pray4me
03-02-21, 18:42
It's been a while since I posted on the HA forum. Although my HA is an ongoing issue I have been trying to deal with as best as I can but the past few months have been extremely stressful. Some of the information I share here might be triggering so if you're feeling fragile, please stop reading.
In Oct last year, my father contracted COVID. He beat it and is doing OK. But then my mother contracted it from him and she did not survive. She had pre-existing vulnerabilities so she did not have a fighting chance to begin with.
Just as I was dealing with my mother's loss, we discovered our 9 year old son has developed a larger nipple on one side. It would well be a breast bud but we need to get it checked out. His appointment is in 2 weeks.
After I booked my son's appointment back in December, I said to myself I won't worry until we're closer to the date in February. And tried really hard to enjoy the holidays with my family. But 2 days before Christmas, my son had a nasty fall, hit his head, and almost passed out. So we had to take him to the ER, where he was diagnosed with a mild concussion and discharged. But we were told to monitor him for a brain bleed for the next few days.
Everything turned out ok, another crisis dealt with. Then just before New Year's my fathers blood glucose levels spiked out of nowhere. A round of doctor consultations followed (my sister mostly dealt with this), his diabetes meds were altered and he's doing better now. Another crisis averted.
Now recently we've had a health scare come up with my partner. 5 years ago he had a bout of what turned out to be atypical pneumonia. He spent 11 days in the hospital and it was quite the ordeal. Now recently he's had a resurgence of one of his symptoms from back then - chronic coughing. After hearing about Dustin Diamond’s death, we both started to freak out and tried making an appointment for him to be checked out. The earliest date we could get is March 5th. Cue another month of intense worry.
In the midst of all of this my sister has had 3 episodes of blacking out. She is also consulting with her doctor.
So here I am feeling like I just cannot seem to catch a break. I feel like multiple waves are trying to crush me and I don't have the strength to keep swimming. Not sure what I am even asking for here. Just venting out I guess. Thanks for reading.
In Oct last year, my father contracted COVID. He beat it and is doing OK. But then my mother contracted it from him and she did not survive. She had pre-existing vulnerabilities so she did not have a fighting chance to begin with.
Just as I was dealing with my mother's loss, we discovered our 9 year old son has developed a larger nipple on one side. It would well be a breast bud but we need to get it checked out. His appointment is in 2 weeks.
After I booked my son's appointment back in December, I said to myself I won't worry until we're closer to the date in February. And tried really hard to enjoy the holidays with my family. But 2 days before Christmas, my son had a nasty fall, hit his head, and almost passed out. So we had to take him to the ER, where he was diagnosed with a mild concussion and discharged. But we were told to monitor him for a brain bleed for the next few days.
Everything turned out ok, another crisis dealt with. Then just before New Year's my fathers blood glucose levels spiked out of nowhere. A round of doctor consultations followed (my sister mostly dealt with this), his diabetes meds were altered and he's doing better now. Another crisis averted.
Now recently we've had a health scare come up with my partner. 5 years ago he had a bout of what turned out to be atypical pneumonia. He spent 11 days in the hospital and it was quite the ordeal. Now recently he's had a resurgence of one of his symptoms from back then - chronic coughing. After hearing about Dustin Diamond’s death, we both started to freak out and tried making an appointment for him to be checked out. The earliest date we could get is March 5th. Cue another month of intense worry.
In the midst of all of this my sister has had 3 episodes of blacking out. She is also consulting with her doctor.
So here I am feeling like I just cannot seem to catch a break. I feel like multiple waves are trying to crush me and I don't have the strength to keep swimming. Not sure what I am even asking for here. Just venting out I guess. Thanks for reading.