Post what you are thinking right now, part two

[Peter]

It CAN'T be normal to have stomach pain so bad that your *ears* hurt.

Hope you get it sorted.

[El]

It CAN'T be normal to have stomach pain so bad that your *ears* hurt.

 It doesn't sound normal.  I hope by now you have gone to the ER. 

It's been happening to me for years; it's just frustrating, and kinda debilitating (I've been trying to write in the evenings but it's hard to focus when you can't sit upright in your damn chair without hurting).  I talked to my doctor about it during my last physical but she waved it away as nerves.  (I get the same thing for the chronic tiredness).  I might not have been explicit enough about just how painful it is but I told her it will wake me up at night sometimes.  It could well be nerves but it's a bit frustrating that if it can be explained by my mental stuff, then that's the first explanation they leap to.  Shitty risk management.  I do like my doctor and the office; by and large I feel listened to and taken care of, but if I didn't direct my own treatment I wouldn't get the kind of care I know I need.

On my end, when I have clients coming in with symptoms that *could* be depression or the like, I try as a general rule to encourage them to see their doctors to make sure it's just depression/whatever, and let them know it could be but it's best to be sure.  If that's the response *I* get- and I advocate for myself pretty damn well- I can't imagine the kind of care they might get, especially with government insurance (which is definitely stigmatizing).

Anyway, as is typical, it mostly went away overnight.  Not a medical emergency but god does it suck.  I have literally had to curl up in the fetal position on a friend's floor before with this, or had to curl up on a park bench walking one place to another.  I've been getting worse-than-normal acid reflux the last few weeks, and I'm sure starting doxycycline on Sunday is not helping settle my stomach.  Nor, probably, did taking a vitamin C supplement yesterday (was worried about what germs I might've run into in the doctor's office, but if I take them enough, Vit C supplements invariably fuck me up pretty bad because they are so acidic).  Am going to try cutting out the lemonade mix I usually flavor my water at home with and see if that helps.

[Calavera]

My stomach's fine, but my neck hurts quite badly it looks like it was twisted badly somehow.

["couldbecousin"]

My stomach's fine, but my neck hurts quite badly it looks like it was twisted badly somehow.

 Did you sleep on it the wrong way?  Sometimes that's all it takes. 

[Calavera]

My stomach's fine, but my neck hurts quite badly it looks like it was twisted badly somehow.

 Did you sleep on it the wrong way?  Sometimes that's all it takes. 

That's exactly what one of my brothers asked me. Must be it.

["couldbecousin"]

My stomach's fine, but my neck hurts quite badly it looks like it was twisted badly somehow.

 Did you sleep on it the wrong way?  Sometimes that's all it takes. 

That's exactly what one of my brothers asked me. Must be it.

 When you get to be my age, you'll find it happens all the time! 

[Calavera]

You sure know how to handle the constant pain because it really stings. I couldn't keep a straight face at work today because of it.

["couldbecousin"]

You sure know how to handle the constant pain because it really stings. I couldn't keep a straight face at work today because of it.

 Oh, I didn't realize it was that bad, I'm sorry to hear that.  Most of my old-lady aches
 and pains are less acute than that.  Have you taken anything OTC for the pain? 

[Calavera]

Panadol.

It actually started yesterday but today it's gotten worse.

I also think it may be related to the fact that I experience intense pain sometimes when I sneeze. But I can't be stuffed checking it with the doctor.

["couldbecousin"]

Panadol.

It actually started yesterday but today it's gotten worse.

I also think it may be related to the fact that I experience intense pain sometimes when I sneeze. But I can't be stuffed checking it with the doctor.

 When you sneeze, is the pain in your neck, or elsewhere? 

[Calavera]

Panadol.

It actually started yesterday but today it's gotten worse.

I also think it may be related to the fact that I experience intense pain sometimes when I sneeze. But I can't be stuffed checking it with the doctor.

 When you sneeze, is the pain in your neck, or elsewhere? 

Around the neck area and along the arms.

Must be a sign of something big ...

[Callaway]

It CAN'T be normal to have stomach pain so bad that your *ears* hurt.

 It doesn't sound normal.  I hope by now you have gone to the ER. 

