Hello Loves!
So I’m so sorry that I’ve been distant, things have been far too complicated and I finally have things to talk about!
So. Part of the reason I’ve been MIA pretty much ever since I joined the site? Well, let me start from the beginning:
I’ve had chronic stomach problems and unexplainable pain since 2009. Now, it wasn’t too bad at the start, went to see a few doctors, got a few different diagnoses and treatment plans.
But nothing was working. And it started getting worse. And the doctors didn’t know why.
Within the past year these problems have reached the point where I can no longer attend school, work, or function normally. No traveling to events, no great parties, no adventures, I’ve been spending my time staying home and trying to keep myself sane.
In the meanwhile, I was advised by my specialists to go to Mayo Clinic. You know, THE Mayo Clinic? That big one that deals with people that are really sick with unknown diseases?


So I drive to the clinic this past Monday to meet with the team that will be working on my case. They run all sorts of tests and try different treatments.


I decided to pretend I was being abducted by aliens. I got to be probed, sedated, scanned, and poked in the tummy.


The poking was probably worst, they took these long needles and an ultrasound to see where they were going with it, and they had to keep me awake for it.
But there’s good news in all of this. They believe, in simplest terms, that my body and brain are exchanging incorrect messages, basically bringing excess attention to pain while also causing dysfunction of my digestive system and organs. If this happens to be the cause, I will be spending weeks at the clinic in a rehabilitation program, aimed to train my brain and body to work correctly. If it’s not, they test more variables and try different treatments.
So not the most fun prognosis, but it’s better than no answers, and theoretically they can fix me. And that’s the best...
So I’m so sorry that I’ve been distant, things have been far too complicated and I finally have things to talk about!
So. Part of the reason I’ve been MIA pretty much ever since I joined the site? Well, let me start from the beginning:
I’ve had chronic stomach problems and unexplainable pain since 2009. Now, it wasn’t too bad at the start, went to see a few doctors, got a few different diagnoses and treatment plans.
But nothing was working. And it started getting worse. And the doctors didn’t know why.
Within the past year these problems have reached the point where I can no longer attend school, work, or function normally. No traveling to events, no great parties, no adventures, I’ve been spending my time staying home and trying to keep myself sane.
In the meanwhile, I was advised by my specialists to go to Mayo Clinic. You know, THE Mayo Clinic? That big one that deals with people that are really sick with unknown diseases?

So I drive to the clinic this past Monday to meet with the team that will be working on my case. They run all sorts of tests and try different treatments.

I decided to pretend I was being abducted by aliens. I got to be probed, sedated, scanned, and poked in the tummy.

The poking was probably worst, they took these long needles and an ultrasound to see where they were going with it, and they had to keep me awake for it.
But there’s good news in all of this. They believe, in simplest terms, that my body and brain are exchanging incorrect messages, basically bringing excess attention to pain while also causing dysfunction of my digestive system and organs. If this happens to be the cause, I will be spending weeks at the clinic in a rehabilitation program, aimed to train my brain and body to work correctly. If it’s not, they test more variables and try different treatments.
So not the most fun prognosis, but it’s better than no answers, and theoretically they can fix me. And that’s the best...















































