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Kenzie
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@kenziewoo
ThoracicOutletSyndrome 3y
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Major Surgery August 2020

Back on Monday August 24th, I had my surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. Was released on Tuesday afternoon. Then went to the ER on Wednesday the 26th for pancreatitis and was released on Saturday the 29th.

The surgery was in neck shoulder area not around my stomach. I don’t drink alcohol and didn’t have any kind of stones in my system. Surgery team is sure that nobody hit my stomach. So my pancreatitis was called a fluke. Just a random way my body Reacted to surgery.

I’m recovered surgery was successful and I’m back at work. Both thoracic and pancreas teams took very good care of me while in the University of Utah hospital. Hardest part was not having anyone be there with me because of Covid-19.

#ThoracicOutletSyndrome #fibermyalgia #ChronicIllness

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@towardseudaimonia
fibermyalgia 3y

I’m 30 yrs old and in constant pain, what could it be? Finally have insurance and wanted to talk to a doctor about it, where do I start? #ChronicPain

I think it started at 25, and the last 3 years it has become pretty immobilizing. Everything hurts more often than not—my skin, my muscles, my knee and elbow joints. Most mornings feel like I spent the whole day before in a mosh pit—aches, sore, my whole body feels bruised. My arms get tired and hurt from washing my hair in the shower, and I can’t keep walking pace w my friends (I live in nyc, generally we all walk pretty fast.) Some days the pressure of my mattress on my body makes me grimace. I’ve considered this could be #fibermyalgia ? I have ADHD and am on the bipolar spectrum/have cyclothymia, I think there are comorbidities w bp. Any ideas? I feel so defeated.

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