#hellth

i’ve been on my period for basically over a fucking year now, or really closer to one and a half? i think? OR HONESTLY MAYBE LONGER, which is kinda insane and somewhat worrying! though in the longer timeframe, i did have a few times where i’d have a couple weeks off and then it would pick pack up.

but yeah, the last year has been pretty constant.

at first i wrote it off as being just some pcos nonsense but yeah this is abnormal even for that, so i’m having some tests done and GOD i want to know what the deal is. what the fuck! i would like my uterus to stop!

the main reason i haven’t gotten tests done before this is, again, because of the pcos thing, and because i also kept forgetting to mention it to the doctor as being An Issue up until my last two or so visits. deep sigh.

hopefully it’s nothing serious, but god mostly i want to know so i will Stop Bleeding. it’s thankfully usually pretty light, or else it would be MUCH more concerning to have been bleeding for this long. because, like, anemia is a thing that exists. but no, it’s usually enough to wear a pantyliner most days—sometimes not even that, bc it’s just enough to notice while i’m wiping—so i’m not too concerned about blood loss.

In my ongoing quest to get all documentation I possibly can, I went to see my ENT (my gastroenterologist did not have high hopes, but he recommended I get checked just in case)

ENT agrees that he can't help me with the ongoing mystery problem and says I should see an allergist.

This officially makes my allergist the only doctor who doesn't think I need to see an allergist

Thankfully, my appointment with my new allergist is coming up.

ENT also cultured a sample from a chronic adenoid infection that he says I've probably had for literal years. The plan was to see if it was simple to treat without setting off another episode. Not super important at the moment, but it might be nice to have a little win.

Three days later, lab results come back. ENT informs me that I've got five specifies of bacteria just chilling, and three of them are antibiotic resistant strains.

"This would be nice to fix it if it won't make things worse" has become "we are addressing this immediately."

One-year anniversary to cutting gluten/dairy/egg/soy/tree nut/fish + shellfish out of my diet

And roughly year and a half anniversary to the swallowing problems starting

120+ vials of blood, 3 xrays, one MRI, genetic testing, an echocardiogram, an ultrasound, kidney imaging, occupational therapy, seven specialists