EE PatronJul 3rd 2023, 19:24:34
Went to the doctor for the first time in....idk 15 years because I'm a stubborn guy. Had this sore throat that's been getting worse for about 10 days, and Philly is in its worst strep endemic in history atm. Figured I needed antibiotics and as those aren't available without a script, I had to suck up my manhood and visit.
So I'm at the doc and they run a series of tests on me. The rapid strep test comes back positive as expected, but because I waited so long I was a Lil beyond amoxicillin because other health effects were on and they had to go full z-pak and steroids etc.
Anyways, doc is listening to me breathe and asks if I have asthma. I said "well, my pediatrician gave me a inhaler as a kid because I had baby asthma, and then again in the 8th grade because I had sports related asthma. They never wrote a script tho. They just gave me like sample inhalers"
Doc just goes "sheeesh. So there is no such thing as having baby asthma, teen asthma and adult weezing separately. You've just always had asthma asthma. Have you ever had panic attacks or anxiety disorders?"
"Yeah...a lot more when I was younger. Now maybe once or twice a year."
"Well, it sounds a lot to me like your guardian just didn't want to pay for you to breathe well. No offense, but those are probably just asthma attacks."
I grew up very very very poor. And at this point in the conversation I can just hear my dear sweet mother saying "what I'm supposed to do? I can't pay $50 a fluffin week for inhalers." And all this panic disorder fluff I've dealt with my whole life has continuously felt like I couldn't breathe. That's always been the main symptom for me.
So anyways, they write me an albuterol script with the steroids and antibiotics. And put me on a regular schedule of treating my asthma. And I'm telling you, I've never breathed without effort in my life. I feel like a blind person who can see for the first time. It's completely insane I've been struggling to breathe my whole life unnecessarily. Today, while in horrible pain from bronchospasms and strep, I feel better and happier than I ever have, because for the first time in my life it isn't a struggle to breathe.
My point to all of this, while also very high on prescription medication, is that I love y'all and early detection is key to being healthy. Not going to the doctor doesn't make you more of a man, it just makes you deal with more pain and struggle unnecessarily. As we all get to be old as fluff here together, let's make it a point to stay healthy together. Let's make ol Derrick the last one of us to avoid the doc for 15 years, and let's all live forever. <3
So I'm at the doc and they run a series of tests on me. The rapid strep test comes back positive as expected, but because I waited so long I was a Lil beyond amoxicillin because other health effects were on and they had to go full z-pak and steroids etc.
Anyways, doc is listening to me breathe and asks if I have asthma. I said "well, my pediatrician gave me a inhaler as a kid because I had baby asthma, and then again in the 8th grade because I had sports related asthma. They never wrote a script tho. They just gave me like sample inhalers"
Doc just goes "sheeesh. So there is no such thing as having baby asthma, teen asthma and adult weezing separately. You've just always had asthma asthma. Have you ever had panic attacks or anxiety disorders?"
"Yeah...a lot more when I was younger. Now maybe once or twice a year."
"Well, it sounds a lot to me like your guardian just didn't want to pay for you to breathe well. No offense, but those are probably just asthma attacks."
I grew up very very very poor. And at this point in the conversation I can just hear my dear sweet mother saying "what I'm supposed to do? I can't pay $50 a fluffin week for inhalers." And all this panic disorder fluff I've dealt with my whole life has continuously felt like I couldn't breathe. That's always been the main symptom for me.
So anyways, they write me an albuterol script with the steroids and antibiotics. And put me on a regular schedule of treating my asthma. And I'm telling you, I've never breathed without effort in my life. I feel like a blind person who can see for the first time. It's completely insane I've been struggling to breathe my whole life unnecessarily. Today, while in horrible pain from bronchospasms and strep, I feel better and happier than I ever have, because for the first time in my life it isn't a struggle to breathe.
My point to all of this, while also very high on prescription medication, is that I love y'all and early detection is key to being healthy. Not going to the doctor doesn't make you more of a man, it just makes you deal with more pain and struggle unnecessarily. As we all get to be old as fluff here together, let's make it a point to stay healthy together. Let's make ol Derrick the last one of us to avoid the doc for 15 years, and let's all live forever. <3
