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Sylas

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damn bro that fucking sucks.

I came in here to post my story which was scary as fuck when it happened, I almost died, but shit at least I know what happened. That's gotta be pure hell not knowing.

for my shit, at least i'm 90% sure on my diagnosis, actually 100% on diagnosis, 90% on the root cause just awaiting one more procedure to confirm and a few more tests to determine the extent of the damage.
 
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Kajiimagi

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Sylas said:
damn bro that fucking sucks.

I came in here to post my story which was scary as fuck when it happened, I almost died, but shit at least I know what happened. That's gotta be pure hell not knowing.

for my shit, at least i'm 90% sure on my diagnosis, actually 100% on diagnosis, 90% on the root cause just awaiting one more procedure to confirm and a few more tests to determine the extent of the damage.
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Yes the not knowing 10000% sucks. For about a month I had no idea of the type/stage of my brain tumor so I'm like:

DO I say fuck it, take all the money out of the bank and YOLO cuz I only have a few days/weeks/months to live or

do I stay the course cuz I have to pay for all the medical costs because it's a type where I can keep going on.

Turned out it was the 'good' kind of brain tumor but I would not recommend this shit for anyone. I never did get a straight answer on what caused it other than 'environmental factors' but I did find out it's the kind that can come back at any time for any reason. Feb is MRI #wtfever

But not knowing and feeling like shit , yeah it hurts ME to read it. When I 'thoughts and prayers' your posts Borzak Borzak , bro, I 100% mean it!
 
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Sludig

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Not sure which threads where it was discussed more, but guess I can can try to just tag Synj Synj Obviously I can't use search. Maybe I should just go hit the BB folks.

Got a yearly lab draw, had them do T as well. Looks like my kidneys might be start to be going borderline, and I'm according to this getting towards the edge on my glucose. As a kid was tested and concerned about renal reflux so not sure if that all ties into issues there.

But the question was opinion on T tested at 392. Google is giving me like 300-1000. I'm not really gung ho on the thought of maybe wanting to get on T and ideally more like low amounts over a year or two and try to cycle off.
39 6'1 ~205lbs, have gotten basically "farm fit" in that my arms have bulked a bit, my cardio is still trash and I've struggled with even at 18 in basic. 2019 Echo said I have a slight... wasn't a murmur, but something a little fucky w/ my heart, and circumstances at the time I didn't pursue it into trying to do stress tests etc and I'm just pretty tired much of the time, ideally best with like 9 hours of sleep. For as much weight and things I do and move around kinda feel like I ought to have had a little more in gains by now.

I'm rural and I dont really have a lot of faith in the doctors out here, most are visibily hey lets get you on every diet pill injection, etc they can. Mine gave me no balk as a new patient requesting give me my sumatriptin RX for my migrains when I moved here. So If I hint at it might be something I want to do, I don't think they would give me quality push back on pro/cons/ and maybe a good idea or not in my circumstance.
 
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Sludig said:
Not sure which threads where it was discussed more, but guess I can can try to just tag Synj Synj Obviously I can't use search. Maybe I should just go hit the BB folks.

Got a yearly lab draw, had them do T as well. Looks like my kidneys might be start to be going borderline, and I'm according to this getting towards the edge on my glucose. As a kid was tested and concerned about renal reflux so not sure if that all ties into issues there.

But the question was opinion on T tested at 392. Google is giving me like 300-1000. I'm not really gung ho on the thought of maybe wanting to get on T and ideally more like low amounts over a year or two and try to cycle off.
39 6'1 ~205lbs, have gotten basically "farm fit" in that my arms have bulked a bit, my cardio is still trash and I've struggled with even at 18 in basic. 2019 Echo said I have a slight... wasn't a murmur, but something a little fucky w/ my heart, and circumstances at the time I didn't pursue it into trying to do stress tests etc and I'm just pretty tired much of the time, ideally best with like 9 hours of sleep. For as much weight and things I do and move around kinda feel like I ought to have had a little more in gains by now.

I'm rural and I dont really have a lot of faith in the doctors out here, most are visibily hey lets get you on every diet pill injection, etc they can. Mine gave me no balk as a new patient requesting give me my sumatriptin RX for my migrains when I moved here. So If I hint at it might be something I want to do, I don't think they would give me quality push back on pro/cons/ and maybe a good idea or not in my circumstance.
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I'm big on T.

It regulates so many aspects of your overall health including glucose regulation, mental health and things like motivation.

If you're struggling with your sugars > central obesity > kidney dysfunction, T can help get you motivated to start working out a bit, lose some weight, build muscle and get your sugars under control.

