Checked out fine and was prescribed 500mg Calonal paracetamol and 100mg Rebamipide to take together three times daily. Told the nurse about my anxiety over flying home and she prescribed me three doses of Etizolam benzodiazepines to take for the flight. I tried it out in two half doses on the final two nights in the hotel to make sure I’d be fine. Took a dose right before getting on the plane and after about 20 mins I felt mostly symptom free and at ease. Took the other one about 8 hours into the flight.
Arrived home and went to the GP. He said he thinks it could be after effects of anaphylaxis and prescribed me 10mg of Montelukast and 360mg Fexofenadine daily until 2 weeks after my last known ingestion of an allergen, which ends up being this Sunday. Then I reduce to the Montelukast and 180mg Fexofenadine daily for 2 weeks, then reduce to only the 180mg Fexofenadine daily with a TBD on how long for.
I had a strong allergy reaction to a sandwich containing chicken, feta, and onion before I’d started taking the Montelukast and a mild reaction to a chicken stir fry with veg and gluten free soy sauce. Had a very minor reaction to a cheese toastie also.
Since I’ve been on these meds I’ve had little niggles here and there including a minor reaction to a feta and onion sandwich (I’m leaving feta out for the meantime). I’ve been eating mostly eggs, toast, cereal with milk, and cheese slices (I think Americans know them as Kraft Singles) all with zero issues alongside a mini pizza and shepherds pie. I’ve consumed a lot of veg as a side to a lot of these and all mostly with zero issue.
I’ve also had a sore neck, stomach aches when exerting myself, and a general shortness of breath a lot of the time. I’m led to believe these could all be mild side effects of Montelukast.
I’m off work at the moment as I’m an electrical contractor and don’t feel that driving all over the place and exerting myself is the wisest thing to do on a potentially drowsy dose of Fexofenadine feeling the way I do.
I just feel like I don’t have 100% confidence that this will go away with these meds and I’m still frightened to diversify my food intake despite being encouraged to do so by my GP.
Does this sound like it is part of an anaphylaxis episode as my doctor seems to think? He says sometimes it’s common for symptoms to drag on up to a couple of weeks and a course of antihistamines and some mast cell regulation should bring it back under control and is it possible that the stress of the entire thing is making me feel worse? Thanks for any feedback.

Tl;DR Asked a friend on a date, she rejected me and said she views me as a really good friend. Then she pretended everything was ok for two months until she found a bf and blocked me
I have known this girl for a year, but we started hanging out and texting actively about 6 months after we met. Before the New Year, we started going out a little more often - we went to the theater and gave each other some small gifts. And she told me a couple of times that she had a really good time and that she wants us to go again soon.
I thought I would regret it if I didn't ask her out so I asked her via text. Something like - I had a great time with you these days, do you want to go on a date sometime before New Year?
And she rejected me in a really nice way. Like "I don't look at you that way, but as a really good friend. I'm sorry if this hurts you, etc.". And I tell her "no problem, you also mean a lot to me as a friend, I hope you are not upset that I asked". She said "noo, everything is okay" and we didn't mention it anymore.
After New years, we texted normally. I was usually the first to reach out, although sometimes she was the first to reach out, and I never had the impression that she didn't want to text. We didn't see each other in January because she had exams and we don't live in the same city. I asked later if she felt like going to the theater anymore and she said "yes totally, I'm done with the exams".
And we went and everything was ok. After the play, we went for coffee and I gave her a magnet and a bracelet (as a souvenir) because I was abroad. She says - thank you sm, your birthday will be in a few days - I'll get you something, see you soon. She also showed me that she hadn't taken off an old bracelet that I gave her 3 months ago - so I didn't get the impression that she was uncomfortable at all.
She also nicely wished me happy birthday at 00:15. I got the flu for my birthday, so every few days she asked me if I was better, if I had a fever, etc. Just mentioning this to convey that she wasn’t cold to me before.
When I got better, I asked her to take her out to eat because it was my birthday. She says - now I'm sick, I have a sore throat because I went hiking. I saw that she posted a picture with a guy, they were together.
After a few days, I asked her "how are you today, do you have a fever" and she didn't answer. After 24 hours I send her "are you alive haha" and she replies "I was thinking and I don't want to be friends anymore because something feels uncomfortable and I have a boyfriend now". I really didn't know what to say, so I just wrote "I didn't expect this, but okay, thank you for the friendship".
Now, I've probably screwed up the situation here, but I was really disturbed by that message. I didn't need to write anything more, but after a few hours I sent her: "Can you just tell me if you're uncomfortable because of something I did or if you're just uncomfortable to hang out with me now that you have a boyfriend?". There was no answer and I was really upset, so I sent her the following message the next day: "We don't have to be friends, I just didn’t want us to be on bad terms. I thought we could part ways in a normal way, without hard feelings. But I didn't expect you to ghost me like this, you really hurt me".
She replied right away "You didn't do anything, I just can't hang out with someone who likes me or something like that, because it happened to me before and I don't want to repeat the same mistakes again". And then she blocked me.
I mean, it's understandable that she won't see someone who asked on a date, now that she has a boyfriend. But I really didn’t expect that she would pretend that everything was fine and just suddenly stop talking to me. She didn't even let me say anything, or say goodbye at the end. It was especially confusing bc we went out 10 days before and everything was ok - and they were surely already dating then.
My question is - was I more in the wrong or was she? I understand that it would be inappropriate for us to be friends when she’s in a relationship - given my past romantic interest in her. But I do think she acted immaturely bc she chose to block me instead of having and open and honest conversation about it. But at least she gave me a reason why she did it.

