Putting my face to this account with a kind reminder that I looked like this four days ago. I stood up for probably two hours and danced and drank (for the first time in four months) with friends.
(Covid safe don& #39;t worry not what this is about).
I don& #39;t look sick right? I even went to the party without my cane because I blissfully didn& #39;t think I needed it. I didn& #39;t then (my back hurt though).
Flash to last night into today. I can barely get out of bed, I can barely eat or breathe or sleep.
But hey, I don& #39;t look sick.
I have no idea why this is happening to me. Doctors want to dismiss me feeling like my lungs don& #39;t work and are in pain is "just anxiety".
I just cracked 20 and I& #39;ve been looking into why I have (just my lung issues) for two years. I& #39;ve been trying to look into why I have issues with my heart for 5 and have had daily chronic pain for 7.
(Weight included)
I lost 15-20kg in barely two months, could not stand for any reasonable time, could barely shower because of incredible amounts of pain and fatigue and could barely eat one full meal a day before doctors took me seriously.
Let that sink in.
I don& #39;t sugar coat shit here. The medical world needs to stop assuming when women present with symptoms it& #39;s just anxiety, or stress ect. They need to stop waiting until it becomes unbearable before taking it seriously.
Overall point of this thread:
Don& #39;t judge a book by it& #39;s cover because sometimes the book has a lot of pain inside that even the synopsis doesn& #39;t tell you about.
By the way doctors still don& #39;t take me seriously, even with the above considered. My mum (again hi I& #39;m 20 and doctors do their job unless my mum& #39;s there) managed to turn "oh we have no more tests for you" after one x-ray to "hey here& #39;s some referrals" so we& #39;ll see how that goes.
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