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/fit/ I'm fucking dying and I don't have health insurance so I can't go to the doctors. I live with my parents and they don't want to pay for it, and they won't let me go to the doctor cause we'd be paying out of pocket and haven't had health insurance for years. I could pay for it but I just have a minimum wage part time job stocking grocery at night shift that's paying for college.
So I'm consulting the /fit/ doctors for advice. Do I try to fix each problem on its own, or try to get some cheap health insurance and go to a doctor for a one time visit?
>achy, crackling knee joints, can barely squat body weight
>arm goes numb constantly, usually while driving or when I wake up from sleeping. from shoulder to wrist
>hand goes numb when I'm on the computer, tendons in my wrist twang around and causes mild pain when I move hand forward or to sides. Can't do 80% of exercises cause pressure on hand causes pain, and weakens grip. Have had carpal tunnel in the past. requires surgery at worst. I do body weight fitness, and do tons of wrist exercises but I think the root of the problem can't be solved with just warmups
>left wrist has a ganglia cyst, hasn't gone away/always comes back for 2 years now
>back problems, possible scoliosis. might require surgery at worst
>balding on top of head slightly
>cystic face acne, some on back. ongoing for years now. face pulsates with pain during bad breakouts, currently bad due to sudden shift in weather and work environment
>occasional chest/heart pains. nothing too serious, I just rub my chest to get blood flowing.
I would like to get vitamin deficiency tests, maybe a testosterone level test to see if those are fine as well. I'm 20 btw. 5'10.5, 145lbs
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Eat >2,500 calories every day. Eat a plate full of veggies, fruit, lean protein, healthy fats. If you're poor, supplement your diet with beans, rice, and bananas. You'll be fine you fucking skeleton.
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>>37344090
Idk I think my diet is fine. I worshipped and studied /fit/ food guides for a good 2 years and my parents make dinner for all of us. I eat mostly healthy otherwise. Could do with more salads and fruit I guess.
But these wrist issues are killing me.
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SS + gomad
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>>37344007
Tell your parents to go fuck themselves. Sign up for Medicaid/Obamacare, go to a free clinic or some other pro bono place, etc., and find out what to do. If you're not poor enough for free healthcare, work out a payment plan with a private practice and pay out of pocket yourself.
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>>37344007
that's probably cancer, RIP in pepperoni, anon
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>>37344183
You need to track your calories and make sure you eat enough. You're underweight.
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You could go and just not pay for it. Debt is better than death
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Why don't you read the sticky?
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>>37344007
>people have to legitimately choose between risking death and going to the doctors
stay classy america.
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>>37344007
Not life threatening, you probably have a minor autoimmune response (inflammation) to the repetitive movements (I.e. lifting). Scoliosis is unlikely to have gone undetected for so long, however spina bifidia occulta is common and not a big deal (very minor) or anything they would try to fix.
As for the vitamin and testosterone tests, you can get those done at places like 'AnyLabTestNow' for a bit
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