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Chronic Matters
Canada
Приєднався 2 чер 2022
A mother to three lovely children who lives with multiple chronic illnesses. Seeking to raise awareness for the nitty gritty details of being chosen to walk this path. Join me in discovering the beauty to be uncovered when you let go of limiting beliefs and live the life you’ve been given.
AM I DYING? Yes? no? maybe? NOT CLICKBATE!
Guys I have a feeling. An educated a guess. A pondering, maybe even an actual idea of this answer. If you’re anything like me where Chronic Illness has you wondering. This video is for you. Am I actively dying?
#deathanddying #death #dying #amidying #fighter #imnotgoingwithoutafight #letsfixthis #chronicillness #keepgoing #chronicpain #gastroparesis #keeppushing #oxygen #keeploving
#deathanddying #death #dying #amidying #fighter #imnotgoingwithoutafight #letsfixthis #chronicillness #keepgoing #chronicpain #gastroparesis #keeppushing #oxygen #keeploving
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Відео
Chronic illness | Frustrated at the lump in my side | in a lot of pain.
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Today I just share a video about a lump I’ve had for a decade that is causing me pain. #chronicillness #chronicpain #fighter #keepgoing #bodypositive #fighter #neuroendocrinecancer #makeitstop
Rare Medication Side effect | Zofran | Full Body Paralysis…. That’s a thing?!?!
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My body has decided it doesn’t like the drug Zofran and given me one of the rarest of the rare side effects. This video covers how I found out, how many times it happened, and for how long the episodes lasted. And don’t worry, it really is that rare, it’s unlikely anyone watching this video would ever experience the same thing. I’m a special unicorn as my husband says. #chronicillness #fighter ...
Neuroendocrine Tumours? Is this the answer to a lot of random symptoms over the years?
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Today I’m really sick and this is a post from my bed about the presumed diagnosis I will be receiving next week of Neuroendocrine Tumours. This is a video talking about why we think I have them, how they will be diagnosed. If you’re in the same boat, stick around and see if you can relate. #chronicillness #chronicpain #fighter #cancer #neuroendocrinecancer #carcinoid#carcinoidsyndrome#adrenalca...
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room! What’s THAT on your face?!
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Discussing the first part of becoming aware oxygen therapy would help me live a better more comfortable life. I probably would have benefited from having it in the past, but we can only keep learning and moving. Part 1 of oxygen therapy #chronicillness #bodypositive #chronicpain #degenerativediscdisease #oxygentherapy #oxygen #fighter #keepgoing #keeppushing #yougotit #livinglife
My body is falling apart, but I’m going to piece humpty together again.
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I answer where I have been, and what my plan for the Chanel is moving forward. Stick around and learn about the complexity of chronic illness from a medical professional and chronic illness fighter. #chronicillness #chronicpain #bodypositive #mastcellactivationsyndrome #degenerativediscdisease #osteitispubis #osteoarthritis #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #oxygen #neuroendocrinecancer #fig...
Chronic Matters | when the world around you crumbles, and you’re already so sick.
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Just stopping in to give a quick update on life the last past two weeks. Our world has been hit with some difficult moments. I talk a bit about how I “kinda” manage. #chronicallyill #chronicillness #yourenotalone #chronicpain #fnd #pots #gad #ptsd #degenerativediscdisease
Chronic Illness | Osteitis Pubis | My Story - do not be like me! Severe Case
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Hi everyone, in this video I cover my diagnosis to Osteitis Pubis and my confusing it for another condition allowing it to get much worse over time. #chronicallyill #chronicillness #osteitispubis #pubicsymphysisdisfunctipn #yourenotalone #chronicpain #debilitatingpain
Chronic Illness | stamina; do I have any? | what can I ACTUALLY do in a day as chronically ill?