Hey everyone,
I might be delusional. I have a hormone IUD, (I'm Dutch, sorry if the English is bad, I do try 😂🙏)
I can't feel the strings of my iud anymore but I don't feel like I passed it while peeing of whatever. Normally I do feel them, but as for last month I can't feel them anymore.
I've had this iud since last year 25th of may. So about 11 months now. Ever since I got this one, my period symptoms have been regular always near the 3rd of the month. (never bleeding, but nauseous, sore boobs, bloating, bowel problems. etc)
I have interxourse regularly with my boyfriend. But the symptoms haven't come this month. No sore boobs, no nauseous. But what I do see is bigger and slightly darker nipples, also I feel like my boobs have become heavier? If that makes sense. I haven't had stomach aches, no nausea, but I do smell things and get put off it. Today I was in a park with my boyfriend and I kept smelling something odd and my boyfriend said he didn't smell it.
But I can't get pregnant if I have an iud right? (sorry if this is a dumb question, but we really can't afford a kid right now, how much I would like one)
Please someone help me 😂🙏

Hey everyone please let me know what you think this could be because i’m convinced i’m literally dying or at least it feels that way. So on Thursday May 2nd I felt a lump in my throat at around 6 o’clock and figured i’d just wake up with a sore throat. Well at 2 o’clock in the morning I woke up choking because i couldn’t swallow cause my throat hurt to bad it had felt like I’d swallow an army of fire ants who were holding razor blades. I got a bit of sleep that night and woke up at 4pm Friday and felt completely like death, all of the flu like symptoms, Cough, Sore throat, Fever, Body aches, Headache, Sinus congestion, etc. But let’s not forget dizziness/numbness? I couldn’t get out of bed let alone lift my head without feeling like I’ll pass out or fall over, and the numbness meaning I couldn’t feel anything down there so I couldn’t feel when I needed to go to the bathroom. Took some medicine that night and felt a little better. Woke up on Saturday with the most intense chills ever my body hurt from being so tense and shaking, I knew I needed to go to the doctor this day so I started waking up my Bf but almost immediately a wheezing attack came on and I couldn’t breathe at all, luckily I had my inhaler nearby and a couple puffs later it was all over. Now we hurried to the urgent care since it was a weekend and speaking with the nurse I had another wheezing attack (not fun but great to prove I’m not a faker) and long story short I tested negative for Flu, Strep, and Covid but since I work with kids the “next best option” is hand foot and mouth disease. Well I don’t have any of the rashes “keep a lookout for them” could this be making my asthma flair up “um it could be possible” what about the numbness I have “that is pretty unusual I’m not sure.” Great so I went home and spent the rest of the day frantically searching my body for little rashes and of course found nothing. Sunday I wake up and get up to go to the bathroom but as soon as I reach the door my vision goes out, I freak out but just as fast as it left it comes back, this happens a couple more times as I’m going to the bathroom so I decide to do a Telehealth visit and basically I told that doctor I was losing my vision and he said go to the ER I can’t give you any advice other than get there immediately. Great that doesn’t scare me at all. Again wake up the Bf and make our way to the ER and I get a room nearly immediately, basically I get blood work done and a CT scan and both come back negative so they rule out brain tumor and stroke, the said the visual disturbances could be from a migraine. Anyway Monday comes around and I’ve got chest pain and a cough, one of the coughs where you end up gagging and nearly throwing up cause you cough too hard. Still having all the other symptoms except switch the sinus congestion with chest congestion. Here we are Tuesday and feeling maybe the slightest bit better but still dying a bit. Do you think I have hand foot and mouth? Was the Flu test wrong? Is there another virus going around?

