My mother keeps denying my health issues

My mother keeps denying my health issues

I'm 20 F and I currently live with my mother.

To visit my medic, I need to make an appointment through the app. However, my mother has my "Account" and she refuses to give it to me because "I don't need it" and "I can just ask her to make an appointment for me". So I rely entirely on her to be able to visit the medic.

On mid June, I was told at the dentist that my wisdom teeth were growing very tilted towards my other teeth, hence the pain. Their removal needs to be done through surgery because of the complexity of it. And they recommended me to get it done by the Social Security (public healthcare) instead of a private dentist clinic, since it's free that way. The problem is that I need to make an appointment with my medic in order to be redirected to the Social Security. But I can't, simply because my mom never lets me make that appointment. There's always an excuse. "We'll make that appointment later", "not now", "I'm too tired"... Etc etc.

Today she had the audacity of saying "you have so much space on your mouth. Your teeth would look completely straight if not for your wisdom teeth."

That's a LIE. My teeth have ALWAYS been mounted on top of each other, on different layers because they have NEVER fitted in my mouth. I genuinely don't know why she said that because it's not true. And it made me so angry. She's always trying to downplay whatever happens to me. It's like she hasn't even bothered looking at my mouth, and she just said that out of the blue to pretend I'm fine.

But it's not just that. I've also been having regular chest pains since June. They focused slightly more on my left side and I was a bit worried that it could be heart related. They come for a few days and then leave for some other days or weeks before they return.

Again, my mother tried to downplay them by saying "it's just anxiety". I was completely relaxed, sitting and eating dinner when the last one started all of a sudden. Maybe she is right, but it doesn't look like anxiety to me at all. And even if it could be, would it be so hard to still go to the medic? I'm 20, I'm not even asking her to come with me so I don't know why she's so against the idea of me going to the medic. And mind you, she's the one always saying that I don't have anxiety because I'm the most "mentally strong one" out of my siblings (again, something that she completely made up. Because I recall spending my entire childhood crying and begging her not to make me go to my father's house every two weeks. That doesn't seem very mentally strong to me. But then again, she has always downplayed anything that happened to me).

My sister got 3 of her wisdom teeth removed not too long ago. Literally just because they were growing. They didn't cause her any pain, the roots weren't too deep, and they didn't press against her other teeth. In just a week she has almost recovered entirely. And she did it in a private clinic paying hundreds of euros, because there was no medical reason for her to get them removed through Social Security. Yet, everyone treats her like she's invalid. And I hate it so much. Because then my mother tells everyone that my issue isn't that important, even though it's literally moving my other teeth and causing constant inflammation and pain.

And there's way more than that. I couldn't see well for years. But for some reason she said that my vision would "correct in its own". So I never went to an optometrists until I could finally afford it by myself. Only to be told that I have a way higher prescription of myopia and astigmatism in one eye, which made it almost blind because my brain was only using the other one. She of course didn't help me pay the glasses. She just told me to ask my father if I needed more money, even though she knows that he kicked me out of his house and I haven't been in contact with him for a long time.

Everything is like this. And my sister on the other hand got treated like a fragile doll all her life. Anything that happened to her got exaggerated to its maximum, and they made it everyone's problem. I don't know why my mother is like this but it makes me super angry. I was literally going blind in one eye. I wonder what else is going to end messing up my life since I can't go to the doctor for anything.

u/Romulo_und_Remo — 5 days ago

My friend inserts herself into all my friendships and I'm starting to dislike her

Everytime I tell her I'm going to be with someone else, she inserts herself into said plan or group.

She asks for their social media, speaks to them privately and hangs out with them without me being there or knowing until it's already happened.

I don't want to sound controlling, but it bothers me that she would do this because the only reason she knows those people is because she got into MY friendships. And I don't understand all the secrecy of doing that without me being there.

There was one guy I really like hanging out with. She used to tell me to stop going with him because he was a weirdo. Then, one day after she joined us and saw how the "weirdo" was actually funny, she changed entirely. Now she says that she loves him, that he's crazy in a good way, and acts like he's her best friend. Mind you, she used to talk shit about him and tell me not to hang out with him.

I also play videogames with them. And so does she. Now, sometimes, when I'm playing with some of them, they don't even talk to me because they're in a voice call with her. My question is, why can't we all be in a voice call? Wouldn't that make it easier and more entertaining? I feel like I'm playing alone.

Then there's the hypocrisy. She got me into a group of her friends one time and literally told me not to talk to any of them. She gets mad if I do as much as use that group chat.