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Hey guys, I wanted to make a super quick update on what I can ACTUALLY accomplish in a day. How high should you set the bar for yourself? What does it look like when I’ve used all my spoons in the day. Come along and see. #chronicallyill #chronicillness #yourenotalone #pots #potssyndrome #capacity #limited #cfs #chronicfatigue #chronicfatiguesyndrome
Chronic Illness | my C-PTSD/PTSD story | is it controlled, does Ketamine therapy work?
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Hi everyone. Today I’m talking about my C-PTSD story, how it started, where I am today, and the interventions I’ve used. Who knew Ketamine could be used for PTSD, and did it work for me. #cptsd #ptsd #ketaminetherapy #gad #chronicallyill #chronicillness #yourenotalone #healing
Chronic Illness | Q&A with my husband | His take on my chronic illness.
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This is a video where I chat with my husband about his experience through my chronic illness. It was recorded in the vehicle so sound is not the best. #chronicallyill #chronicillness #fnd #fndawareness #pots #yourenotalone #husband #husbandwife #questionanswer
Chronic illness | FND | seizure experience | how I get triggered, are yours the same?
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Last night I had two functional seizures, in this video I speak in more detail about how it happened and why this one wasn’t like my normal ones. Do you get the same warning? #chronicallyill #fndawareness #fnd #funtionalseizures #functionalmovement #triggers #yourenotalone
Chronic Illness | POTS will scream at you until you listen or hurt yourself
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POTS can be tricky and sneak up on you. My video is a bit of a PSA to listen to symptoms and not ignore them.
Chronic Illness - Ways to manage your chronic illness when it feels impossible from a seasoned pro
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This video breaks down my thoughts on combating chronic illness when you feel like you can’t. Actionable steps to protect your mental health from the bottom up. #chronicallyill #chronicillness #chronicpain #ptsd #gad #healing #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #yourenotalone
Chronic Illness - My Story of POTS - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
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This is a video about my lived experience of Chronic Illness and POTS -Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome- as one of the conditions I battle. Hopefully you will feel less alone. #chronicallyill #chronicillness #dysotonomia #pots #potssyndrome #bettertogether
My Functional Neurologic Disorder story. Part 1 of FND and the ways it infiltrates my life.
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My Functional Neurologic Disorder story. Part 1 of FND and the ways it infiltrates my life.
Welcome to Chronic Illness- POTS, FND, Protein S, SICCA Syndrome and many more.
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Welcome to Chronic Illness- POTS, FND, Protein S, SICCA Syndrome and many more.
Thank you so much for sharing 💖🫶⭐🙏
I just found your channel tonight. It was recommended to me as I am always searching for FND videos. I was diagnosed last spring, and luckily I did not have to go through additional testing to rule out other possibilities. My FND presents itself with body and head shaking which is really tiring and it also affects my vision, and balance and my ability to walk. I have also been fighting Fibromyalgia since 1998 and arthritis for a long time now. Last year I was diagnosed with breast cancer and the radiation whooped me and the shaking began then. I’m so sorry for all you are going through it’s a lot for such a young person to deal with. I am enjoying your videos I’m always trying to learn how other people deal with their illness. A big issue for me is family gatherings and the noise levels. Omg my body is so sensitive I feel overwhelmed and it brings out tinitis and my body shakes really badly. I then get very self aware and that just gets me frustrated. I joke that I am having a bobble head day and it’s draining. I cannot imagine the paralysis and seizures you have to deal with. Stay well or as well as you can possibly feel!
