Health Updates: A little disjointed... 😅 (Patreon)

I have. So many updates.

First and foremost, I do officially have a family doctor, so that's exciting 🥰 I hope it goes well, but I suppose we'll find out. I did set an intention with her to work on figuring out why I've fainted 5 times in my life and why I sometimes have to suddenly sit on the floor after I've walked across a room in order to avoid fainting again... 🫣 So that's something to look forward to in the future!

If you've been in streams, you may also know that I might possibly have to stop getting the Botox injections... So I met with the new neurologist who, it turns out, is maybe not a neurologist? But she's qualified to administer the Botox. 🤷‍♀️ The only problem is: I didn't find out until I'd already moved here that I for some reason don't qualify for prescription drug coverage with the provincial health plan in BC, even though I did in Ontario. My deductible was always high, but it helped still because I have ridiculously high medication costs.

SO, because the Botox wouldn't be covered in any capacity, it would be $1050 every 3 months instead of the previous $550-$630. Which is um...quite a big jump in an already high cost 🫠 The silver lining: the new "neurologist" works in a teaching hospital, and so may sometimes be able to give me the Botox for free...so long as I'm okay with being stabbed 37 times in front of a crowd of students. And in most cases, having it administered by a doctor who is just learning and being supervised by my "neurologist"... 😐

I think I'll be fine with the former. But the latter? ...I'd rather pay the $1050, ya know? But...it's a lot to pay. So we'll see if there's other alternatives. I did confirm that I can go back to the Botox if other options don't work out, so that's good. I'll need to make a proper decision soon, though, because my current dose of Botox is ever so slightly starting to wear off this week 🙃👍

But more recently, I've been dealing with nerve pain and apparently, issues with my joints. Apparently, the cause of the nerve pain in my arm is impinged nerves from: playing guitar 😅🫠 So that explains why playing always makes it worse 🙈 Also my spinal compression has gotten worse again 🙃 Anyway, I am trying to be as consistent as I can with the stretches, massaging, and exercises, and it is slowly getting better!

But I somehow am just always falling apart 😅

My migraines are finally getting more manageable and Myrna is finally dealing with much less pain, but then my nerves got all mucked up! And now that my nerves are slowly getting better, my joints have been more of an issue than average 😂 I can't win.

I genuinely couldn't tell you the number of times my right pinky and my thumbs have tried to sublux themselves in just the past 3 days. My knees, hips, and elbows have been all over the place. And then yesterday my ribs subluxed during stream - which has never happened before! I mean, my ribs have shifted out of place many times, but LIVE ON STREAM? 🤦‍♀️ Keep it together, body!

So I need to know...am I disjointed, or am I unhinged? 😂