the technique i use feels just right and works perfect but sometimes my throat gets a bit sore and i'm scared that i'm hurting my throat.

I’m posting here because I have dysautonomia and you guys will understand.
So I’ve been sick for ~3 weeks. Started as a cold, then intermittent sore throat, low grade fever, green mucus, and developed into progressive fatigue.
I’ve ridden this horse before. Happen 2x in the part 5 years where I have clear lung sounds but end up getting a chest xray after 2 additional weeks of misery because I have pneumonia.
I sleep 13hrs a day. I’m grumpy and a misery to be around.
My NP’s diagnosis? Allergies. Friggin ALLERGIES! Allergies don’t make me cough until I pee myself!!!!
I’m ready to scream. She spent 5+ minutes telling me how unsafe chest X-rays are (BS. I have a masters in biotechnology) and said I had no basis for claiming it was pneumonia.
I asked what about my medical history of 2 instances of pneumonia with clear lung sounds in the last 5 years. She said I had clear lung sounds and no fever in office to point that out.
THATS THE POINT! I have a history of atypical presentation of walking pneumonia!!!!
Anyways I got to be miserable for the next week to make her even CONSIDER it when I’ve been sleeping 13hrs+ a day just to function.
Half this post is justified frustration and the other half is because I’m grumpy and miserable. She makes it sound like she’s not going to treat me unless I’m on deaths door and I hate it.

I am sharing my experience to help others avoid the possible Lacto Bacto side effects of the sinusitis home remedy detailed on this website; https://lactobacto.com/best-probiotic-for-sinusitis/

It is about using a probiotic to treat chronic sinusitis.

About 6 years ago I had chronic Rhino Sinusitis after a bad cold that lasted for almost a year. Daily nose blowing large volumes of mucous 12+ times and post nasal drip and throat clearing. I tried saline nasal rinses that offered only temporary relief and I tried allergy testing that showed I'm positive for many allergies. However, those allergies proved later to not be the cause of my sinusitis and the allergy treatments did nothing for me although I did not try them for long. I was exhausted and could not get any useful help from doctors so I finally tried putting Kimchi juice in my nostrils to expose them to the Lactobacillus sakei bacteria that is used to ferment the food. I got decent results reducing my sinusitis and no bad symptoms days and about a week later so I tried the dab of kimchi juice applied to the nostrils 2-3 times and also eventually bought a commercial source of Lactobacillus sakei and probably applied to much of that stuff. After 2-4 weeks, I can't remember how long exactly, but after this successful sinusitis treatment I got LPR and I did not make the connection between taking Lactobacillus sakei and LPR. It did not occur to me at all. I slowly recovered from LPR just over the next 9 months with modified sleeping, eating and a low carb diet but it was painful and frustrating.