Hi there from the UK. i'm 34f and have been suffering since jan 2023 with slurring of my words (mainly concerning the letter 'L' or 'W') prior to this, my communication have been very articulate and strong in nature. Bit of context, i have been taking metrogel {metronidazole} for 5 years for my rosacea. The past few years have been incredibly stressful with bailiffs issues {for my mum} and issues at work, with friends and partners. I DID get bullied quite a bit as a child too. I dance and weight train, eat very clean {as I have sickness/heart phobia} but this slurring just will not go. My doctor claims it's just anxiety, or lack of confidence as my self esteem is pretty low {despite my outwood persona being very confident and bright} I just feel like i am being fobbed off though, and whenever i realise my speech going off, i panic as its just such an odd thing, not being able to correct yourself, but knowing you haven't pronounced it correctly, etc. I have no other issues, no pain, etc. I have suffered the odd tingling in my ring finger once or twice, but it most certainly isn't a weekly occurrence. Any opinions? Sorry for the sheer amount of words, i felt it was necessary to include!x
Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
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Lost my mum last year to severe ms i have fybromyalgia elements fnd
I could be your twin, but I’m older! I have a laundry list of chronic illnesses and the same ones as you. I’m also on opiates, have had ketamine and a bunch of other medications. Have you considered that you have dysautonomia? It would explain many of your problems. Mine was triggered by an mnra vax. I also have CPTSD.
Once born, you are on the path to death. The pace of that depends on genetics, lifestyle choices, disease and chance? Your brain is telling you things that are not true or misinterpreting signals. You just need to let the thoughts and feelings that your brain generates not control your destiny. This is not easy but possible. Trying to understand all the thoughts and feelings is going to make you function worse. Some of this is not easy to hear but until you take a deep breath and do it differently or the outcomes will not change. There is no "it"...
Hope your ok 😊 The struggle is real with this disorder
Try listen to ruqya
Of you keep sayimg in your pain people get sick of it so i just talk to Allah
I have lum on my skull it's sore ..I have fnd
You are so meaningful.
I don't mind AT ALL if your video was long lol😁I'm newly diagnosed and starting to accept that I have FNS, on top of CPTSD from an abusive Childhood, Fam Essential Tremors and almost all the symptoms of Parkinson's and I am desperate for any Info on, Experience with & tips & advice for living with FND... So I am SO GRATEFUL to you for sharing your Videos... Bring it on Sister😀🥹💝sending you healing energy and prayers from 🇨🇦
Do you have hypomobility
Yes I do. I was not aware of it until recently though.
@@chronicmatters I was but didn't no how it was linked do you have Asperger's autism causes mcas as ime now diagnosed at 44 as is my son rccx gene theory also linked to sleep apnea
Precision Massage Clinic is Now Open in Lafayette, IN! I'm Sarah Trueb, CMT. I am a Medical Massage / Manual Therapist. I am on a mission to help people with FND! I have been dealing with FND myself this past year and feeling like things are getting back to normal. I felt like Mental Health & PT/OT/Speech was a joke... never enough and I feel like I wish I could clone myself. I need PT that involved touch. Not just neuromuscular type exercise. Anyways, I am in Lafayette, IN. I feel like this disorder is because we so anxious, had to stay-home, and boom its over... expected get back to life... like normal. So it seems like the new TREND of 2023! I can't get disability benefits, attorneys won'y take my case because of the complexity of this disorder, I look visibly better now, my support can't afford to help financially, and etc.
I have dealt with Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia since 1997, but today I was diagnosed with FND, I’ve never heard of this before today. The neurologist was sweet but very business like. She proceeded to tell me what specialists could possibly help me, but could not refer me to anyone. ( I live in a city with two very large hospitals so there are no shortages of specialties). She gave me a handout giving me details on FND and another with 3 websites I could go on to better understand the symptoms of FND. She then told me that a CBT specialist could help me. She also told me to search out Physical Therapy, but to make sure that they were knowledgeable about FND. She ended our conversation with it will be difficult to find but they are out there. Thanks to UA-cam I found you and several other channels that gave me a better understanding of what is going on with my body. I feel completely overwhelmed with having to look for my own specialist. I’m not a young chick, and this does not come easy for me. Btw… I learned something from you that I had not found in any other channels, and it was sort of a relief to hear and that is the sensitivity to sounds, omg I sometimes have to put my hands over my ears. It is so bothersome to hear certain sounds. So glad I found your channel.
