#health tw

[eponymous-rose]

Just wanted to make this little PSA:

I know the US healthcare system is a dumpster fire, but if you do have access to preventative care, please consider adding a full-body skin exam to your schedule!

I naturally have a lot of moles, my uncle had skin cancer, and I've had two major/peeling sunburns in my life (your risk of skin cancer doubles with a history of a single blistering sunburn). Starting two years ago, I've been going in yearly to get everything checked out, and I've already had two suspicious moles removed. A friend of mine went in for the first time a while back (in part because I kept bringing it up) and they found a precancerous mole on the sole of her foot, of all places. One minor surgery and a couple weeks on crutches later, it's no longer an issue.

Another big risk factor is tanning beds - a friend in college was in a sorority that used to all go together fairly regularly, and two of them wound up having to get treated for aggressive melanomas by the time they turned 30 (the friend in question had multiple major surgeries, but is thankfully now cancer-free for over 5 years).

I'm not intending to scare people, but if you have a mole that's been worrying you (see the ABCDEs of moles), even if you don't spend a lot of time outside or burn often, just know that the full-body skin exam is a quick and easy way to get peace of mind. And yes, even those with plenty of melanin are still at risk of skin cancer and should make a habit of wearing sunscreen!

Having a suspicious mole removed is a super-quick procedure (takes about 20 seconds, including numbing), and they'll biopsy the sample and test it to make sure there are no cancer cells. All that's required from you may be going in to get one stitch removed a couple weeks later, or just keeping a bandaid on the area for a week and then moisturizing until it's totally healed to avoid scarring. The biopsy process is much less painful than something like a blood draw.

I was reminded of all this because I went back for my yearly exam a couple days ago (currently waiting on a biopsy of a mole that my dermatologist characterized as barely suspicious, but hey, took it off anyway for peace of mind) and man, it feels good to have someone look at the constellation of little shapes on my back and go "Yup, all normal!" Or even to have someone comb through my hairline to look for moles I can't see easily on my own. I thought going in yearly would ramp up my health anxiety, but it's at an all-time low knowing that anything bad that pops up has a great chance of being in a super early stage.

I also use sunscreen much, much more religiously.

#health tw #medical tw #cancer tw

[toffeeimagines]

Dear selfshippers w/ IBS, your F/Os wouldn't look down on you or think you are gross for your condition. They will help manage your diet if you need them too. They will comfort you when you are having flare-ups, even when they get bad. They'll remind you to take your medicine if you take any.

If you have only recently developed the condition (like me), they will help you with researching IBS and help you with dietary & lifestyle changes you may need to undergo. It can be scary and a lot, but they are there to help you through it.

They are there for you, no matter what.

pro.shippers please dni

#ˏˋ🍫imagine´ˎ- #relationship: any #self ship positivity #selfship positivity #self ship imagine #selfship imagines #tw medical #medical tw #tw health #health tw #ask to tag #i could have sworn I saw another IBS positivity post like this floating around #but I can't find it again so i am making my own bc i need to hear it personally #also this may be a bit surface level. like i said this is new to me #safeship #<- forgot to add that tag

[lietwice]

@jsbashirmd said: "i’m so happy to see you, but i take it something went terribly wrong if you’re here."

JULIAN'S VOICE ALMOST SURPRISES HIM. It shouldn't --- he is in the doctor's quarters, after all. Different to his quarters on DS9, but very Julian all the same. He's stood by the wardrobe, rifling through it for something warm, when Julian wakes. He's left Essan nestled against a chair arm in the other room after feeding him using Julian's replicator, so Garak faces Julian alone when he turns towards the bed.

ONE COULD SAY SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG. Lots of things, actually. For one, Garak has accidentally adopted a child at the least convenient time possible. "Hello, Doctor." He's holding one of the thicker items of clothing from Julian's wardrobe. "I do apologise for the intrusion." It's so good to see him again. To see him asleep had been lovely enough, but to see him wide-eyed and blinking up at him... oh, he's as beautiful as Garak remembers. His dear doctor. He'd like to reach out for him now, take one warm human hand in his own, but he's not here for his own benefit. "You are... correct."

AT LEAST, TO SOME EXTENT. Rather than explaining verbally, he turns and makes his way back to the sofa, where he left Essan. Two empty plates --- both scraped clean by Garak on behalf of himself and the hungry child --- sit nearby on the table. A small Cardassian boy, perhaps four years old, is curled half-asleep on Julian's sofa. Like Garak, he looks less than healthy, though he additionally sports a feverish glassiness to his eyes, and has his little legs drawn up to his chest in what could be fear, pain, or discomfort. Garak wraps him in the jumper he's holding and lifts him into his arms. As soon as he's moved, Essan makes a small, upset-sounding noise, and presses his face into Garak's shoulder. "I'm sorry," Garak tells him softly as he turns to see whether Julian has followed him. "Doctor? I have a patient for you."

