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Hey Minigun, Chad...
You don't know me, hell, I barely know you and I haven't really watched your stream that often but as I am part of the SC2 community, I'd love to help. Because I have also dealt with similar issues (intense pain, severe anxiety issues, digestive pain and generally feeling as if the world is ending), I know this should make sense when you read it.
I know that crohn's is horrible AND that doctors/nurses can be equally horrible. I truly sympathize with your experience and don't wish it upon anyone. That said, it's possible to change your life. It is possible to regain your health.
For one, you'll have to learn about the latest medical research and advances being done in the realm of digestion & crohn's. Unfortunately most gastroenterologist have not been keeping up with the latest findings and are not properly taking care of patients. (I know because I remember seeing over 5 of them and they all said: "oh, it's just in your head" when I was in a severe amount of pain.
The first step to getting better is going to be to learn about the latest research & findings on crohn's. The MUST READ books you'll want to read are:
- Gut & Psychology Syndrome by Natasha Campbell Mcbride
- Breaking The Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gloria Gottschall
Start with those two. Obviously there are a lot more but that's a good start.
The next thing you'll need to do is find a good functional medicine doctor in your area. They are the ONLY doctors that care about finding the cause of your issues and resolving them.
Read up on Dr. Mark Hyman, he's one of the more popular doctors in the industry.
You'll also probably want to do a L.E.A.P. test (look this up) in order to start healing your body. This finds what your body is reacting to and allows you to start avoiding it in order to start healing your body. (The functional doctor will assist you with this).
Last, but certainly not least, here's a bomb shell: Starcraft II does not cause crohn's... but it does aggravate it.
Here's how:
When you play long hours of SC2, you release stress hormones over a long period of time which severely hampers your digestion and causes inflammation. Over long periods of time (years), this wears away at your gut and helps promotes a leaky gut... which leads to intolerance and disease. It is a cycle that gets worse over time.
In addition, playing for long periods of time affects the thyroid (because of all the stress) and that reduces your stomach acid... which leads to digestive issues. Gaming for long hours also depletes all your nutrients & vitamins (B12, Magnesium) that is responsible for calming you down/dealing with stress.
That's one of the reasons why you'll feel uncontrollable anxiety (because your body can't handle stress at the moment... because you're missing essential nutrients). You'll also learn that your mind is directly linked to your gut which causes extreme anxiety. (It's nice to know that you're not going crazy... but the reason you're experiencing this is because of your gut issues).
I've been a gamer my entire life... and some people can deal with it better than others but for me, gaming long hours takes a toll on my body. It wasn't as bad when I was young but now that I'm a little older, I have to watch out how long I game.
These health problems happen so often among competitive players...
Remember that GSL player that had his lungs collapse twice?! Holy shit.. that's not normal.
And as much as I love SC2, it is one of the most stressful games. (More than FPS games... and other games) because you're constantly macro/microing. Doing 200 APM for 3-4 hours is insanely stressful on the body.
Compare this to an FPS game... where you walk walk walk walk, shoot, walk walk walk, shoot! walk walk walk walk.. wait... walk walk... run... (and you're only concentrating on one or two things at a time) and you could easily play an FPS game for 3-4 hours with relatively little stress.
It is my opinion that this is why you rarely see FPS players HULK SMASH keywords and why it is so common to see SC2 players destroy their gear out of frustration.
SC2 requires you to click about 2-3 buttons PER SECOND for 4-5 hours at a time and concentrate on an average of 3 things at once (macro, army 1, army 2/harass). It's actually amazing we can do it.
Unfortunately, for the sake of health (this actually IS a life or death thing), you'll have to change your life. Once again, I must re-state this... I have gone through a very similar experience to yours and I wish someone would have told me this.
1. Read the books I listed while you recover in bed.
2. Find a good functional doctor a.s.a.p. (if he does l.e.a.p. testing, even better)
3. Heal yourself before playing again.
All the best
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I feel for you bro ! My prays is with your health and recovering. <3
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Wow I felt ill reading this. Sounds like a really horrible experience, I think hospitals are perhaps my least favorite place on earth. Get better Minigun. This game will still be here so do you for a while man.
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Chad that sounded like an absolute nightmare. Thank god you're healing now. We have some great hospitals in Florida (especially down in Miami). Nobody knows your body more than yourself.
I'll be sure to watch your next stream session. Best of luck!
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Chad... that was something else. Godspeed, godspeed and I wish you a quick and smooth recovery.
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wow that was a hard read, really sorry to hear about all that. dont worry about your stream everyone understands you have to get healthy before doing anything else best of luck getting healthy man
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wow that sounds like a really rough experience. Hope everything is smooth from here on out and the worst is behind you.
