This time of year is meant to be filled with joy and family get-togethers, but not everyone has family or anything to be happy about. So are you ok?

  • Trollivier
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    11 months ago

    2023 has been a calamity for me. I lost my best friend and business partner to cancer in March. Then, the mourning. The burnout. The psychologist. The antidepressants.

    I then had a diverticulitis, ended up at the hospital. I reacted badly to an antidepressant, ended up at the hospital. Had a problematic mole in my lower back, got it removed, sent it to biopsy… Didn’t remove enough, remove the rest, and the wound isn’t healing properly and got infected.

    Just since Halloween, I started coughing with lots of secretion, until my asthma came back first time in 15 years, and I coughed so hard for a month and a half, I ended up cracking a rib.

    Then I got an acute middle ear infection, that lasted 2 weeks, the pain was excruciating.

    Now, I still can’t hear from that ear it’s clogged. I stopped coughing. My antidepressant is doing an ok job.

    I just want a break from life. I had to take 2 weeks off work completely early in December for my physical and mental health. First time I have to do that in my life.

    • Lenny@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Fuck, that sounds like a ridiculous amount of shite. Hopefully life balances out just up ahead.

    • klemptor@startrek.website
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      11 months ago

      I’m really sorry you’re having such a shitty time, that’s a whole lot to deal with. I hope things improve for you!