I really like her and I don't want to break my friendship with her. We have a sort of "bantering" dynamic. And she even said she sees me as an older sister. But she's genuinely ruining all my friendships. I feel like none of them actually like me anymore. Although I'll admit, it's probably just me jealousy.

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u/Romulo_und_Remo — 26 days ago
▲ 1 r/AskVet

My cat has Hypertrofic Cardiomyopathy, how should I handle his death?

My 2 years old cat has Hypertrofic Cardiomyopathy. He got diagnosed almost a month ago, after an episode of liquid on his lungs.

These past few days, we've had to increase his dosis of diuretic, and then change to a stronger one, because he was worsening.

I don't know when it's going to happen, or how exactly (cardiorespiratory arrest, thrombi...) but I'm terrified because I don't know what I'm supposed to do. Do I rush him to the vet? He struggles breathing when we go, so it might just make it more stressful for him. But the idea of just staying home while something is happening to him feels so bad too.

The vet hasn't suggested euthanasia yet, possibly because going to the clinic would make it a bad experience for him with all the stress and struggles breathing. Should I ask her about it?

I don't know what to do, but this situation is eating me alive. I want to make it as peaceful as possible for him. Going to the vet seems very stressful, but what if it's too painful for him at home, and maybe the vets could calm him? I don't know how to handle this.

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u/Romulo_und_Remo — 1 month ago

¿Debería abandonar las prácticas de conducir?

Llevo ya 10 clases prácticas, aunque técnicamente han sido 5 días porque hago dos seguidas. Hoy el profesor me ha dicho que como no se me vaya la tensión al conducir, voy a tener que hacer más de 40 clases antes de poder examinarme.

El problema es que me cuesta mucho centrarme en todo a la vez, sobretodo ir mirando los espejos cada 5 segundos, no desviarme, y mantener la velocidad al mismo tiempo. El profesor es muy majo, pero no me explica nada, va en silencio y me dice que no le pregunte las cosas porque quiere ver cómo las hago yo sola. Pero de esa forma lo único que hace es echarme la bronca por todo lo que hago mal, y eso me pone aún más nerviosa. Lloro todos los días al volver de las prácticas.

Se está muriendo mi gato y eso también me afecta mucho durante las clases porque no dejo de pensar en él. Y ya tengo que pagar toda su medicación, visitas al veterinario, y hoy lo van a volver a hospitalizar. Así que oír al profesor decir que voy a tener que hacer casi 80 clases no me alenta mucho a continuar.

¿Sería razonable dejarlo de momento?

Me fastidia un poco porque ya he tenido que esperar más de 7 meses, y mis padres se van a decepcionar mucho. Pero siento que no puedo continuar así. Siento que no mejoro nada y termino llorando todos los días.

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u/Romulo_und_Remo — 1 month ago

Pasar de Ciencia y Tecnología de los alimentos a Veterinaria

¿Alguien sabe qué tan complicado podría ser pasar de Ciencia y Tecnología de los alimentos a Veterinaria? ¿Necesitaría la carrera entera?

Han salido las listas de admitidos para la universidad aquí en Aragón, y me han admitido en CTA, aunque sigo en lista de espera para veterinaria (ambas se realizan en la misma facultad).

Me preguntaba si sería conveniente entrar en CTA en el caso de que no consiguiera salir de la lista de espera para veterinaria.

Si fueran un par de años, no me importaría empezar CTA. Pero si necesito la carrera entera, veo más conveniente esperar al año que viene y repetir selectividad, ya que mi media del grado superior es de 9.6, y solamente necesito subir un poco la nota de las voluntarias (biología y química).

Por lo que he visto en la página de Unizar, CTA te puede convalidar hasta 2 asignaturas de veterinaria, y para una de ellas necesitas la carrera entera. Entonces no sé muy bien cómo funciona el traslado del expediente de una carrera a otra, o si sería posible en este caso.

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u/Romulo_und_Remo — 1 month ago

Which one looks better?

This is very stupid, but it's going to be my niece's baptism (my family is pretty religious) and I have no idea what to wear.

I hate loose shirts, especially because my legs are kind of thin (and my ass is flat lol) so the difference between my torso and lower half pisses me off.

I wanted to wear a dress but everything that is supposed to be my size just feels so inappropriate, especially for a family event.

I feel like the black dress with white dots fits better as it is slightly bigger and covers more chest area while still being open (it belonged to my sister, who was trans and had a similar struggle to mine because she had broad shoulders. So finding clothes that fit her body while being loose enough on the shoulders was an issue for her).

I hate talking about this subject with family and friends, so any opinions would be very appreciated.

u/Romulo_und_Remo — 2 months ago
▲ 3 r/Dreams

I've had a recurring dream for years. Should I do what it says?

