fuck you western medicine
ok, if you don't want to listen to me bitch and whine this is the point where you should stop reading. That's my disclaimer.
So many of you know that i had to have emergency surgery and have my gallbladder removed fall of 2002/2003 school year. When they did the surgery they spied something not quite right with my liver. Aparently I have 6+ liver tumors (they call them nodules sometimes) caused by birth-control pills that I was taking to get rid of ovarian cysts because I also have poly-cystic ovarian syndrome. SO I had to go through all these tests (one of which they 'accientally' repeated- fuckers) to find out that they're just kind of ... there. They hang out, I'm not supossed to "binge" drink and I get checked every 6 months or so and it's NO BIG DEAL.
So I went this past monday and had another ultra-sound done just like usual and i figure my doctor will call me and say "same ol' same ol' go back again in 6months/ a year." BUT NOOOOOOOOOOO
they called me today to say that the radiologist agrees with the previous diagnosis that they're harmless and what-not but wants to further substantiate the diagnosis... just to make sure. So I get to go back for more tests. PLUS they checked out my other major organs, just for fun, and I have a flippin' 8mm kidney stone. So they have to check that out to just in case "something" needs to be done about that.
I'm fucking a 22 year old. I eat insanely well, and take pretty good care of myself. What gives? I just want to be healthy like most of the 22 yr olds i see at school. I know I should be thankful that I'm as healthy as I am- it could be so much worse and people younger than myself have to deal with horrible diseases, but it still stresses me out and i hate it. so i'm done now... back to putting my life in perspective.
So many of you know that i had to have emergency surgery and have my gallbladder removed fall of 2002/2003 school year. When they did the surgery they spied something not quite right with my liver. Aparently I have 6+ liver tumors (they call them nodules sometimes) caused by birth-control pills that I was taking to get rid of ovarian cysts because I also have poly-cystic ovarian syndrome. SO I had to go through all these tests (one of which they 'accientally' repeated- fuckers) to find out that they're just kind of ... there. They hang out, I'm not supossed to "binge" drink and I get checked every 6 months or so and it's NO BIG DEAL.
So I went this past monday and had another ultra-sound done just like usual and i figure my doctor will call me and say "same ol' same ol' go back again in 6months/ a year." BUT NOOOOOOOOOOO
they called me today to say that the radiologist agrees with the previous diagnosis that they're harmless and what-not but wants to further substantiate the diagnosis... just to make sure. So I get to go back for more tests. PLUS they checked out my other major organs, just for fun, and I have a flippin' 8mm kidney stone. So they have to check that out to just in case "something" needs to be done about that.
I'm fucking a 22 year old. I eat insanely well, and take pretty good care of myself. What gives? I just want to be healthy like most of the 22 yr olds i see at school. I know I should be thankful that I'm as healthy as I am- it could be so much worse and people younger than myself have to deal with horrible diseases, but it still stresses me out and i hate it. so i'm done now... back to putting my life in perspective.