My Chronic Pain, The Sequel

My Chronic Pain, The Sequel

Hi everybody, Mary here !

So, here's a little update on my chronic pain ! Let's get started !

So, since my latest post about my chronic pain, I have been to the doctor twice ; the first time, she gave me painkillers and muscle relaxants for a week, and zinc for a month, and also told me to do a blood test.

One week after seeing the said doctor, I did my blood tests, which were normal except the sedimentation rate and the C-Reactive Protein, which combined are a sign of infection/inflammation.

The pain I'm feeling right now is rather in the legs (especially the knees and the ankles), shoulders, knees (and I've also had pain flare-ups when doing exams in my knees and fingers) and lower back.

I told the doctor, after showing her the blood test results (when I saw her for the second time), that I still feel pain in most of my body, and that I can't sleep because of it, buy my mom spoke over me and said that it's probably because of my valgus feet and my pes cavus, and the doctor agreed with her and said that my knees would compensate by moving around and be deviated.

Basically I've been given more medication (more zinc, some anxiety meds because I said - and my mom confirmed it/pressured me to talk about it - I have anxiety surrounding sleep/insomnia, and some more meds I don't remember the use for), told to do a knee scan (I have an appointment on the 25th this month) and scoffed off.

Basically, here's what my mom told me after the appointment :

1) "You are too young to have permanent damage !" : like, I am a grown-up ass, my body has finished its growth and I can definitely get irreversible damage !

2) "You just have a bad posture ! Shoe soles will fix everything !" : I am confident that the shoe soles will help me getting straight feet again, but I am worried that it won't solve my chronic pain entirely...

3) "You are just a hypocondriac !" : Maybe it's the case, but it's better to be a hypocondriac and detect problems early rather than ignore the point and just see things get worse ! Whatever...

Anyways. I'll update you after my knee scan !

And as usual, our last word : KIDNEYS !