u/AngelDustSpiderDemon

So I landed in the ER on the 16th in the middle of an awful flare. They were unable to obtain any blood work even after giving me 6 Xanax and I took 2 of my prescribed anxiety/sedative pills. I am horrible around needles, yeah, I’m an EMT, I know, but my most two recent encounters have made it to the point where I need to be held down to draw blood and I’m hysterical.

How do I explain to my doctors
A) if they put me on an injectable I just won’t take it. I hate needles that much. If I could just suck it up I would be on injectable T.
B) I refuse to get a colonoscopy. My mom had a bad experience and just the thought freaks me out. I’ve been looking into doing a capsule endoscopy instead. I found a place and it looks like the insurance should cover it.
C) I will refuse steroids. I’m already experiencing dental issues. I don’t want more

Literally just got out of the ER. Now I have Crohn’s and potentially cancer. What do I need to know about it? What do I need to change? Is it possible to not be in pain every waking moment? I’m sorry for not being put together, I’m still in shock

So my partner went to the dentist today and when they opened the tools up they were NASTY. Rusting, with fingerprints, still obviously dirty. I want people to know about this because they are review bombing their Google reviews. And this isn’t the first time someone’s walked out for dirty tools based on how the receptionist responded. We are reporting to the health board as well but we want more people to know about this