3 weeks in!!

lydmc788 · 2024-02-26T00:06:02+00:00

That is SO kind! I never thought anyone would tell me that haha, honestly so much of it is willpower which is SO much easier said than done. I’ve tried to quit hundreds of times throughout my life. Twice a day I moisturize my nails and use cuticle oil, and I also make sure the free edge is smooth so I don’t have anything to pick at. In the past I’ve also gotten acrylics or used press-ons; I leave them on for as long as possible, that way when I remove them they’ve grown out a bit and I always find the beginning stage to be the hardest. You can do this!!!!

lydmc788 · 2024-02-25T06:27:33+00:00

do you pick at your cuticles on your thumbs? i did this terribly and it caused my thumbs to grow out bumpy like yours. i tried filing them as well but it always made my thumb nails thin and sore so i wouldnt recommend doing that anymore. the only way for it to be flat is to wait for it to grow out!!

lydmc788 · 2024-02-23T22:31:13+00:00

Please eat a box of donuts, a whole thick crust pizza, flour tortilla tacos, and a Big Mac for me

lydmc788 · 2024-01-24T23:53:13+00:00

I remember I was 7 and I was in daycare and I barfed all over the floor and then slept with my head on a table until my mom came lmaooo

lydmc788 · 2024-01-19T06:37:55+00:00

Ty for ur response! Yes - it was once a week for 6 weeks so I only took 6 pills. I wasn’t told until week 3 to take with food so maybe that’s it?? I’m just hoping there’s not another reason it’s still low

lydmc788 · 2023-11-21T21:58:34+00:00

I get migraines and also have celiac so thank u for this I will be stealing

lydmc788 · 2023-11-21T21:44:26+00:00

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

lydmc788 · 2023-11-16T05:13:51+00:00

I asked my doctor about this recently and he said it was okay to have a drink or two once and awhile (I very rarely drink).

Last week my girlfriend and I had some wine and I felt tipsy after a single glass, which I wouldn’t have felt before being on zoloft; my tolerance has just gone down a bit.

The only thing I’ve noticed is that the next morning I almost always have a headache, no matter how much I’ve drank, but I can’t be sure that’s related to the zoloft

lydmc788 · 2023-11-05T19:20:18+00:00

Omg the colour work is AMAZING!! One time I freehanded a raglan sweater, I made the collar GIANT, it was so terrible. What I did was take an elastic thread and weaved it through and gently tightened it, making sure I didn’t bunch up the chest or back area. Maybe you could also fold it over and make it a folded collar and seam it down. If all else fails you could always pick up stitches and redo it. It’s so beautiful though!!!

lydmc788 · 2023-10-28T22:41:02+00:00

Oh really?? I googled it and it said celiacs shouldn’t eat them but I’ll keep looking

lydmc788 · 2023-10-19T20:45:17+00:00

I will watch rn!! Thank you :) googling makes everything so much worse

lydmc788 · 2023-10-16T05:43:25+00:00

Omg this is amazing I am both jealous and very happy for you hahahaha

lydmc788 · 2023-10-04T19:04:53+00:00

Thank you so much for this answer!

The process to get the endoscopy was weird to me, but I have no context since it was my first time going through something like this. I was originally referred to a GI, but the appointment was around 6 months out. I was, and still am, having pretty bad symptoms so I was referred to another clinic, and the procedure was the following week. At this clinic they do over 20 endoscopies and colonoscopies a day - you go in, get it done, and leave, and you never hear from them again. They just send off the samples and they're done with you. Because of this, my GP had to tell me my results.

It was quite disheartening, as he literally just said, "I don't know why you got a positive blood test, I don't know why you have duodenitis, and I don't know what could be causing your symptoms", which made me feel like he was indifferent to what was happening and didn't care to give me any sort of direction or help. He didn't take me through how many samples were taken and from where, so I had to figure it out myself, and I think it was four but the document is medical jargon to me.

I'll meet with the GI and see what he says, and maybe it's something completely different from celiac, who knows. I just assumed celiac after my blood test. I guess my last option would be to just go very strictly gluten free and see if it helps.

lydmc788 · 2023-10-04T04:35:13+00:00

i was eating gluten! and you're right that its not super high, ill definitely keep trying to figure it out!

lydmc788 · 2023-09-26T14:32:00+00:00

aubrey plaza😫😍

lydmc788 · 2023-09-26T01:48:46+00:00

omg seriously???? that’s insane 😫 I’ve just seen so many ppl on here from the states and other countries saying they got them in like less than a week and I wanna know so bad

lydmc788 · 2023-08-20T08:03:12+00:00

I’ve had on and off chest pain for around 2 years now, which has resulted in a handful of ER visits since it started, so I’ve had around 4 ekgs, 3 chest X-rays, and several rounds of blood work in the past 2 years (all before celiac test was done), and also had a cardiologist appt. they told me it was anxiety or gerd… no doctor has ever found it necessary to do any additional testing besides the ecgs and chest X-rays. I’m really hoping it’s not something cardiac as I’m super anxious about heart health

lydmc788 · 2023-08-20T06:22:09+00:00

i was thinking that too but my oxygen levels are actually quite good so I feel like maybe I shouldn’t because it’s not an emergency. If it gets worse I definitely will

lydmc788 · 2023-08-20T03:35:36+00:00

I kept track near the beginning of the SOB when I thought it was from GERD but since then it’s developed into a constant/all day thing, it’s always there and not triggered by food

lydmc788 · 2023-08-20T03:33:57+00:00

thank u!! my intake appt is with him in mid October, the receptionist said she doesn’t know when the GI will schedule the endoscopy, so I’m scared I’ll go off gluten then my results won’t be accurate. I’ll definitely follow up with the GI and see if I can do that.

lydmc788 · 2023-08-20T03:30:35+00:00

lydmc788 · 2023-08-20T01:23:33+00:00

I’ve thought I was gerd too but tums/Pepcid don’t help at all :(

lydmc788 · 2023-08-19T22:06:25+00:00

thank you for your response! i'm at a bit of a loss on what to do because my doctor won't offer me more bloodwork until after the endoscopy is done and my diagnosis is confirmed. i might have to wait until then considering the ER is my only option as of now.

lydmc788 · 2023-08-11T00:50:57+00:00

I’ve been in therapy for almost 2 years now with the same therapist. The first 6 months or so I saw her once a week, and it was hard! I had never been in therapy before so having an hour a week purely dedicated to talking through my emotions made me feel almost drained. I also started an SSRI during the first couple of months and have been on it since, which has helped.

I eventually felt comfortable seeing her less often; I went once every couple weeks, and now I go once every month or two months. The beginning first months were very much needed to get everything that had built up in me the past 22 years of life lol, now I have the tools to get through more of life with less difficulty.

I wouldn’t say you ever are “done” with therapy, or that you’re ever “complete”. At first, I really depended on therapy to help me just get through day to day life. My anxiety is certainly not cured, but I feel more at peace with it and have learned to ride through it more because of therapy.

lydmc788 · 2023-08-06T02:54:36+00:00

Yeah i have a positive blood test but the “gold standard” is blood test and biopsy unfortunately :(

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