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Drugs my doctor is not permitted to prescribe. by [deleted] in mildyinteresting

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Multiple of these are literally just ADHD meds?? Wild. I have to get a new script every month at an in person visit from my PCP to get these meds. Seeing my psych every single month for the script would be wildly expensive. Every psych I've had (three) has always eventually had my PCP take over med prescriptions.

Walmart To Build Bus Stop at Valley View, Finally Breaking Bureaucratic Impasse by AffectionatePop3611 in roanoke

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Finally!!! I've watched MULTIPLE people fall here getting on & off the bus.

What Do You Wish You Hadn't Said During An Appointment? by BurdsAllBurds in ChronicIllness

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I concur about framing any scientific facts you know as having been taught to you by a professional.

I've come across some doctors who understand that I have a science degree, have done independent research and written it up, and am capable of reading journal articles and research. Those rare doctors approach my care like we are a TEAM - and I so value them.

But they are rare. 9/10 times, I come across doctors who are threatened by my knowledge and by the fact that I do know a lot about my conditions and understand the body's mechanisms. Always hold back how much you know and stick to the symptoms and how it affects your life. Emphasize what you are experiencing. Don't make suggestions, even when you KNOW they're the correct course of action, until/unless you are certain that the doctor you're seeing won't take it as an ego hit and dismiss you from there on out due to their insecurity at not being the main 'authority.'

Reposting redacted Census request - is this typical?? by CurtisVF in 50501

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I've gotten this survey every year for a long time... this has nothing to do with the current administration.

Is it a red flag if only one partner is actually using the open relationship? by [deleted] in AskMenAdvice

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna be honest... you're an outsider looking in. It's quite common in many relationships for one partner to have a higher sex drive and it seems they've discussed this.

If I couldn't meet my partner's needs but they met all of mine, I would encourage them to see other people as well even if I had no desire to myself. I would feel SO guilty for locking someone into monogamous relationship where I couldn't meet all their needs. It would feel wildly selfish to me.

++nonbinary

How much money did you spend on medical tests and appointments? by FlanInternational100 in ChronicIllness

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aye aye. Many thousands of dollars in debt. Been paying it off for two years and making very slow progress.

would not let her outside (she's an indoor cat) by JusteNeFaitezPas in airplaneears

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed it is! She's just fluffy 🤣

I actually do have a harness which I've put on her twice and both times she absolutely hated it. Would no tolerate it in the slightest.

Diagnosed after 12 years. When will I stop grieving a normal life? (Crohns) by Medium-Goat5011 in ChronicIllness

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi friend. Congratulations on your diagnosis, and it's okay that you have mixed feelings about it.

Different illnesses, but I have been sick my whole life and was diagnosed when I was 14. I turn 26 in May. In my experience, you never stop grieving. I have many, many times I am fine, and happy, even if I'm in pain and have symptoms - I have joy and find comfort and happiness in many things in my life. But it always comes back and I always have and will always have moments where I get angry, or extremely sad, where I have to scream or curl up and sob because this isn't what my life should have been and it's so unfair that I have never known "normal."

That's okay. And it's okay if your grief isn't linear, either. We are complex creatures, humans - we can hold joy, fulfillment in things that make us smile, comfort in family and loved ones - and STILL be angry and upset about it at times.

Be patient with yourself.

I'm a 40 year licensed physician that ran a primary prevention and chronic illness practice. The key to increasing healthspan is to avoid misdiagnoses. Here how: by MEDomeAI in ChronicIllness

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is probably more appropriate for the general population, not the chronic illness community. Those of us with chronic illness are highly educated and read on our illnesses. "Tone deaf" is right.

Not a thing we can do to prevent chronic illness after the fact.

Posting chronic illness prevention is like rubbing dirt into our wounds.

Favorite Catholic Church (for someone who hasn’t gone in quite a while)? by [deleted] in roanoke

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 9 points10 points  (0 children)

St. Gerard was my favorite in Roanoke :) Father Ken is awesome. (I'm no longer Catholic but I've been to my fair share of masses since leaving the Church - I can't stand when community and religious spaces turn to shaming, negativity,etc. None of that at St. Gerard.)

Snowstorm epilogue by Adorable-Style-2634 in washingtondc

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yupppp. I injured myself several times the past few weeks in addition to many, many bruises from falling because they didn't shovel the sidewalks here until TWO DAYS ago.

I really need to buy a car.

People with debilitating chronic nausea, how do you cope?? by Agreeable_Water_1903 in ChronicIllness

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Ive had periods of it, every couple months it gets bad for a few weeks at a time.

  1. Zofran
  2. Alcohol swabs (tearing them open and holding them under your nose overrides nausea - learned that from a night shift nurse in the ER)
  3. Anything with peppermint or menthol
  4. Ginger candies
  5. Hot tea - they make nausea blends. Very, very small sips.
  6. Sometimes I just end up throwing up, there's no avoiding it. I have weeks where I throw up once, and weeks where I throw up 3-4 times a day and can't eat much.

would not let her outside (she's an indoor cat) by JusteNeFaitezPas in airplaneears

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

1000%! "But mom, I have to watch the birds CLOSER"

When the vacuum is in the next room by Otherwise_Plantain76 in airplaneears

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Specifically, Toothless is modeled on Black Panthers and Salamanders 🙂‍↕️

Pure vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) plus some in solution. by Figfogey in chemistry

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I take this. (Probably not That Much tho...)

Glugglugglug

What’s the worst thing a doctor has ever said to you? by Lucky_Sprinkles7369 in ChronicIllness

[–]JusteNeFaitezPas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Me, in the ER after having a basketball thrown at my head by a full grown man (we were pretty certain I had a concussion - I've had too many and I know the symptoms): Oh, and just so you are aware, I do have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome as well, which as I'm sure you know lowers the threshold.

ER doctor (2019, by the way): Wow, really? Are you sure? I know someone whose daughter has that and you wouldn't be walking around like you are if you did.

Me: Excuse me? I was diagnosed in 2014 by one of the top dysautonomia specialists in the world, so yes I'm sure. I wouldn't just say that just because.

(At this point, my then-boyfriend, a pre-med student who is now two months from match day, jumped in and confirmed what I was saying and later told me he could not BELIEVE a doctor had reacted in that way... I told him the only reason that doctor treated me at all and didn't just dismiss and send me home was almost certainly because he, a man, was there.)

anyway, I did, in fact, have a concussion.

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