I have AD…..if you had Addison’s disease , you’d not be able to keep weight ON , because your body would not be making cortisol …. And you’d be at death’s door .
Not trying to “diagnose” you, but your sudden paralysis symptoms sound very much like a one of the ion channelopathies . If you see a good neurologist , they ( should have ) been able to rule this out, but obviously have to have a very high index of suspicion . Google the inherited channelopthies such as HKPP ( hypokalemic periodic paralysis, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis , etc ) . See what you think . Far more likely to be one of these, rather than an adverse reaction to zofran… especially with you saying you’ve had some electrolyte problems on labs. These most likely affect the potassium, sodium, and/ or calcium channels . Again , not trying to diagnose you, just suspicious based on many symptoms you described .
Where do you live? I am in Iowa and will be 3 years in August with my FND. Have you tried Neurological Biofeedback? That has helped me with my NES.
Do you have much pain with your fnd chronic
Thank you for sharing - this is really valuable information. Sending light and love for your continued healing journey.
Thank you so much for this video. I was recently diagnosed with FND/FMD. I believe it was beginning to show itself back in 2013 but never disabling. No one could figure out what was wrong so I just went about my life. That was until Dec. 2020, I had some right leg weakness that had been around for about a month. I was waiting to be seen at the Spine Center. I was in my kitchen doing little foot exercises and all of a sudden I started feeling shaky and this wave of heaviness washed over me from head to toe. I went to go look for help and realized I couldn’t lift my feet off the ground so I shuffled my way to the door. I went to call for my mom and my voice sounded shaken and strained. I had trouble getting some of my words out. It’s like I could see them in my mind but couldn’t get them out of my mouth. She helped me over to the couch to sit down. Once I sat I couldn’t not get back up. I couldn’t stand or walk. I was shocked in disbelief I thought maybe it’s something to do with my back. I thought maybe I just needed to rest. I literally waited until the next morning and I still couldn’t stand or walk. Once at the hospital, they thought I had a stroke. My legs felt like they weighed a thousand pounds when I tried lifting them. They were ice cold. If someone told me I didn’t have legs anymore I would have believed them if I didn’t see them in front of my eyes. While in the hospital I had many many tests. My symptoms began evolving and the weakness was now affecting my arms, my throat and basically all of my muscles. I developed chronic diaphragm spasms which sounded like hiccups but only one at a time. I had 10-50 a day for over 3 years. The list of symptoms is honestly too long to list. My life has been forever changed. Luckily I have regained enough strength to stand up and shuffle around like a snail. So for 3 years now I have been left with extreme muscle weakness. I fear that my strength will never come back completely. I think I will have to be in physical therapy for the rest of my life. I genuinely appreciate your willingness to share your experience. Wishing you all the best my FND friend.
Hey im alijah in the USA and think your great. Im 24 and have FND also and other conditions, im also isolated at home and learning to cope and adapt to chronic illness and disability. Your videos helped me alot would love to see you keep making them, i wish the best to you and believe we can make it just gotta keep swimming.💜🤗
Thank you so much for your comment! I’m in the hospital now and have been for two weeks. I’ve been wanting to make a video, but I’m nervous to make one in a shared room if that makes sense. I certainly plan to update as soon as I get home. I’m so sorry you feel isolated, it’s a terrible feeling. I’m currently surrounded by a lot of people but more isolated than ever. Almost no one here understands what I’m actually going through and no one really has time to hear the story for what it is. Keep pushing forward my friend.
I'm house bound too..be positive
@@chronicmattershey sorry I just now saw this response comment, I hope your doing better and out of the hospital now. I completely get the feeling of not having people around who understands cause most of my own family and anyone I meet barley take the time to hear my story they usually run after finding out about my PTSD and childhood trauma history of abuse. It's not easy but always kinda been a lone wolf with lil or no support I just hope I can find some people one day who can be supportive friends/family if I'm lucky. I hope your recovering well💜🤗.
