I had my physical today and my new doctor is so much more thorough and acts like she gives a damn. I was told I have anemia, a “blood discrasia (sp?)” and am being referred to a hematologist, who are also oncologists (yikes) because my red blood cells are off in size, shape and volume. Also my platelets are high, which she said probably contributed to the TIA (mini stroke) I had years ago. My last doctor never mentioned any of this shit to me, except that I was slightly anemic, that’s it. Nothing else.
She said it does explain why I feel the way I do, all the time. It’s been particularly bad the past few weeks. I feel like weights are dragging me down. It’s so hard to get out of bed, and my eyes are so heavy and sometimes I can’t even keep them open.
I can’t use my cpap machine when I sleep due to this sudden silicone allergy which actually blistered and scarred my face…hopefully not permanently…🥺
Called the cpap company and got these two goobers on the phone who were too stupid, or just didn’t care enough, to do their job. They were like “oh we‘ll just send you another mask, that one should work”. That mask will be made of silicone too. Same kind I already have. Do these doofuses know what an allergy is? Tried to explain but it did not compute. Like, I know you don’t actually give a shit but DO YOUR DAMN JOB, ffs.
No relief whatsoever.
Anyway, the thing with my blood is making me super nervous. That can be a sign of cancer. That’s one of my biggest fears, considering there’s an awful lot of it in moms side of the family….mom had it and survived thank god, grandpa had it and passed away from complications, great grandma died of it, uncle currently has it in remission etc 😥
I shouldn’t be worried about this but I am a bit of a hypochondriac…