The scenery changes but it's always the same action (and kind of silly actually).

I'm in any type of shop and there are Pokémon figures on display. I want to buy them but either they disappear when I'm about to, I don't actually have money for them, or the dream ends before I can buy them.

I've been a big Pokémon fan since I was a child, and figurines have always been my favourite type of merch, although I never had any growing up. Is my mind subconsciously telling me to treat myself and buy one?

I do have to say that I've seen many online that I'd like to buy. It's just that I always tell myself that I don't actually need them and it might be a waste of money. But I keep having this dream and maybe I should get one to heal my inner child. Or maybe it's just a coincidence. I don't know.

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u/Romulo_und_Remo — 2 months ago

Someone in our trio seems to dislike me and it's affecting my friendship with both of them

2 of my closest friends and I have a sort of trio friendship .

Some months ago I (20 f) noticed how one of them (26 m) would ignore my messages or leave them on read even when I replied to him right after. But the moment that "A"(19 f) typed something, he came back instantly.

I played it off, but it kept happening again and again. Sometimes he would literally ignore what I just said to him, and type @A to call her and speak to her, acting like I wasn't there.

We play videogames together, and it also happened there. I would invite him on many different occasions and he always said he couldn't for one reason or another, but if A appeared, he joined all of a sudden.

It's really stupid, especially because it mostly only happens through social media or videogames. But I don't have a lot of friends and it's affecting me a lot.

Today was sort of a breaking point I guess. He was on one of the videogames we play together. I spoke to him through the game and invited him to my party 3 times. He kept ignoring it, and by the third time he changed his status so he would appear on "busy". But at the same time he was speaking on our discord group chat. And the moment that A also joined the game, literally seconds after he ignored me, he added her and another friend of us to a party.

I started playing alone because it felt like he just didn't want to interact with me. But then A saw that I was online, and she called me a fake friend and a bitch on our group chat for "ignoring them". The thing is, they hadn't even invited me to the party. I couldn't join them. And he just stayed quiet like I hadn't tried creating the party myself 3 damn times.

I knew that my friendship with him was kind of "damaged", even if I don't know the reasons why. But having A be so aggressive towards me just makes it so much harder.

Worst of all is that from her point of view, it probably looks like I'm the weird one distancing myself from them. But I also don't want to tell her all of this because I'm afraid that she'd think I'm being way too dramatic.

And for the record, he has a girlfriend and she's a lesbian, so I'm pretty sure that it's not because he has a crush on her or anything like that. But I just don't understand what has happened between us. Or why he keeps using the group chat when it's clear that he's only interested in hanging out with her.

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u/Romulo_und_Remo — 3 months ago

Losing two pets in less than a month

My cat Valentina died the 22nd of April at the hospital. She had pneumonia, and apparently the necropsy confirmed that she also had chemodectoma, tumors at the base of her heart which also contributed to the cardiorespiratory arrest.

Now the vet has told me to start considering euthanasia for my 14 year old dog Dragón. He was having trouble walking due to his osteoarthritis.So they started giving him shots of metamizole, which really helped. But recently he got back to no walking, and he's had 3 seizures in less than 48 hours. Vet said that it could possibly be a tumour in his head.

They're going to check him again this afternoon. But if everything keeps going this way, he'll get put to sleep tomorrow after my sister comes to the city to say goodbye to him.

I feel like my entire world is falling apart. Losing Valentina was bad enough. I thought nothing could get worse, but somehow it has. I can't live without them.

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u/Romulo_und_Remo — 3 months ago

I hate studying from PowerPoints

I've had this issue since I was in primary school. Teachers would tell us to make schemes for studying, but I've never been able to make the connection between words. Even if I read the information first. And I feel so dumb about it.

I have finals next week. And this one teacher's entire subject is just PowerPoints. There are no books for reference, nor notes. Just PowerPoints with half sentences. I know that this probably happens with other teachers as well, but it stresses me so much. I don't understand half of what it says.

When I attend her lessons it all makes sense. But the moment that I try to read it by myself, it feels so stupidly hard to understand anything. Not even the notes I take seem to help.

I know that the logical thing would be to ask her the parts I don't understand. But there are 8 PowerPoints for this exam, each of them with over 100 slideshows. Asking her about every single one would have been too much.

Any tips to deal with this? To try to improve and understand things better?

I don't know what's wrong with me, but nothing has ever helped. I also take too long to think how to word and write things down, even when I know the theory entirely. It has messed up so many of my exams simply because I run out of time even though I KNEW what I had to explain.

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u/Romulo_und_Remo — 3 months ago