There are some great benefits of having a complicated medical history:
1. Doctors get really intrigued by the amount of issues that are going on. This is usually a good thing if it confounds them - especially if they are specialists. The great thing about doctors is that the vast majority of them really do want to try and figure out what is wrong and try to find what works to reduce symptoms.
2. I get to learn really cool new things all the time. Like being awake sitting through a surgery. I got to learn what cauterizing smells like. (Yes it might sound disgusting, but at least it's interesting).
3. I get to learn about different medications, how they interact, how they mix with other substances in the body, how to tell one type of pain from another (organ pain, bone pain, joint pain, muscle pain, digestion pain, etc...), what kind of side effects are worrisome and what kind are just going to be there no matter what you do, I get to learn how all sorts of procedures and diagnostic tests work... And doctors now talk to me like I am maybe a nursing student and avoid layman's terms unless I ask for clarification.
4. Every single day is different. Every single day is interesting. There is really never a dull moment - because everything I do, everything I eat, everything that happens has a direct effect on at least one of my illnesses. Something is always going on.
If you can't look on the bright side, look on the interesting side!
#thelightersideofmedicine
1. Doctors get really intrigued by the amount of issues that are going on. This is usually a good thing if it confounds them - especially if they are specialists. The great thing about doctors is that the vast majority of them really do want to try and figure out what is wrong and try to find what works to reduce symptoms.
2. I get to learn really cool new things all the time. Like being awake sitting through a surgery. I got to learn what cauterizing smells like. (Yes it might sound disgusting, but at least it's interesting).
3. I get to learn about different medications, how they interact, how they mix with other substances in the body, how to tell one type of pain from another (organ pain, bone pain, joint pain, muscle pain, digestion pain, etc...), what kind of side effects are worrisome and what kind are just going to be there no matter what you do, I get to learn how all sorts of procedures and diagnostic tests work... And doctors now talk to me like I am maybe a nursing student and avoid layman's terms unless I ask for clarification.
4. Every single day is different. Every single day is interesting. There is really never a dull moment - because everything I do, everything I eat, everything that happens has a direct effect on at least one of my illnesses. Something is always going on.
If you can't look on the bright side, look on the interesting side!
#thelightersideofmedicine