#verse. ( tbd. ) #jsbashirmd #illness tw #medical tw #health tw #answered. ( how mortifying to be the one who remembers. )

[fattofitsure]

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[onlyhams]

unfortunately I suspect that the one sure fire way to make one’s health anxiety prophecies come true is to not get something checked out 💕

#I’m lucky enough to have insurance through my work and I have yet to get some issues checked out or get a PCP #but I’m so anxious #waking up every day feeling like you’re gonna die soon isn’t slay #health tw #anxiety tw #health anxiety #health anxiety tw

[havvkinsqueen]

Hello, friends! My kitty was found to have a small, benign tumor on her thyroid which is causing hyperthyroidism. I've chosen to go the route of a small, easy procedure that uses a radioisotope to kill the tumor and cure her. Unfortunately, it's about an $1800 price tag. As such, I'm opening graphics commissions and crochet commissions to help with the cost. For crochet, as long as there is a pattern available, I can make it. I do tend to make plushies, however. Graphics Examples under the cut;

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#self promo #health tw #tumor tw

[jellypawss]

My swelling went down after sleeping but now I’m pitting again and I have a hyper tension headache. I have to go get checked at the ER asap for kidney or heart failure, please send good vibes. I’m exhausted.

#I’m so scared y’all #my worst nightmare #tw health #health tw #I’m having a hard time like #I’m only peeing once or twice a day #I usually go every hour #I’m so worried

[sir-yeehaw-paws]

Holy fck my stomach is on fire. It's flaring because, it does that but GOD it's bad and I'm panicked amd exhausted and I'm so tired. I live on painkillers and stomach meds b/c the Dr's no longer have anymore solutions that will really help.

So I'm in bed, full of meds, panic and a lot of pain. I still have more traveling to go, we still have company and my mums going 2 bed Finally after doing shit the last 12hrs (including 7 that was cooking) I fo what I can to mitigate my troubles *skipped dessert, tried not to overeat etc* and it barely helps.

I'm not willing to bug anyone b/c it's after 1am on Xmas day. My mum knows I'm in pain but I told her 2 rest. My physical status can change so fast and here I am venting 2 the void or w/e it is because I'm. Trying all the time but my body could card less n I still have more 2 do ho boy oh boy it hurts but I I I I I i

#nate rambles #health tw

[squea]

im gonna use this ugly screenshot of my ugly sims house to vent about my birthday soz x

in 2018 i deleted everyone i knew from social media and deleted all my accounts. at the time i was going through a lot with my physical health, and was in awful state. anyway, i did this because i was going through treatment which rapidly changed a lot about me. my appearance my personality and i just generally came out the other side an entire new person. i blocked everyone i knew before this treatment in 2018 because i didn't want to be associated with that version of myself anymore, nor the memories people have with that version of me. people pitied me and treated me like i was gonna break and i felt so fucking yuck with myself. anyway. 5 years later and its my birthday today. i never realised how hard it would be to make friends after you disappear from everyone's lives like that haha. so this is all to say i have no friends (and no one to say happy birthday to me) and its my own fault but i have cried on my birthday every year since 2018 and its the absolute worst i feel so so rotten and down and i feel so ?? unimportant, pointless and lonely on my birthday :)

#delete later #tw health #health tw #cw health #health cw

[gimmeurtmi]

i’m going to see a specialist today.. they’re apparently more of a specialist than the one i saw a few weeks and they’ve sent me to a different town over because the one i saw last time wasn’t enough of a specialist to help me. i’m so nervous for what’s gonna happen and what they’ll say and they wouldn’t even tell me which doctor is seeing me so i couldn’t look them up or anything. sigh. just more exams and more questioning and more of needing to prove i’m actually in pain and need treatment. i’m holding on to a little hope that they have some answers but i can’t hope too much for things to get better. anyway wish me luck 😞

#l.txt #health tw

[rosekasa]

there's something very weirdly Real about getting hospital tests for something you've waved off as not that deep

#i mean obviously it's not that serious theyre just preliminary tests #but idk it's just a bit weird to think about #i was just trying to get into shape before may comic con how did we get to a point where im getting ecg tests #anyway #health tw #? #♡alizeh talks♡

[rpmemes-galore]

#A mood. #Disability #Chronic pain #Dark humor tw #Torture tw #Execution tw #Death tw #Health tw #This is how I'm doing ATM #But gonna be lurking ish here for a bit tonight. #Internet is down tho while provider fixes an issue #So lurking on mobile only. Gonna just add things to the queue tbh #Not a meme #Personal

[emeraldxphoenix]

Had some bad news about my dads health, might not be around for a while

#health tw #ooc: out of time

[squiremaximus]

where's that post that's like "chronic illness havers when they're chronically ill: what the hell" or whatever........ me rn

#at the 'can't stand without almost blacking out' stage #the fact most long c*vid symptoms are just POTS symptoms so i'm dealing with them essentially twice is like. hell on earth #health tw

[jellypawss]

Having health OCD, more particularly cardiophobia, is such a hard thing to deal with. From the moment I wake up and feel my heartbeat to the second I go to bed I’m riddled with anxiety unless I’m able to distract myself for a some time throughout the day.

I have such a hard time with this condition BECAUSE I have a history of heart problems and its almost like the stress I had before I had my condition caused it. At the age of 19 I went to the ER almost every day from thinking I was having a heart attack or I had heart failure or even cancer. It was so draining and eventually when I was 20, I had a cardiac event that had me in ventricular tachycardia for around 20-25 seconds that my holter monitor ended up catching and I started two very serious heart meds.

All of my scans and tests are perfect but my heart still misfires a lot and I get pvcs and sometimes I will get NSVT.

I’m hoping my new anxiety and antidepressant will pick up the slack for me because it’s the most exhausting thing in the world being terrified of an organ that keeps you alive.

#cardiophobia #health anxiety #health ocd #health tw #tw health

[kazeofthemagun]

[Aaaand I got covid again. Wheee.....]

#health tw #how many times?? am I gonna get this crap????