Fast forward to May, 2024 and I got persistent sinusitis and remembered I used Kimchi 6 years before with some success but within 12 hours of dabbing it in my nostrils I felt my old LPR symptoms come back - dry nostrils and throat and sore throat. It was terrifying and I finally learned what caused my LPR 6 years ago. The symptoms are more minor today but still troubling and they have varied over the last 6 days since I took Kimchi. I sometimes get the full range of symptoms like burping, full stomach from eating a small amount of food, inability to eat sufficient food, GLOBUS sensation in the throat which is awful, sore throat, difficulty swallowing etc. Sounds stupid I know. I was desperate to resolve the sinusitis years ago and there was plenty of published research showing healthy rhino biomes have more Lactobacillus sakei than sinusitis afflicted ones and there were MANY first hand accounts of success on the website https://lactobacto.com/best-probiotic-for-sinusitis/ where people used Kimchi successfully. BUT BEWARE and avoid this please.

At least now I know my LPR may be caused by Bacterial Dys-biosis or Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and the antibiotics for it tend to work well.

Feel free to message me about this. It is so traumatizing to have LPR. I don't mind helping anyone by sharing what I know.

Ok I performed oral sex on a girl on Saturday (idk if she has herpes or not) and I felt sick on Sunday and Monday (slight headache, sore throat, minor cough) I took cough medicine on Sunday and yesterday and don’t have any symptoms but my lymph nodes are a little swollen, I have no visible bumps on lips or tingling. Are these all early symptoms? Is it too early to tell?

I'm seeing my surgeon tomorrow, but wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this. My TT was on Friday. Since yesterday, my ear has been hurting when I swallow, almost like I have a real bad sore throat or an ear infection. I'm able to eat and take my pills, but just little at a time and it's very uncomfortable. Has anyone experienced anything like this post total thyroidectomy? We also had a lymph node removed on the same side as the ear pain. I'm wondering if it may be is just some extra inflammation or something. Either way, seeing my doctor tomorrow morning

I had my favorite cup full of my favorite iced tea spilled this morning at 7am. Okay, fine, I took a deep breathe and cleaned it. Starting with getting the ice cubes and the tea off the floor, then mopping the floor, popping my blanket in the wash because somehow it got wet, and then cleaning the mess that happened in the process of fixing the ice tea mess.
As I started to clean the tea though, somewhere along the way, I ID'd why it happened. The TV table I use has a really slick surface and the cup slides easily, so like, cool. I proceeded to then take FOUR HOURS remedying the table by ordering a adhesive grippy tape situation via same day delivery and taking some scrap from my garage and creating a border adhere to all around the edges of the table.
Everything takes the time it needs to set up and look pretty decent, so I go and warm up some food (cause my diabetic ass hasn't eaten yet) and make a new cup of iced tea. And then my dumbass brain goes, "you should test the table." Guess, who's right back at square one, but only now they're sitting on their floor in the iced tea puddle with a sore throat and wet face because they had a screaming and sobbing meltdown?
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk (and letting me rant), imma go find my plushie and take a nap. Fuck safe foods, fuck TV tables, and fuck gravity.

I'm 27F, 120 lbs, 5'7.
TSH-ICMA: 0.20 (range: 0.450-4.500)
T-3, Serum: 90 (range: 55 - 170)
Free T-3: 3.6 (range: 2.0 - 4.4)
Free T-4: 2.1 (range: 0.8 - 1.7)
TPO: 20 (range: 0-34)
Thyrotropin Receptor Ab, Serum: <1.10 (range: 0.00-1.75)
TgAb: <1.0 (range: 0.0-0.9)
Thyroid Stim Immunoglobulin: <0.10 (range: 0.00-0.55)
Total cholesterol: 237 (range: 100-199)
Symptoms: Air hunger, very low stamina, pounding heart, chronic low energy, needs to drink ~5 liters of water to avoid nausea, nausea, vomiting, frequent urination, anxiety, sudden crying spells, extreme muscle weakness, excessive hair shedding/brittle hair, brittle nails, brain fog, trouble falling asleep, mood swings, irregular periods, painful periods, hirsutism, need to clear throat often, occasional brief "sore throat" in thyroid area (on right side usually), excessive sweating, sensitivity to temperature, difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness, lack of appetite, occasional pain below sternum, indigestion, burping, sweaty palms, shakiness, loose stools, constipation, possible hypoglycemic episodes (untested)
I included my cholesterol because I'm SHOCKED by it. I eat healthy and have difficulty eating enough in the first place, so that makes no sense. I've heard high cholesterol and Hashimoto's are linked.
Even though my TPO says it's "in range", I really don't trust that. My symptoms are so severe that my life has halted. I'm convinced that I have Hashitoxicosis, a hyper phase before going hypo.
Please help me understand, I'm losing my mind here!