Even though it's within the normal limits, that's the normal of middle aged and older men that are starting to crash so who gives a shit. It will only get worse from here, and if you don't like the idea of being on T for the rest of your life, you have a choice: get on T or just keep getting worse over time.
 
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Synj said:
I'm big on T.

It regulates so many aspects of your overall health including glucose regulation, mental health and things like motivation.

If you're struggling with your sugars > central obesity > kidney dysfunction, T can help get you motivated to start working out a bit, lose some weight, build muscle and get your sugars under control.

Even though it's within the normal limits, that's the normal of middle aged and older men that are starting to crash so who gives a shit. It will only get worse from here, and if you don't like the idea of being on T for the rest of your life, you have a choice: get on T or just keep getting worse over time.
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I recall you had at one point a breakdown though of the different modalities, not covered on insurance of course, I forget what the somewhat cheap option was. 2% raises for the last and next few years, I'm not at a point where I can throw an extra $500 a month at it. Some of my concern w/ tapering off was even things like fear it somehow became banned, or yknow WW3 kinda blows up supply or something.
 
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this is gross
tl:dr question - anyone know, if the swelling of a sebaceous cyst goes down, will a dermatologist still excise it?

30+ years ago had sebaceous cyst on my back. went to doctor, he drained it. it healed to just a small dot and forgot about it. around last sunday, it started swelling and by thursday it was red and sore. called pcp, they put orders in to go see dermatology. while waiting, checked the local derm's website, no opening till 2-14. there are a couple more about an hour away, but don't know if my pcp uses them. last night it was really hurting, took some tylenol, put ice on it. while not much bigger, the area of redness had doubled, like bigger than a 50 cent piece. took a shower and afterwards just touched it and the stuff started coming out it, so while read not supposed to, just squeezed till all the nasty stopped. now it is still sore, the area of redness is a lot smaller and is mostly flat. understand it could be infected and swell up again, but don't know if should press to see a dermatologist quicker or what now.
 
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Goatface said:
this is gross
tl:dr question - anyone know, if the swelling of a sebaceous cyst goes down, will a dermatologist still excise it?

30+ years ago had sebaceous cyst on my back. went to doctor, he drained it. it healed to just a small dot and forgot about it. around last sunday, it started swelling and by thursday it was red and sore. called pcp, they put orders in to go see dermatology. while waiting, checked the local derm's website, no opening till 2-14. there are a couple more about an hour away, but don't know if my pcp uses them. last night it was really hurting, took some tylenol, put ice on it. while not much bigger, the area of redness had doubled, like bigger than a 50 cent piece. took a shower and afterwards just touched it and the stuff started coming out it, so while read not supposed to, just squeezed till all the nasty stopped. now it is still sore, the area of redness is a lot smaller and is mostly flat. understand it could be infected and swell up again, but don't know if should press to see a dermatologist quicker or what now.
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A dermatologist will remove whatever you want, within reason. If you have an abcessed cyst you should probably get seen ASAP for antibiotics at least.
 
Kajiimagi

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Had something happen today that rarely does.

I went for pain block injections (I described this somewhere but fucking search yada yada) but it turned into a total shit show and I left after pretty much raising hell.
Today I was supposed to go for a follow up, which I looked forward to so I could tell the doc exactly what a shit show his staff was.

Well the doc AND my pain mgmt doc that works under him both came in to see me and the first words out of the Doctors mouth were ' I'm sorry'

Hopefully this does not happen again.
 
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Break

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Does anyone know or think they know of a good regime to try against "long covid?" I never got acute COVID symptoms but I've been struggling with what seems to be auto-immune issues since early 2021. I posted awhile ago about hives, those are like 99% gone now with dietary changes (low FODMAP helped a ton) but I keep getting strange symptoms that I've seen people with "long covid" mention.

I think I'll try any quack's remedies at this point.
 
Gurgeh

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Break said:
Does anyone know or think they know of a good regime to try against "long covid?" I never got acute COVID symptoms but I've been struggling with what seems to be auto-immune issues since early 2021. I posted awhile ago about hives, those are like 99% gone now with dietary changes (low FODMAP helped a ton) but I keep getting strange symptoms that I've seen people with "long covid" mention.

I think I'll try any quack's remedies at this point.
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Did you try Dr Patterson ? Maybe you can even be treated by his team in the US. I believe he's legit.

I would advise prolonged fasting against anything auto-immune, but if you've got actual long covid due to spike protein, it seems the spike proteins might end up being stored in fat tissues, which cause them to be released if you fast.
 