Thankfully I have never had to go through an extended hospital stay like that before, I have a new appreciation for a couple of my friends I know who are nurses.
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Holy shit Chad. I genuinely will keep you close in my thoughts and I hope that these issues get sorted out one way or another. Best of luck on a speedy recovery, man. <3
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Hey man, sorry to hear about your experience. Hope you get better sooner than later!
I agree with you that hospitalized patients should always have someone with them, and you definitely are in control of your body in the hospital. As for the nurses, I believe it's the same in all hospitals, and I hope you took the time to complain to hospital management about it (writing a formal complaint or an evaluation form) to let the hospital know.
As for the eye, it depends what the 3 doctors have done, because it could be that you're seeing 3 different ophthalmologists and are doing the same thing, as, sadly, tests vary on each doctor but there's always a staple that all doctors do. There are many eye tests that range from simple physical eye examinations, refraction tests (cover one eye and make you read a Snellen chart), slit lamp examinations (shine a stapler-sized, not shaped light to literally check your eye surface), and even an eye ultrasound, among others. Of course these all have different indications for use.
In the end, people generally don't complain unless there's a reason to (even nerves can be valid, not saying you have just that, but that's on the doctor to figure out). But for any complaint, a general rule to help yourself (and your doctor before you see him/her) is to clarify:
1. Onset. When did this start? What were you doing when you noticed it start?
2. Location. Which eye? Just one, both, or alternating? Inside the eye like deep or on the surface?
3. Duration. How long does it last? How often does it occur?
4. Characteristic. What feeling is this exactly? Pressure, pain, numbness? Does it affect your vision? These all point towards different things.
5. Aggravating factors. What are you usually doing when this thing comes up? Is there a trigger?
6. Relieving factors. What makes it go away? Have you taken any meds for it?
7. Timing. When does it occur usually? During gaming, when you wake up, when doing nothing at all?
8. Severity. How bad is it? Does it make you teary-eyed, force you to close that eye, or is it tolerable?
I could go on, but I think I've babbled enough. Cheers man. My prayers to you.
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Seems like you're anxious because you feel you can't trust medical science/doctors after how they ignored your pain and how you were right. I can't really say anything to comfort you outside of: don't let your experience with one hospital ruin your outlook on all health science.
/armchair psychology
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I was watching a horror movie that takes place in the hospital and then I read this, and now I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep for a very long time.
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I really hope things get better man. No one deserves this, especially not you. Hang in there!
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About the eye...I was diagnosed with celiac disease 8 years ago, but bit took about 4 months of me feeling really bad to figure out what it was. One of my symptoms was really dry itchy eyes. I was putting eye drops in like every hour, and sometimes they were super sensitive to light, like I couldn't be outside without sunglasses.
Anyway I found out about celiac disease and stop eating gluten. My gut healed and my symptoms of malease went away, and my eyes stopped bugging me.
You may have some intestinal malabsorption from your recent adventures, and as a result, a vitamin deficiency. See if you can get that checked out, you may need a big boost of vitamin B and/or D, those are two common deficiencies that happen from malabsorption, and I believe both are somewhat important in eye health.
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GL. If you would take advice from a stranger please put your health and everything that means your well being on the first place then everything else.
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Your words really conveyed what an ordeal you went trough. You know it's bad when you're scared for your life. Wish you all the best Minigun, get well soon!
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It's really frustrating when doctors ask you how you feel and then doubt the answer... I wish you a speedy recovery.
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I don't really know what to say, but I hope that what happend to you and you warning others for the danger will help and prevent others getting as bad of a treatment as you got. I really hope that you can make as speedy of a recovery as possible and that you start getting better. Both physically and mentally, hope you can get back in the saddle and keep doing what you like(even if that isn't SC2) and that your eye problems gets figured out.
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Get well Minigun! It's all fine you couldn't play against Qxc. Don't push yourself to limits, give yourself time to recover and when you are ready do what ever you like if its starcraft or whatever.
You are best NA player imo and always enjoy watching you! GL HF
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Get well soon Chad and hope you find a treatment that works like some others have posted.
On May 16 2014 04:00 nkr wrote:
As someone who woke up during a surgery where they were sawing in my leg bones to treat my less than perfect legs, but not being able to move or speak but just enduring the pain, ending up with PTSD and all forms of mental issues resulting from it, I totally sympathise with your experience and pain. Stay strong.
Good lord... I hope you're at least financially set for life after that ordeal.
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Get well soon Chad!
Also, about that anxiety issue, just try to figure out what's wrong if you are in pain and see more than one doctor. I know people who tell you that it might be just in your brain or simply a consequence of the hospitalization can get frustrating, after all that happened you probably don't trust others with your health.
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