The story is about a girl who is rotting alive, but doesn't notice it. It is inspired by "Tender is the flesh" and "The stranger". The story starts like this: Cecilia woke up bloated, and with an extremely sore back. As she tried to stretch the pain away she mentally counted how many days lasted before her period started; realizing that they were very few, she just huffed it away. The day started like every each other day: she would wake up, go to school, meet Renee, come back home, study and then go to sleep again. Over time her life adjusted to that routine, that her mom taught her to be "a sign of great intelligence and organization". She couldn't feel a thing anymore. Standing once again in front of her wooden closet gave her a repulsing sensation. She had always been particular about clothes, not in a "I want to stand out" way, she only wanted everybody to know what her intentions were that day, but lately, it was so hard to pick what to wear. Seriously considering going out in her pijama, she ran a finger where the waistband of her pants hugged her waist. The signs were so red and deep, it was almost as not touching skin, rather the wet bark of a tree. She did not sleep on that side tought...
I'm a bit afraid that it sounds like what an edgy teen would write, so if you have any suggestions I'm all ears♡

Doc 1: Viral Infection. Doc 2: Mono. Doc 3: Lupus. Doc 4: Something imitating Lupus. Doc 5: Sarcoidosis.
Opinions, not diagnosed
Labs: -Blood- - ANA titer 1:160 with "abnormal speckled pattern" - High sedimentation rate - High C reactive protein - High WBC - High Neutrophils - Low Lymphocytes - High Abs Neutrophils + Monocytes
-Urine- - Trace hemoglobin - High RBC + WBC - Positive Leukocyte esterase - Trace Protein - Positive ketones
Symptoms March 24-29 - Middle finger lots of pain/swelling - Ankle pain & swelling - Swollen lymph nodes that lasted roughly 2/3 weeks - Lips/tongue feel numb (comes and goes) - Headaches & burning sensation in head - Mild hallucinating, everything seems off - Close my eyes vertigo - Decreased appetite - Cant regulate body temperature--either freezing or sweating - Fever Sunday through Friday - Panic attacks and crying episodes (very emotional) - Pink rash legs and arms, not painful or itchy - Never had cold symptoms (sneezing, coughing, sore throat, congestion)
Symptoms as of April 8: - Extreme joint pain, moves around body (originally just in one finger) - Rash, some raised, not painful, none itchy - lethargic & tired - onset of UTI - pain worse in morning & night - brain fog - swollen ankles - pain in ankles, knees, wrists, elbows, hips (wakes me up at night, wake up in so much pain all I can do is cry and hope naproxen eases it enough so I can try other tactics) - skin on legs/feet stays indented after I press on it - headaches - sleeping a lot - random nausea - anxiety bursts - very emotional
April 11-16: - Dr thought it was Mono, gave me some steroids and a medicine for infection. The medicine helped greatly while I was on it, pain was almost completely gone, day after meds where finished, pain and stiffness immediately came back - Rash now looks like bruising instead of pink
Symptoms as of April 28: - Joint pain and stiffness primarily in ankles but moves around body (knees, wrists, elbows, toes, fingers, hips) - Joint pain wakes me up at night, often wake up in tears - Ankle swelling - left knee and ankles sometimes feel numb - Random nausea - Anxiety attacks/very emotional - Brain fog - Very tired, so tired I can't sleep sometimes - No energy - standing more than 5 minutes is agonizing on ankles and feet - Occasionally feel an onset of UTI, but it goes away - Sun 28th 11:30pm pain in ankles so bad I hovered over toilet with fear of vomiting - Pitting edema from knee to toes
Often cant walk from the pain, still can't stand for too long before it becomes unbearable. My hands often don't work well in the morning, hard to grab things.
Symptoms as of May 6: - Pain is everyday but it moves around and isn't consistent. Some days are a 2/10, others are a 12/10 - I often wake up at night due to pain below the knees, ankle, shin, toes - Occasional back pain, mid of back - Still tired all the time, small tasks like dishes, trash, laundry, walking, leave me winded - Pain now feels like it's in my muscles as well as joints, before it seemed to be only joints (left hip/thigh area, shins, left thumb muscle) I'm hesitant to say back muscles because that could be due to the fact I've become much more sedentary the past month. - During the day my pain and stiffness relaxes a bit but flares up towards the end of the day and a little bit into the morning

