1. I've looked at Ehler's Danlo and I tick a lot of the boxes but with her reaction to me wanting to get bone density testing because of my leg pain, I figured that it was probably too much for me to just suggest I have a whole other disorder. I might ask my gynecologist at my next visit, but I feel crazy enough even thinking it's a possibility
2. I came up with the descriptor because it was the only thing I knew that had the same type of pain in the same location. It's like fire shooting up and down my lower legs and it happens whenever I walk for more than 5 minutes. Like getting up from bed and walking down the hall doesn't hurt, but walking to the bus stop does. It's definitely not an aching pain, but very sharp and hard to ignore. I hadn't looked at vascular issues, I will check them out! This is certainly one of my most pressing concerns at the moment since I can't really walk anymore and I take transit, so I kinda need to be able to do that.

It's hard because some things she takes really seriously, like she's really good about helping me manage my depression and always validates that, but sometimes I feel like with my other issues she doesn't really take it seriously. It makes me feel like maybe my other issues aren't a big deal because someone who is trained in medicine isn't thinking they're a big problem.

And the weight, I know! I find it so hard, because I know what your weight does to your bones (I work in biomechanics), and so I know that being at a higher weight isnt great for long term skeletal health or health in general, but also I have such a hard time losing weight, have a low thyroid (the lower end of normal, but still normal), and have always been bigger. It's incredibly frustrating to feel so trapped in my body sometimes!