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162 - Let's Recap.

Added 2021-03-08 12:00:04 +0000 UTC

So, here is the thing, I finally have some news.

First let me tell you that I don't feel better at all. But I did sort of learn to adapt to my current condition a bit. For example while I am typing this I have a timer near me that makes a sound every 15 minutes. When that happens I take a short break to stretch my muscles or just do some chores around the house for 10 minutes or so. Taking these frequent breaks allows me to use the PC without having to suffer through headaches. And of course I only use my PC like for an hour a day, tops during morning hours only when I usually feel my best.

During this past several weeks I went to all kinds of doctors and "enjoyed" all sorts of examinations. ENT doctor decided to do some cleaning procedures with my glands just in case. That wasn't fun.

Gastroenterologist graced me with blood tests, ultrasounds and a Gastroscopy (which if you don't know what that is I am happy for you, I truly am).

There were a few other doctors too. Naturally all sorts of minor problems have been discovered but nothing too major.

Eventually though I did a neck area MRI and the results have shown all sorts of "fun" things that weren't there two years ago: multiple disk protrusions and extrusions and such. (This is basically a final stage before you get a hernia.) It is safe to assume that that is exactly what is causing the pains in my head and neck and makes my life so very miserable these days.

Now I will be seeing a few more doctors, taking more pills and maybe even some injections again. Bust the most important part will, most likely, be physical rehabilitation in a form of all sorts of exercises.

Now to main question: how the heck it came to this? I'm not 100% sure myself to be honest. But if I were to guess the main reason was probably the stress. It was a crappy year for everyone, me included. I actually lost my grandfather. I never mentioned it, but it hit me super hard since the man was basically like a father to me and he passed in a very messy way in a different city and I wasn't even been able to attend his funeral. It was just one of many many things... I don't want to whine too much since we all went through some stuff during last year.

And reason number two for me was probably the closure of all the gyms during the pandemic in my city. So for about 6 months I've been sitting at home, working on my pc and playing video games without any exercise. Well I did try doing like some yoga and some exercise videos, but I don't think it was nearly enough, considering how much time I've been spending hunched over my desk.

Around new years holidays I started to feel back and neck pains, so I decided to start attending gym again, but I am guessing it was too little too late. These problems build up over prolonged periods of time, and you can't solve them with a few weeks of regular workouts.

Well that's my guess anyway. My poor stress management skills and the lack of exercise. Oh and I always had minor neck problems, so I guess it makes sense for the weakest spot to give way first. Oops, another 15 minutes just flew by. I will be back in 10 minutes...

I'm back! Wow, this is becoming a rather long post. Everyone loves to talk about their own problems I guess. But I think I better wrap things up here. I just wanted to give you an update on the current state of things.

But you know what is the worst part for me personally? I can't enjoy video games anymore. Like at all. I don't know why, but 10 minutes of any game and I start to feel a headache approaching. I tried changing positions, holding the controller differently, it's no use. I think video games demand too much attention, neck muscles stiffen and pain comes. Thankfully I can still watch videos on youtube if I don't forget to look away from the screen now and then. So these days I entertain myself by watching Let's Plays. It does work as a substitute to actually playing a game to some extent... Sigh... This is pathetic. Hopefully it will only be getting better from here on out...

Sorry for dumping all this on you. And thank you for reading. Time to wrap things up for real, I already spent too much time in front of the screen.

Love you all. Thank you for sticking with me through this. Maybe when all this will be over I will record a video talking about all this in length or something. In any case, I'll see you all next week ^^