After years of going to the doctors for separate symptoms (low energy, feeling faint, headaches, painful periods, stomach problems, pain during sex), I finally pieced it all together and after hearing about endometriosis a lot of the symptoms seemed to marry up. My GP was brilliant and really listened to me instead of telling me I had an iron deficiency / a stomach bug / just fobbing me off with painkillers and antibiotics like previous ones had. I feel so relieved and lucky to have had such a positive experience, after going to the doctors since I was a teenager for all these different symptoms. She said she’s pretty certain I’ve got Endo but of course can’t officially diagnose me without surgery.
My symptoms are -

• if I go on a run or do intense exercise the week before / during my period I feel like I’m going to pass out. Sometimes see white & will be feeling on the verge of collapsing
• At random points in my cycle whilst I’m running I’ll get sharp pains / pressure in my pelvis
• Pain during sex most of the time & after as well for at least a few hours
• Smear test pain
• Pain whilst pooing in pelvis
• Sharp stabbing pains in back
• So tired all the time, often feel really low of energy. This was the main symptom for a while which I’d gone to the doctors about a couple of times - as well as really intense headaches.
• Period is now really light and only lasts a couple of days.
• Really cold all the time mostly, but lead up to my period I’ll be sweating and feel uncomfortably hot.
• Stomach bloats up so much that it’s uncomfortable to move - usually have to get into bed with a hot water bottle / a hot bath to relieve the pain. Also find it swells up after exercise.
• A sort of tugging pain in my tummy/lower pelvis
• Dull aching Pain in my kidneys and lower back
• Heavy and sore boobs, particularly the nipples
• Uncomfortable in my own skin
• Constipation and Diarrhoea
• These symptoms are getting worse and more unbearable as I’m getting older, but particularly intense the last couples of months
• Not sure if this is a symptom but after I drink alcohol my whole body will ache and hurt for a couple of days

As I have Bupa through my work, I’m going to see a doctor at a private hospital tomorrow. I’m really nervous as I’m hoping he will listen to me the same way my GP does. This is now really affecting my mental health, I just feel so uncomfortable all the time - I’d say I have one ‘good week’ (symptom free) per month. My face is constantly puffy, I’ve gained so much weight, my stomach is more often swollen than not and I just feel so tired / sore all the time.
Does anyone else worry that they’re going to be told they don’t actually have Endo, despite having so many of the symptoms. Part of me really wants a laparoscopy to settle my mind, but I am really worried about surgery.
Any advice / support / shared experiences would be great 🤍

Got this about a week ago and it took about 4 days for it to fully develop into what it is now. I got the bad end of the stick with this things because my canker sores usually end up taking 2 weeks or more to heal. And of course i get this right before an all inclusive vacation, lucky me. Things are brutal in this spot, and usually end up causing lots of irritation and inflammation in my throat(as seen in the picture)

i leave the house a few times per week because i find it really overwhelming and since i do online school i don’t really have to go out that often but when i do when i get home tiredness, achy muscles and sore throat and overall feeling of being off comes, it can come and go but sometimes it can last a few hours then disappear and i feel okay or it can last longer maybe a few days but i don’t get it while im not having to leave the house or do anything i find too much, but it’s really difficult to handle is there anything I can do to stop it or is there anything else it could be caused by if not but im assuming it’s because of being overwhelmed and anxious?

