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Hey there, Kimba. Well... Health issues do suck, but perhaps this combination of things--getting some tough news, and also managing to share a vulnerability with your mom--will prove to be a match made in heaven, so to speak. Her reaction seems to be all good and motherly, and you're obviously in need of that kind of emotional support. You did the right thing. Try to heave a big sigh of relief at having somebody to share this stuff with in real life, even if it's a little awkward at first. As Slomo mentioned above, getting rid of that stress can only be good. There are obviously some other stressors in your life that are more deserving of your energies than figuring out how to equip, indulge, and conceal your little side.
Also, do your best not to extrapolate too much from what you read of your health conditions online. Be duly skeptical of any prognosis that's not delivered to you in person by a doctor who's actually examined you and seen your lab results. Search engines are super awesome at finding worst-case scenarios and deluging you with contradictory or ambiguous information. Yeah, hypertension and messed-up blood chemistry are no good, but you're also quite young. You've got a long road ahead, and plenty of time to get back out of the weeds and onto the road. It can be done. And when you've done what you can do to improve things for yourself, I expect you'll be proud of yourself for it. I only hope that process isn't slowed too much by insurance nonsense and other procedural stuff that's mostly out of your hands.
I had a fun episode about ten years ago when a bout of the stomach flu turned into a bacterial infection of my heart muscle--which manifested as difficulty breathing, and was interpreted by everybody in the ER as a heart attack. They didn't find out what it really was until they'd gone in to perform angioplasty and realized, "Oh, wait. There's no blockage in here. His heart's just all bloated." Turned out to be something called myocarditis. Several months later, I had an echocardiogram. My cardiologist started rattling off all of the dimensions of my heart muscles and valves, and some were fairly abnormal. Aftermath of the infection, or that way from birth? I'll never know. They're just things I get to keep an eye on now. With some things, that's all you can do. :shrug:
Take care.
Also, do your best not to extrapolate too much from what you read of your health conditions online. Be duly skeptical of any prognosis that's not delivered to you in person by a doctor who's actually examined you and seen your lab results. Search engines are super awesome at finding worst-case scenarios and deluging you with contradictory or ambiguous information. Yeah, hypertension and messed-up blood chemistry are no good, but you're also quite young. You've got a long road ahead, and plenty of time to get back out of the weeds and onto the road. It can be done. And when you've done what you can do to improve things for yourself, I expect you'll be proud of yourself for it. I only hope that process isn't slowed too much by insurance nonsense and other procedural stuff that's mostly out of your hands.
I had a fun episode about ten years ago when a bout of the stomach flu turned into a bacterial infection of my heart muscle--which manifested as difficulty breathing, and was interpreted by everybody in the ER as a heart attack. They didn't find out what it really was until they'd gone in to perform angioplasty and realized, "Oh, wait. There's no blockage in here. His heart's just all bloated." Turned out to be something called myocarditis. Several months later, I had an echocardiogram. My cardiologist started rattling off all of the dimensions of my heart muscles and valves, and some were fairly abnormal. Aftermath of the infection, or that way from birth? I'll never know. They're just things I get to keep an eye on now. With some things, that's all you can do. :shrug:
Take care.