an apology and an explanation

[the_siobhan]

First of all I apologize for worrying people.

I'm ok, really. I'm just - upset. And I really really hate crying in front of people. And it occurred to me to be rather wry about the fact that I never used to cry when bad things happened to me because I was so numb all the time I didn't feel much. So now that I'm (comparatively) mentally healthy I'm all over the place with the tears and I hate it.

I guess it's not something that translates well in a short LJ post, and I'm sorry for doing that to you.

Long story short, the stomach thing is driving me nuts, I have Axel pointing out to me that I have been getting more frequent and more debilitating migraines lately, I'm starting to get a little concerned about the fact that have been dizzy every day for the past three weeks - and then today I got told I have advanced periodontal disease and I'm going to lose all my teeth.

And that was just my last fucking spoon.

Comments

[nemesis-to-go.livejournal.com]

I got told I have advanced periodontal disease and I'm going to lose all my teeth

I was told I would lose all my teeth by the time I was 30. I am now 43 and they're all still going strong.

What do they know, etc, etc....

[greylock.livejournal.com]

I was told, when I was 23, I had the teeth of a 50-year-old, on account of my grinding.

No dentist since has mentioned it. Not one.
I have minor periodontal disease in my back teeth, where cleaning is nigh on impossible, and I have gotten it under control in the last 12 months (I didn't go to the dentist for years after a second-opinion discounted the 'grinding' thing.

From memory, it can be halted or controlled.

Doctors are Dumb

[theevilchemist.livejournal.com]

IME, that is. Some know their shit, but the vast majority of them don't. They rarely keep up with literature or new findings & technology. They know little to nothing about the role of nutrition & exercise in combating diseases, even though the literature is riddled with papers on these avenues of therapy.

I could write a book about how my sis and I fought all these dummies over my mom's health care. The doctor who performed my mom's hyperparathyroidectomy never even heard of minimmally invasive radio-guided extraction via Tc99. All I did was google scholar it.

Anyway, when my 1st sifu got into a motocycle accident at 30, and a 4" piece of steel severed all the muscle fibers in his lower back, the doctors said he would never walk unassisted again. He started taking tai chi and learning about chinese medicine. At 46 years old, he is hard as steel and can do butterfly kicks across the gym.

jv