It's been happening to me for years; it's just frustrating, and kinda debilitating (I've been trying to write in the evenings but it's hard to focus when you can't sit upright in your damn chair without hurting).  I talked to my doctor about it during my last physical but she waved it away as nerves.  (I get the same thing for the chronic tiredness).  I might not have been explicit enough about just how painful it is but I told her it will wake me up at night sometimes.  It could well be nerves but it's a bit frustrating that if it can be explained by my mental stuff, then that's the first explanation they leap to.  Shitty risk management.  I do like my doctor and the office; by and large I feel listened to and taken care of, but if I didn't direct my own treatment I wouldn't get the kind of care I know I need.

On my end, when I have clients coming in with symptoms that *could* be depression or the like, I try as a general rule to encourage them to see their doctors to make sure it's just depression/whatever, and let them know it could be but it's best to be sure.  If that's the response *I* get- and I advocate for myself pretty damn well- I can't imagine the kind of care they might get, especially with government insurance (which is definitely stigmatizing).

Anyway, as is typical, it mostly went away overnight.  Not a medical emergency but god does it suck.  I have literally had to curl up in the fetal position on a friend's floor before with this, or had to curl up on a park bench walking one place to another.  I've been getting worse-than-normal acid reflux the last few weeks, and I'm sure starting doxycycline on Sunday is not helping settle my stomach.  Nor, probably, did taking a vitamin C supplement yesterday (was worried about what germs I might've run into in the doctor's office, but if I take them enough, Vit C supplements invariably fuck me up pretty bad because they are so acidic).  Am going to try cutting out the lemonade mix I usually flavor my water at home with and see if that helps.

Have you been checked for an ulcer?

I took doxycycline for three weeks for my septic olecranon bursitis and I had to be careful to only take it with food because it was too hard on my stomach to take it on a empty stomach.

[El]

It CAN'T be normal to have stomach pain so bad that your *ears* hurt.

 It doesn't sound normal.  I hope by now you have gone to the ER. 

It's been happening to me for years; it's just frustrating, and kinda debilitating (I've been trying to write in the evenings but it's hard to focus when you can't sit upright in your damn chair without hurting).  I talked to my doctor about it during my last physical but she waved it away as nerves.  (I get the same thing for the chronic tiredness).  I might not have been explicit enough about just how painful it is but I told her it will wake me up at night sometimes.  It could well be nerves but it's a bit frustrating that if it can be explained by my mental stuff, then that's the first explanation they leap to.  Shitty risk management.  I do like my doctor and the office; by and large I feel listened to and taken care of, but if I didn't direct my own treatment I wouldn't get the kind of care I know I need.

On my end, when I have clients coming in with symptoms that *could* be depression or the like, I try as a general rule to encourage them to see their doctors to make sure it's just depression/whatever, and let them know it could be but it's best to be sure.  If that's the response *I* get- and I advocate for myself pretty damn well- I can't imagine the kind of care they might get, especially with government insurance (which is definitely stigmatizing).

Anyway, as is typical, it mostly went away overnight.  Not a medical emergency but god does it suck.  I have literally had to curl up in the fetal position on a friend's floor before with this, or had to curl up on a park bench walking one place to another.  I've been getting worse-than-normal acid reflux the last few weeks, and I'm sure starting doxycycline on Sunday is not helping settle my stomach.  Nor, probably, did taking a vitamin C supplement yesterday (was worried about what germs I might've run into in the doctor's office, but if I take them enough, Vit C supplements invariably fuck me up pretty bad because they are so acidic).  Am going to try cutting out the lemonade mix I usually flavor my water at home with and see if that helps.

Have you been checked for an ulcer?

I took doxycycline for three weeks for my septic olecranon bursitis and I had to be careful to only take it with food because it was too hard on my stomach to take it on a empty stomach.

No, but I am almost certain I've had them (or something super-similar) in the past, based on symptoms.  Not to the point where I was worried or unable to function, but to the point where I thought "Oh jesus, I think I actually must have an ulcer right now.  No more vitamin c for awhile."  I think there's kind only so much you can do for them other than try to stop triggering them.

[Queen Victoria]

Maybe it's the way I'm sitting in the chair.

['andersom']

Maybe it's the way I'm sitting in the chair.

It does look a tad uncomfortable in your avatar indeed.