u/Maximum_Contract_729

Hey so I'm in year 11 and my GSCE grades yesterday were very good. I really want to go to university after sixth form and either become a optomeritrist, speech and language therapist or clinical pyscholgist or work in law like a lawyer or solicitor. My dad is completely against this idea as he said I won't be able to pay the rent as I won't make enough money and he said I'll be in a lifetime of debt and because of the job market I won't even be able to get the job I wanted out of it. What he describes really puts me off, however I want success even if that means a few years of living poor. Should I still bother going to university? Is a law degree a secure degree as it can be hard to go into further training?

Has anyone else had loads of swelling in a joint even without it hurting. The anecdote of this is that my ankle was extremely and still is extremely swollen since April (it's not august) the ankle had loads of discolouration but didn't hurt at all. Is this a universal experience or not? Rhemuotlgust wasn't helpful at all, he didn't really care because I wasn't in pain in that specific joint.

I've litterally joined this community like 2 minutes ago however I was diagnosed with hypermobility in june and when researching about it, it doesn't seem "that bad". Is it one of those conditions that are quite bad and neglected in medicine. I've contemplated whether to get checked out for arthritis. So could anyone give me further information on hypermobility because I'd love to understand my body more.

Has anyone else had loads of swelling in a joint even without it hurting. The anecdote of this is that my ankle was extremely and still is extremely swollen since April (it's not august) the ankle had loads of discolouration but didn't hurt at all. Is this a universal experience or not? Rhemuotlgust wasn't helpful at all, he didn't really care because I wasn't in pain in that specific joint.

Hello people of Reddit, I don't usually speak on stuff like this but I feel like it's time I seek advice especially after years of NHS neglect. So I am 16 and I have had leg pain since I was 9 and I have intoe gait and pigeon chest (outwards) both diagnosed btw. As I got to the age of 14 my symptoms have worsen increasing and more symptoms have came in place. So at first my legs started to feel heavy and my knee caps hurt and so did my back. I started to get very weak after exercise, for example I'd go a bike with my cousin's around the same age as me and when I'd see them like 3 days after the cycle i'd say "are your legs still hurting I can barley walk up stairs" id expect them to agree but they wouldn't and that's when it started to maybe realise that im not right. So basically I can't do anything straining like weights or biking anymore sadly. Then a really odd symptom came into place when I'd start walking somewhere within the first two minutes of walking my muscles would tense up and cramp and I'd have to walk slow and it wouldn't stop untill I'd get to my destination and sit down, but I realised with this symptom that it never does it walking on the way back from somewhere, normally walking back from somewhere my back hurts. My chronic pain is an ache and stiffness and heaviness not like agonisingng like period cramps. I started to notice skin issues like dry skin all over my joints and then I realised on my left ankle only, very dry skin and discolouration and when I'd pinch it I couldn't feel nothing. Also all these symptoms still persist but what marked 4 weeks ago yesterday was my swollen ankle, I was sitting at my grandmothers house when my mother realised swelling on my ankle it didn't hurt at all and still doesn't. My mum booked at drs appointment 3 days later I was a GP nurse she said she has never seen anything like it in 20 years of the job and made me stay behind to see a actual Dr I waited 2 hours and saw my Dr he checked for blood clot there was no blood clot, he sent me off with no tests because I felt fine in myself and wasn't in any pain. 2 days later we saw physio and foot Dr they were mega confused and saw nothing like it they said it looked broken especially with bruising and discolouration but they sent me off refering me to rhemutolgy, I am still waiting as NHS waiting lists are intense. Since then my ankle did go down for like one day but then started swelling badly again and here we are 4 weeks and 1 days later with it still present but I just want to emphasise that it doesn't hurt. Ive realised the swelling gets worse after walking. But I thought I'd let you know that the ankle with the swelling is my right ankle and the ankle I mentioned earlier with dry skin and some discolouration was my left ankle, right now if I pinch either I can't feel it and my left ankle is not swollen even tho discolouration started on it months before the actual swollen one. Also to mention my physio thinks I may have hyper mobility but I feel it's deeper than that and I can press my thumb onto my forearm. Just to mention I also don't feel 100% mentally great I get so tired after doing anything little, I have IBS symptoms I take buscapan alot and it's the diahrea side to be precise and I feel dizzy alot and off balance as if I need to hold on to something. I have very strange sleep too like I fall asleep fine most nights but wake up panicking or confused. But yes that's everything I think of, if anyone has any idea what's wrong with me please let me know know. Thank you for reading if you got this far.