Let me start by saying my husband is a semi-awake normie who has been neck deep into the healthcare system for 20 years. He’s been on disability that entire time, and regularly takes 15 different medications to help anything from depression to high cholesterol, diabetes, pain management, you name it. In spite of seeing doctors at least once a month average, he has been suffering from extreme fatigue due to anemia from low red blood cell count for at least the last 6 months and we still have no answers. It took a month to see an oncologist, he waited 9 weeks for a colonoscopy (inconclusive since they couldn’t see everything… “do another in 3 months”) and now has to wait until April to get into a urologist due to a new discovery of alarming psa levels compared to his last from two years ago. He is slipping away before my eyes. Sleeps or is in bed close to 20-22 hours a day. He broke his leg in three places last April simply by bending over to stretch his aching back, so his bones are wonky as well. There is something clearly very wrong but the urgency from healthcare providers is zero. They (the people who call him to get him the appts) say there aren’t enough doctors. He has to wait his turn. He’s only 59.
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The medical establishment is what drove me from doubtful normie to cynical full-fledged Pepe anon status. There are certainly well-intentioned people in the system, but the system itself is driven by evil conspirators.
I'm sorry your husband is trapped in that system. He's far too young for them to have him so debilitated. I'll pray for both of you, and I hope you do the same. The system does not care for him, but loved ones can fill in the gap. You're a saint for sticking with him and helping him through; I think we'll have cures for all of it if he can told on another year. God bless!
Edit to add: I second the dietary advice of others, and I believe most of his issues ate caused by medical treatments designed to suppress earlier symptoms, but recognize those changes aren't easy. It's a slippery slope going down, and a hard climb going back up. But it can be done.