tldr: hurting for a full year, doc says it’s rheumatoid arthritis, i’m getting a specialist soon and everything hurts all the time

merry christmas to me! i have arthritis as a present :)

yesterday i got the call

so first thing: my doctor said it could be really anything. arthritis, lupus (was not it), just a need for physical therapy, etc

it was, take a guess, arthritis. rheumatoid arthritis to be specific :/
doc’s setting me up with a specialist soon
4/

“my knees still hurt”
“ok, let’s get some lab work and x-rays and go from there. sounds like a form of arthritis but let’s be sure.”

i do lab work. a normally 30 minute check up turns into ~2 hours

“ok, we’ll have results back in 2-3 days. we’ll call you.”
that was on saturday
3/

it’s now mid august or early september, my knees are aching and stiff all the time and i can barely get up and down my stairs. go to the doctor and she tells me to wait until december, when i get my check up, to see if my knees are still hurting and if we need to do anything

december hits
2/

sorry i know i only have like a few posts and am already screaming into the void lmfao. i just have a better chance of not seeing MAGA on here than i ever have on twt

thank you pants i needed to see a kind face today

he’s quite the big boy LOL

hell yea we share 5 things in common >:D who’s your favorite character in stardew !! mine’s elliott

PINK BIRD oh i love her

>:D