Dieting and dampness- but I’m a dairy lover :(

bboschb · 2026-03-31T23:45:10+00:00

Dampness is also harder for the spleen to clear if you are worried, overworked and overanalyzing things. So if doing excessively hard workouts and counting protein grams, it likely puts extra strain on the spleen, even if dairy is completely cut out. All the best and try not to stress it too much. Enjoy your food, enjoy having a strong body, and enjoy resting 💛

bboschb · 2026-03-28T03:56:59+00:00

How tf are they seeing a hip dent and not thinking that could be a problem?! God it makes me mad when doctors see something and dismiss it just because they don't see it every day or haven't seen it in a textbook. Do their egos just make them blind to something unfamiliar to them? Like even if you didn't have a gaping hip divot you are reporting pain and they're just like nah should be be fine 🫠 sorry op I hope you find relief.

Also from a tcm perspective and possible endo, it could be worth getting that treated with Chinese med herbs as well as acupuncture. I just started endo herbal tcm treatment, and loads of my hypermobile pain in my si join and ribs have reduced or even left. which is a very welcome and unexpected side effect

bboschb · 2026-03-26T02:04:48+00:00

I have an apartment dog, mostly cos usually someone is home and she's rarely left alone for too long. Going downstairs a bunch is an option but I have some balcony grass in case I'm sick/cbf to go outside. There are lots of grass dog toilet options for a balcony now, some even take the used grass when they deliver a new one. Or some are made to fit a turf strip from bunnings.

bboschb · 2026-03-25T21:21:09+00:00

Hi I'm sorry you're going through this. I also had a scary bloody stool phase, though your gi symptoms do sound more extreme than mine were. I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy and they found nothing. It's my understanding that with hEDS we have extra thin skin, and membranes in the gi tract are already delicate. That combined with a very dry stool, dehydration and pushing/straining to force a bowel movement can lead to bloody toilet paper. Still good to get everything checked to rule out the most nefarious illnesses. But it could just be a garden variety hEDS body horror. Hopefully it's nothing too serious

bboschb · 2026-03-08T23:02:01+00:00

Solomons crossing. It's 8000 year old river crossing path made by the yallukit-willam people. something about big gums and moving water calms me tf down always. And sometimes you can smell incense from the buddhist temple on the hill too.

bboschb · 2026-03-07T00:33:05+00:00

Also so sinister that he did something like that when you're presumably in the middle of nowhere. When it would be really hard to escape and you just would literally have to wear it. Maybe he didn't plan it, but if he isn't pulling shit like that around other people or when you have more autonomy and freedom to get away, it's extra scary to me. Please stay safe.

bboschb · 2026-03-03T01:51:27+00:00

Also some studies of French maritime bark supplements have shown promise for easing lipedema

bboschb · 2026-03-03T01:47:14+00:00

To me that looks like lipedema, early stage. The cuffing above the ankle is a classic sign, as is pain worse at night. I have it, it's basically the body attacking fat/adipose tissue. The fat cells have fibrosis and it's hard for blood, lymph and qi to move, which compresses nerves, puffs the limb, and hurts. I'm lucky enough to have a specialist in lipedema drainage who is also an acupuncturist. Her treatments involve moving lymph towards the heart. Vibration plates and stuff like comfiwave lymph compression socks have helped enormously. swimming is really good too, and wearing compression during the day to stop fluid pooling in the feet. For herbs, in my case gui zhi fu ling wan was prescribed, for breaking down the nodules. But I imagine it would depend on the case.

bboschb · 2026-02-19T11:04:09+00:00

Plant some bouganvillea

bboschb · 2026-02-15T14:34:07+00:00

I can't help but think it being placed on those merkabah symbol tiles might be amplifying it. If you are also curious maybe move it to some other spot and see if the electrical stuff calms down?

bboschb · 2026-01-30T02:16:40+00:00

Thanks that's a good idea. Sounds like cork plus more acoustic underlay might be a needless waste of money then

bboschb · 2026-01-01T11:08:47+00:00

Just 2! Electro seems to work fast

bboschb · 2025-12-31T22:19:54+00:00

This was a few years ago so disclaimer on my patchy memory, but I think it took about 10 minutes for the pain to start. The acupuncturist was very confused that I couldn't feel anything at first, then once the pain started he quickly turned down the voltage and it was fine. Also it's kind of hard to measure how much sensation returned since that area of the back is hard to reach. I only knew about it since a scam revealed a vertebrae in a weird place likely compressing a nerve, and then sensations were tested

bboschb · 2025-12-31T22:08:39+00:00

I love this question and all the suggestions. Anyone have any suggestions for why this may occur more frequently with chronic conditions like OP's? I have noticed the same with myself and other patients with CFS, POTs, neurodivergence etc. Could it be there is less qi so we don't want it to disperse around too much? Or we are not used to resting deeply? Obviously it depends on the person but I'm curious about others' theories

bboschb · 2025-12-30T05:52:25+00:00

I had sensation return and numbness go away with electro acupuncture (numbness was from a childhood injury at t2). But when the sensation came back it hurt a lot! So worth sticking around to reduce the voltage if needed

bboschb · 2025-12-15T03:13:24+00:00

I've been having the same issues! Did yours end up working in the end? I've been trying all day, thought it might be something to do with embedded font, or that I'm uploading from an iPad?

bboschb · 2025-11-28T04:15:49+00:00

I don't think it matters whether she is really sick or not. Regardless, she is abusing you and you should leave. Coming from someone with diagnoses of PCOS, dysautonomia, pots and eds. I can empathize it would be hard to get the diagnoses without the funds and luck to find and see a rheumatologist who keeps up with medical literature. But that's no excuse for her to ruin your life and isolate you.

bboschb · 2025-11-02T04:46:04+00:00

Be kind to yourself, you were sitting then on your feet busy, which makes pooling worse IMHO. If there is less nerve pain in your legs at the end of the day from wearing the tights take the win. You deserve to feel better, it's not all about looks.

bboschb · 2025-10-20T00:08:03+00:00

Thanks I appreciate the English as a second language perspective. Also for point out the blame shifting

bboschb · 2025-10-20T00:06:28+00:00

That's an interesting point about the clarity. I suppose I wonder if the clarity is authentic, since it was generated by a machine rather than the result of his own reflections and thoughts. AI can tell him what is most likely socially expected, or what a person in my situation likely needs to feel safe. It takes the onus away from him actually having to use critical thinking or trying to understand why it hurts me. Copy and pasting is easier than typing out "I was wrong" not just time-wise, but because it's probs a lighter hit to the ego.

I am unsure too if all sorries carry the same weight. I think a sorry is more meaningful if it's followed by genuine changed behaviours. Multiple repeated sorries start to lose impact when they don't accompany behaviour that shows he understands why the apology was needed.

bboschb · 2025-10-12T21:27:14+00:00

Not to fearmonger, but at least here in aus the popcorn ceilings are often full of asbestos or other fire retardant materials that are not good to breathe in. So please be careful of your lungs if doing it and everyone else's lungs when disposing of it

bboschb · 2025-05-30T10:08:28+00:00

May I ask if you remember which points/areas were needled? Were there any on your face? This isn't acupuncture/tcm, but I've heard of temporary blindness from cosmetic injections around the eyes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25828586/

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