sorta bad health news
so i called my eye doctor again and asked her what she meant when she put "retina angiopathy" in my diag and she told me that it was the blood vessels thing she told me about.
i googled it in depth and checked thru wikipedia and medical websites and basically, my blood vessels are weakening in my eyes and if i won't do something about it, in several years i might develop complications or lose eyesight completely.
welp.
though she reassured me that it's not too bad for me
advice, re: sorta bad health news
@mynameistillian Please keep in mind that a lot of these symptoms are 'generic' symptoms, in that they can occur for a lot of different things, ranging from "no big deal" to "serious issue" (and usually it's the former).
It's a good idea to get it tested, but I wouldn't worry unless there's concrete reason to do so (ie. actual data), because it's unlikely to be serious (and even if it is, a lot of things are very treatable).
When I got evaluated for my kidney issues, there was also briefly a suspicion of diabetes because of my symptoms + frequent co-occurrence with kidney issues, but it turned out to not be that at all.
(Also, with the kidney issues, I decided to just let things come at me and figure things out at my own speed, and this has helped *a lot* in dealing with it in the long term)
advice (pt 2), re: sorta bad health news
@joepie91 if the worst comes i will lose so much. i cannot live like this
advice (pt 2), re: sorta bad health news
@mynameistillian Please let me know (DM or so) if that happens? We can probably figure out some way forward
advice (pt 2), re: sorta bad health news
@joepie91 okay...
advice (pt 2), re: sorta bad health news
@mynameistillian I guess the bottom line is: you can't change the past anyway, you can only learn from it, so there's no purpose in getting angry at yourself over it, and learning from it is easiest when calm and doing it at your own pace