u/whenitrains34
r/UARS r/UARSnew r/KoreaPlasticSurgery r/Catloaf r/SleepApnea r/SIBO r/SeoulPlasticSurgery r/standardissuecat
how do you convince your stubborn elderly parents to do a sleep study?
background context: i, 30f, was diagnosed with uars earlier this year. i don’t snore. i had a class ii bite that was camouflaged with extractions as a teenager which is when my sleep problems really started although i am a lifelong stomach sleeper
my dad is 70 and my mum is 68 and im concerned about them having osa for different reasons:
my father is where i inherited my bite from and his whole family has the same jaw. he’s a lifelong snorer, coffee drinker, and side sleeper. he has started to have memory problems in the last few years that concern me. he never had orthodontic treatment done so no premolar extractions. i’m not sure if he has his wisdom teeth or not
my mum is not a lifelong snorer but did start snoring recently and her neck is much larger than it used to be. she did have orthodontic treatment done while young and is missing 4 premolars and had her wisdoms removed in her 20s like most people do
i told them they should both get sleep studies because of my diagnosis but they both claim their sleep quality and energy is fine so they don’t want to do it. and idk how to convince them. i’m way more worried about my dad because there’s the “what if he had uars his whole life and it’s progressed to osa now that he’s old”. but obviously i can’t drag them into the doctors office to ask for the test. i don’t know how to get them to make the appointment. any advice?
u/whenitrains34 — 21 days ago
▲ 4 r/SIBO
diagnosed IBS-M many years ago, angry that my gastroenterologist didn’t even tell me SIBO exist
i’ve had digestive issues since i was a child but they worsened after i suffered medical neglect age 16 at the hands of an orthodontist who absolutely destroyed my airway (not getting into that here bc it will make the post too long and no one will read it). first i became lactose intolerant then gluten intolerant. i started taking probiotics because i thought they couldn’t possibly do any harm as i didn’t know sibo existed. my migraines went from bad to worse (again related to the airway/orthodontist stuff) and i saw a neurologist who put me on two different medications that have the unfortunate side effect of slowing motility (i have to ask to be switched over to a CGRP next time i see him which isn’t until the end of july). this was when i lost the ability to wear cropped tops or tight clothes completely. saw a gastroenterologist who did a gastroscopy to rule out cancers, IBD, whatever else and she gave me an IBS diagnosis and told me to see a dietitian. i didn’t wanna eat a depressing diet so i never went. not once did this so called professional mention SIBO. i’ve only learnt that SIBO exists like a week ago and i’m angry this isn’t common knowledge. i’ve spent 6 years not be able to dress nicely and given a wrong diagnosis when the problem was bacteria all along. not to mention my dentist told me to take esomeprazole because my enamel was decaying and that probably worsened my SIBO. then i learn that you can’t access the 3 gas breath test outside of the USA because of some dumbass fucking patent and it’s going to be very difficult for me to get treatment because i most likely have sulfide SIBO? one of the only sibo gastroenterologists in my city has a 4 month waiting list. i’m going to get the standard 2 gas test since that’s all that’s available to me and hope i don’t get a false negative. i don’t know how i’m meant to access the antibiotics i need if i get a false negative. i also can’t cook due to my autism and other chronic illnesses so i have to eat prepackaged food that isn’t sibo safe. it should be mandatory to test everybody for SIBO BEFORE you give out the IBS diagnosis. seriously, fuck any doctors giving out IBS diagnoses without testing for SIBO first. this shit makes me so angry. i’m dealing with multiple conditions (UARS, SIBO) that are not properly acknowledged/believed in by the so called specialists in their fields. i’ve ordered some low fodmap adult nutritional formula to try because i fucking can’t with food anymore. i don’t think there’s any food that’s safe for me so i probably just shouldn’t eat food anymore and just have formula
u/whenitrains34 — 4 months ago
▲ 1 r/SIBO
3 gas testing outside of the USA
is there any way to get 3 gas testing done outside of the USA or are we just SOOL until that dumbass patent expires in 2038? seriously, imagine if volvo had patented the seatbelt or the university of toronto patented insulin. it shouldn’t be legal to patent life changing diagnostic stuff internationally
u/whenitrains34 — 4 months ago
has anyone heard of the clinic “seoul i”?
came across this ad on instagram and even at full price their abdomen lipo is considerably cheaper than clinics in thailand, turkey, and latin america. does anyone know anything about this clinic and why the prices are so cheap? it feels too good to be true
u/whenitrains34 — 4 months ago
has anyone heard of the clinic “seouli eng”?
came across this ad on instagram and even at full price their abdomen lipo is considerably cheaper than clinics in thailand, turkey, and latin america. does anyone know anything about this clinic and why the prices are so cheap? it feels too good to be true
u/whenitrains34 — 4 months ago
▲ 16 r/standardissuecat
a standard issue cat with the non standard issue cat that he steals food from
u/whenitrains34 — 5 months ago