Break

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Gurgeh said:
Did you try Dr Patterson ? Maybe you can even be treated by his team in the US. I believe he's legit.

I would advise prolonged fasting against anything auto-immune, but if you've got actual long covid due to spike protein, it seems the spike proteins might end up being stored in fat tissues, which cause them to be released if you fast.
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Thanks i'll look into him.

I used to fast fairly regularly (30ish hours every other week or so) but since my issues started in 2021 fasting is very different than it used to be and I've done a lot less since. I'll try starting up again, especially since starting a low FODMAP diet awhile ago I've seen major improvement of some of my symptoms.

It does seem fasting releases all kinds of nasty stuff now, but if it I need to get it done and over with I guess i'll give it a shot.
 
Gurgeh

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Break said:
Thanks i'll look into him.

I used to fast fairly regularly (30ish hours every other week or so) but since my issues started in 2021 fasting is very different than it used to be and I've done a lot less since. I'll try starting up again, especially since starting a low FODMAP diet awhile ago I've seen major improvement of some of my symptoms.

It does seem fasting releases all kinds of nasty stuff now, but if it I need to get it done and over with I guess i'll give it a shot.
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There are stuff to mitigate the damage done by the release of spike protein that you might want to take when you go fasting to detox, but indeed you'll need to get done with it at some point.

The bad news is that apparently getting infected by covid, means more spike, so you need to find something that help with them.

I heard that for people that are past the crippling stage, there are combo of over the counter supplement that do the trick. I guess stuff like NAC, curcumin and the like.
 
Izo

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Maybe it's paraneoplastic. Talk to your GP to get a full blood works screen and physical?
 
Goatface

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my cyst was just very inflamed and self draining. they can't remove it while in inflamed, so got a shot to help it calm down and 8-10 weeks before removal
 
Borzak

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I guess it's mental and not physical. I can no longer really write. I used to write a lot on drawings, field sketches and stuff. I have "okay" dexterity with my hands and fingers, enough to play the guitar. But writing my hands and brain rapidly get out of sync after a couple of letters. Then it's start all over. It looks like really shitty shorthand that doesn't mean anything.
 
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Pinchy spot just above my left knee kinda inbetween a spasm and like dunno just slightly odd discomfort. lasted like 5 seconds Friday. Saturday night i got about 3 instances that went from mid thigh to kinda behind knee. This Sunday am same kinda short lived little pain pinch in my right arm. Few hours later much milder but think same sensation above my left pec in my chest.

Think i have a box clot bouncing around?
 
Gurgeh

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Sludig said:
Pinchy spot just above my left knee kinda inbetween a spasm and like dunno just slightly odd discomfort. lasted like 5 seconds Friday. Saturday night i got about 3 instances that went from mid thigh to kinda behind knee. This Sunday am same kinda short lived little pain pinch in my right arm. Few hours later much milder but think same sensation above my left pec in my chest.

Think i have a box clot bouncing around?
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That's probably something you need to ask to an emergency service rather than on a forum...
 
Goatface

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Sludig said:
Pinchy spot just above my left knee kinda inbetween a spasm and like dunno just slightly odd discomfort. lasted like 5 seconds Friday. Saturday night i got about 3 instances that went from mid thigh to kinda behind knee. This Sunday am same kinda short lived little pain pinch in my right arm. Few hours later much milder but think same sensation above my left pec in my chest.

Think i have a box clot bouncing around?
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doesn't sound like a clot or vein related, but never had a clot. vein issue i had was burning/stabbing stuff. are you having any other issues, tired, sweats, sleeplessness, stomach? if it keeps happening, would differently call pcp/nurse and talk about it. write down everything that you remember when each happened, even if it goes away, it might come back and good to have a record of stuff
 
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Sludig

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Goatface said:
doesn't sound like a clot or vein related, but never had a clot. vein issue i had was burning/stabbing stuff. are you having any other issues, tired, sweats, sleeplessness, stomach? if it keeps happening, would differently call pcp/nurse and talk about it. write down everything that you remember when each happened, even if it goes away, it might come back and good to have a record of stuff
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currently just dealing with 2 weeks of sinus infection that had turned in to the last week living in my throat coughing up giant bogies.
 
Borzak

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I have a doctors appointment in the morning. I'm sure it will be the same, as it always is. They will give a cognitive test. You realise at some point in the future when they ask you to draw a clock or watch face at a certain time a lot of people will not know what a non digital clock looks like. I should draw the one I used to have in my office that would be a fail. It was made backwards/opposite and ran backwards.
 
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