So we are approaching a somewhat shitty milestone. It’s been just about a year since I first tried virtual medicine because my hands hurt. The doctor seemed quite sure that I had some garden-variety arthritis or a repetitive use injury because I type all day.

Celebrex didn’t really help so I finally broke down and went to a ‘for-pay’ doctor because the Quebec healthcare system is so messed up that it’s basically impossible to see a doctor otherwise without a trip to the ER.

6ish months and two appointments later I was basically told I had fibromyalgia and that he didn’t treat it, so go away.

Turns out my thyroid crapped out and that I also had fibromyalgia. My new rheumatologist in Ontario called it during our first appointment in August, and confirmed it with blood work.

In the last year I’ve gone from “is this carpal tunnel?” to a set of new, awful and sometimes debilitating host of symptoms.

So, yeah. It’s a reluctant milestone and kind of a shitty one.

Yesterday hubs and I went out for an early dinner. I had a beer.. a single beer.. and it felt like my heart was beating out of my chest. Lesson learned. I get no beer or joy, apparently. Later in the evening we went grocery shopping to beat the snow and I was clutching the shopping cart so I didn’t pass out.

On the bright side, my dog is officially winter ready.