u/TheDivineEggg

So this is sort of a weird phenomenon. Last year I decided I wanted to do art again, I loved art as a kid and bought my first sketchbook at twelve. However my mental health got really bad throughout my teenage years and even into my adulthood. I’m 23 now, and I have seen improvement in my skills over the past year or so. But I am just not consistent because I get frustrated. I am so confused on what I’m supposed to be drawing? What can I draw? What shouldn’t I be drawing? What fundamentals do I understand at this point if I understand them at all? Like I want to improve but I feel like I’m floating in a void where I don’t know which direction is up. I want to get better, but I want to have fun to, and I feel like I need to choose between the two. It’s been weeks since I’ve picked up a pencil or stylus. I just wish I could be like I was as a kid. I would draw Pokemon or Skylanders all the time and have a blast coming up with my own little stories. I just want that part of my life back.

Hey all so basically this a new Reddit account I made where I can post about more personal stuff compared to my oldest Reddit account which uses my main online username. The problem is, I didn’t make the smartest choices, and commented on post in subreddits of my city, I posted stuff about my health, and other things that aren’t good for a an art account that wants some level of respect and anonymity. I plan to delete and use the username on other platforms to gain a following.

However I figured other pros would have better insight into if I should just abandon the username and make a new separate online identity.

Thank you for reading ^-^

Hey all so basically this a new Reddit account I made where I can post about more personal stuff compared to my oldest Reddit account which uses my main online username. The problem is, I didn’t make the smartest choices, and commented on post in subreddits of my city, I posted stuff about my health, and other things that aren’t good for a an art account that wants some level of respect and anonymity. I plan to delete and use the username on other platforms to gain a following.

However I figured other pros would have better insight into if I should just abandon the username and make a new separate online identity.

Thank you for reading \^-\^

So I was wondering if anyone has had something similar or if I should be concerned. A couple of months ago, I developed a weeping rash on my right nipple it was small and only covered about 1/5 of the areola and didn’t break outside of it. I basically got terrified of it being Paget’s disease and went to my primary.

She gave me a topical and the rash itself has gone away. But on my nipple is pink spot where some of the rash was. It doesn’t hurt or itch. And it isn’t very noticeable. I am not sure if that is just how my skin looks there or if it could be a sign something is wrong.

For context my other nipple had smaller rashes that didn’t weep. So I think that is a good sign towards it not being cancer.

I have been nervous to stop the topical as I still have some left. I am just not sure if anyone has similar experience that could help me.

Thank you for reading!

So for reference I am a 23 year old trans woman

So I made a post here before on an account I have since gotten rid of. So this is kind of a repost/update to the original.

So recently I went to a consultation with a colorectal surgeon to get an external hemorrhoid removed. As I have been having bloody stool for about 18 months to 2 years now. For the sake of being thorough the surgeon does a rectal scope to make sure nothing is happening internally. Well he finds internal hemorrhoids I didn’t know I had that were “more bloody than usual” and he said there was a small amount of blood above the hemorrhoids.

So they want to do a colonoscopy as well as an endoscopy as he asked if I have ever had acid reflux or something similar and I said yes (I have little to no enamel on the back of my teeth due to this.)

As he was leaving he gave me a piece of paper with a bowel regimen on it that goes as follows:

20-30 g of fiber a day
64 oz of water a day
Fiber supplement 2 times a day
Colace 2 times a day
Miralax 1 a day in the evening

I have been trying to communicate for more details with the case worker of the surgeon who I had the consultation with and their hasn’t been much she could tell me unfortunately except “The surgeon doesn’t think it’s urgent so that’s a good sign”.

Keep in mind this guy said that it could be cancer in the appointment before leaving.

So they originally wanted to schedule both the endo and colonoscopies at the same time but that wasn’t till the end of August so I pushed for them to be separate so they happen sooner. So my endo is next week, but we still don’t have a date for the colonoscopy.

I have been devestated since. I don’t fear the operations themselves, but I fear a fatal diagnosis, I am afraid of the stage 4 cancer, I fear a death I could have prevented.

I have been following the regimen religiously since, as it feels like the only control I have right now. I never knew bowel movements could be this easy. I have always had to strain and struggle since I was kid to have a BM.

So I am coming here for whatever can be provided. Support, comfort, advice, anything you guys can provide would be lovely. I just need to talk to people who understand I guess. My mom isn’t worried about it being cancer at all, but I am terrified since I have always had medical anxiety and I lost my stepdad to pancreatic cancer a couple months ago.

Thank you all kind Redditors.