#actuallysidespain – @aph-japan on Tumblr

i, a rock collector, had to go to the ER yesterday because of a gallstone attack, here is how my father messaged me

thanks dad

#me #relatable #actuallygallsones #health issues #health things #physical health #physical symptoms #stomach symptoms #stomach #gallstones #dark humor #disabled humor #gallstone attacks #psa to people who know me irl this can be a thing that can actually happen to me #actuallybackpain #actuallysidespain #(Possibly Relevant)#(Ive never been sent to ER specifically for the gallstones yet but I have been sent to)#emergency room #emergency room visit #(once for)#panic attack #(and im not sure what actually caused it still)#(I didnt have as severe physical pain that day but they mentioned checking my kidneys because '''they thought they saw something off''')#(and then the tests for kidneys specifically always come back clear)#(so I have to wonder if the gallstones was causing internal pain and i just dont notice because)#high pain tolerance #comorbidities #(i cant believe theres finally posts about gallstones on this Site i first had mine discovered back before 2k15 too)#(I havent needed to consider surgery yet but apparently theres 'a lot' there&yeah when the symptoms become severe surgery might be option)

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i hate that bad backs aren't viewed as a disability. i hate that "Every back is a bad back" mentality. i hate minimizing back pain by encouraging people to "just take a tylenol". i hate that people who throw out their backs regularly are told to "just sleep it off" or even worse "just exercise, it loosens things up." i hate when people say "my mom has a bad back and she just powers through it."

let people with bad backs be disabled and talk about how much pain we are in, and how much of a disability living with a weak, broken, eroded, degenerative, or paralyzed spine is. let us talk about the horrors and dangers of spinal surgeries. listen to us when we talk about the limited options for pain management and how it is an absolute nightmare to get treated for back pain and receive medication that actually works.

having a bad back is a disability. being in back pain all the time is not trivial. having back pain so bad you can't sit or stand is serious. feeling shooting pain into your legs is a big deal. feeling like no matter how much you stretch or take medicine your back never seems to feel better is a genuine medical issue. listen to disabled people and stop dismissing our pain.

#important #actuallychronicpain #actuallybackpain #actuallysidespain #(???)#chronic pain #disability #disability issues #back pain #bad backs #backs #sides #spine #spine issues #posture issues #ableism #societal ableism #im really tired of explaining all this too #(Its been really rainy here again lately)#flareups #chronic pain flareups #just tropical area things #(even today I woke up with my sides really achy+stiff&my knee has been cramping up again too {also at random times opposite upper thigh??})#(99.99 percent of the time though its not my sides and is in fact my back)#if someone had told me 10~ years ago id actually have been dealing with back pain in the modern era #im not even middle aged yet #stop telling me im too young or have too many things going on to have it too #i didnt ask for this #(since Drafting this post I yet again woke up with pain at 6AM thats likely going to spread to back today so I am probs taking tylenol But)#what they said