I hit the 6-week threshold last week and as I felt better, I decided to do some exercise and take a walk. It was a long walk, around 6 kilometres, but all manageable.
When I got home, I started to feel sore. There was pain around my pubis, below my scar particularly when I stood up after sitting on the sofa. Today I am still sore, but incredibly bloated and tender all over my stomach. It makes me wince when my tummy brushes the worktop and changing table, and I look about six months pregnant. It’s like I’ve gone backwards three weeks.
I haven’t rung the doctor because I can’t bear the dismissiveness. I’m really sad about all of this, it was just a walk and it felt amazing at the time. Is this normal? I am breastfeeding, but wondered if this could be my period coming back.
If anyone can share similar stories and reassure me that things get better, that would be a massive comfort. Thank you x

I started to get a sore throat around the end of March. It didn’t hurt very badly, like low-level pain, so I thought it would go away on its own.
After a week (March 28th) it hurt significantly more, I got a cough, my voice went hoarse, and my throat was red, swollen, and had white spots, so I contacted my GP who prescribed me antibiotics via a telephone appointment (didn’t see my throat). I was given a seven day course of phenoxymethylpenicillin (2 pills 4 times a day).
By the end of the course, my throat still hurt and was still swollen. I thought maybe it needed a few days for the infection to clear after finishing the antibiotics. But a few days later some spots reappeared, so I contacted my GP again. (April 9th) This time I had an in-person appointment. She looked at my throat and represcribed the same antibiotics for seven days.
Again, the spots went away but my throat stayed sore and swollen and I still had a cough. Again, I thought maybe it just needed some time to clear.
Then on April 24th, I woke up with the glands in my neck swollen and painful to touch, my throat very swollen and covered in white spots, and it hurt to speak and swallow. I contacted my GP again. I saw a different doctor who told me that I should have been given a ten-day course of antibiotics to treat a sore throat rather than a seven-day course. I was prescribed a ten-day course of the same medication.
I finished the course on Saturday (May 4th). My throat is enflamed and swollen and I still have a cough. My chest feels burny.
I don’t know why I’m still sick after six weeks and three courses of antibiotics. At a loss. Can anyone help?
I’m 24f, 5’3, 49kg. I have chronic migraine and chronic sinusitis. I take propranolol, fexofenadine and aimovig. I exercise regularly and try to maintain a healthy diet.

I hit the 6-week threshold last week and as I felt better, I decided to do some exercise and take a walk. It was a long walk, around 6 kilometres, but all manageable.
When I got home, I started to feel sore. There was pain around my pubis, below my scar particularly when I stood up after sitting on the sofa. Today I am still sore, but incredibly bloated and tender all over my stomach. It makes me wince when my tummy brushes the worktop and changing table, and I look about six months pregnant. It’s like I’ve gone backwards three weeks.
I haven’t rung the doctor because I can’t bear the dismissiveness. I’m really sad about all of this, it was just a walk and it felt amazing at the time. Is this normal? I am breastfeeding, but wondered if this could be my period coming back.
If anyone can share similar stories and reassure me that things get better, that would be a massive comfort. Thank you x

Hi everyone, I’ve been suffering from some type of acid reflux / GERD / silent reflux. I have a dr appt end of the month, but in the meantime I bought some Prilosec. My symptoms typically aren’t burning, it’s moreso pressure in chest, gassy, bloating, regurgitation, lump in throat etc. Sometimes my throat will burn a little, but heartburn isn’t a typical problem for me, that’s why I was thinking maybe it’s silent. I bought the Prilosec though because I thought maybe it would help relieve some of the gas pressure. Well I had my first yesterday afternoon (just 20 mg) and I woke up around 2 am nauseous and have been extremely nauseous and somewhat upset stomach since. I don’t think I’m sick, moreso just waves of throat nausea. Has anyone else experienced this with this medication ?