vascular compressions: turn of events pt 2
Otis and I arrive at the ER around 1am. It’s now Tuesday, March 19th. The waiting room is incredibly quiet and they get us back right away. Otis is really…
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April 2, 2024
Ashlee Suker / chronic illness / fatigue / hEDS / hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome / MALS / sunshine journal / venogram
vascular compressions: turn of events pt 1
I had wondered if the doctor realized he called me on a Friday evening (3/15) and it was now in fact, the weekend. We left on a "the schedulers will…
April 1, 2024
Ashlee Suker / chronic illness / EDS / hEDS / hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome / pain / vascular compression / venogram
vascular compressions: the waiting continued
Met for supper with the fam to celebrate Tyson's birthday!I left off last post with me waiting to get my venogram scheduled. Friday, March 15th, the Interventional Radiologist from Woodbury…
March 31, 2024
Ashlee Suker / chronic illness / hEDS / hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome / MALS / mental health / sunshine journal / vascular compression
vascular compressions: the waiting
Nice little family sunset walkFebruary somehow managed to feel like the longest month of the year, despite the fact that it's the shortest. I would have thought that being continuously…
March 15, 2024
Ashlee Suker / challenge / chronic illness / CTE / fatigue / hEDS / hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome / MALS / sunshine journal / vascular compression
vascular compressions: another day. another test.
Last week I crossed another test off the list... well sort of. I went in to do an upper GI series with barium. She got me all situated with my…
February 9, 2024
Ashlee Suker / celiac plexus block / chronic illness / hEDS / hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome / MALS / mesenteric ultrasound / vascular compression
vascular compressions: celiac plexus block
I've been focusing a lot on my jaw cavitations as of late, but there has been a lot in the works for my vascular compressions as well. When I left…
January 31, 2024
Ashlee Suker / cavitation story / challenge / chronic illness / dental cavitations / depression / EDS / fatigue / health / hEDS / journey / MALS / pain / pituitary adenoma / sunshine journal / therapy / vascular compression
series of unfortunate and fortunate events. part two.
This is a lovely collections of tidbits from September - December 2023. Often times these things leave my brain quickly or they all get scrambled together. So I just wanted…
January 10, 2024
Ashlee Suker / cavitation / cavitation story / challenge / chronic illness / dental cavitations / depression / fatigue / Float Therapy / grief / hEDS / MALS / sunshine journal / support / vascular compression
Dental Cavitations: Surgery #Two
Here we are again. At 11am on Thursday, December 28th I went in for round two of cavitation surgery. This time, just one wisdom tooth site on my upper jaw.…
January 6, 2024
cavitation / cavitation story / chronic illness / depression / hEDS / infection / MALS / Oklahoma City / sunshine journal / vascular compression
cavitation surgery recovery, vascular compression investigation, and wandering OKC!
It's been three glorious weeks since my first cavitation surgery. I'm definitely not fully healed, but there has been progress. The swollen bump on my lower jaw dissipated around the…
December 28, 2023
Dental Cavitations: Post Surgery Week 1
Here are random tidbits from my recovery. When I first found out about dental cavitations I searched and searched for stories from other people and could not find many. So…
December 14, 2023