Sending you giant hugs!!!
Thank you so much!!
Sorry you are experiencing this..I have POTS too and fludrocortisone is the only thing that ( for me) is as close to a remedy as there is ...without it I become symptomatic again . I hope you feel better.
I’m still waiting on a call from my cardiologists’ clinic to tell me I can come get a package they are putting together including a prescription to try and more tests to be run for underlying conditions. I’m hopeful the med will help so I can get some kind of conditioning back. Are you mostly able to live life normally with your med now?
@@chronicmatters that's great and I hope you find relief !! Keep us posted ! I would say I'm now living a normal life but if I overdo it ( like going on a 3 hour walk in Manhattan) , the next day I will feel very tired and cranky and need a nap of several hours ..but as long as I take the fludrocortisone and fluids , I can work full time, travel, exercise etc. The only lingering annoyance is sometimes I have spurts of mild dizziness/ lightheadedness but I had covid end of January so I'm hoping by the end of the year those little dizzy moments will be fully gone . But my BP and heart rate are now normal . I definitely need to get enough sleep though ..I'm obsessed with an early bedtime .
Very interesting discussion. Loved it. Where in Canada are you?
We are in Alberta :). Thank you for watching.
@@chronicmatters I’m in a Ontario. Just waited for a year and a half to see an dysautonomia specialist. Yikes!! 😳
Oooo, was there meaningful information derived from seeing the specialist? I was just officially diagnosed by my cardiologist a couple weeks ago. However, I’ve known that diagnosis for a little over a year now.
I'm an occupational therapist with POTS...thanks for being brave to share your story, it's always helpful to hear from others with it 💝
Thank you for commenting. Does your POTS impact your work, or are you able to control it well enough to get through the day without much interruption?
@@chronicmatters I'm able to manage work normally thanks to Fludrocortisone and fluid and salt loading. The Fludrocortisone made the biggest change in my health . I feel 98% normal on this medication..just some lingering fatigue. Also I wear compression stockings at work . I do some aerobic exercise too to help the blood flow . 17 years ago when I first got sick with POTS I was actually bed bound for almost the whole summer ...but nowadays I have figured out what to do . I hope you find relief..it's a tough condition until you figure out how to manage it best .
Do you have an Instagram page?
Yes, it’s chronicmatters :)… thank you for commenting and watching. This is posting is all new to me.
Hi, I’m a fellow chronic illness UA-camr and I’m trying to start a support group for our niche. UA-cam is not easy and then you add chronic illness on top and it can become a challenge. I will contact you on Instagram once I get things going to see if it’s something you would like to be part of. I was watching your videos and I too went to school in the health care field as an adult after having had my children. I became a midwife at age 43. I too had a preceptor say I would never get s job. Not only I got the job if my dreams I was a really good colleague. I have made the decision to go on sick leave to better be able to take care of my health as the price to be s good worker was even more detrimental to my health and there was nothing left in me after work. Anyways, I feel we have lots in common.
Oh gosh, I can really relate to the toll paid to help others. It’s my hearts desire to help other people but nursing is incredibly difficult. Luckily I have long term disability since I’ve gotten so ill. I’d love to join that group.
@@chronicmatters I’m also on long term disability but it only covers me for two years. I don’t know what im going to do after it’s finished. I can’t go back to being on call 24/7, awake and on my feet to over 24 hours straight without s break. My work schedule was insane. I used to work 80 hours in s week sometimes.
It should cover past that provided you aren’t able to perform um um um… they use specific terminology…. Basically valuable work. Or an equivalent.
Keep up the work
Thank you
Amen friend!! You're an incredible person fighting one hell of a battle. I know alot of this story already but I am honored to hear more about it. Will watch all your videos and support you in any way I can! I love you friend!!! So much!!! Proud of you for sharing
Thank you my friend, I love you too and am honoured you will listen and learn more about me.