u/ajaxluvr69

Yes I know heating pads aren't a miracle cure. But they do help relive my pain. The only issue is the one I have BARELY gets hot on the highest setting. I do it above my clothes. And I can barely feel it. My 6th setting (the highest) feels like it should be a 3 at most. And 3 feels as if it's not even on. I know heating pads getting too hot can damage your skin and what not. But can someone recommend me one that at least feels like it's on. I need to feel the heat but none of the new ones seem to get very hot. My stomach pain will usually feel a bit better after I leave the heating pad on. THIS is only until I can get to the doctor and be checked out and put on medication. Omeprazole has destroyed me (I think the issue is too little acid rather than too much so I got super sick) I don't go to the doctor for a couple more days. So right now I'm just managing pain until I can get seen. It's not so bad that I think I need the ER, but it's definitely not pleasant. But also not my first rodeo either. I figured if anyone knew any good heating pads, it'd be someone on here lol.

So recently I've been having issues with bad gas pain in my chest, and abdominal pain after I ate. And when I didn't eat for long periods my stomach would hurt really bad, even if I drank water or ate a bit of something, but it always went away with a tums. I think I've been taking too many tums and gasx, even though I never go past the daily amount. I'll have maybe 1-2 gas x a day, 3 if I get bad. And 2-4 tums a day. Whenever I ate. I had a bad attack recently were my chest hurt so bad from gas that nothing helped so I went to an urgent care and they put me on Omeprazole. I've only taken them when I felt like it's an emergency. I've probably taken 4 all together, maybe 5. I always took them after I ate, whenever I felt a flare up coming, but today I tried it before I ate and I feel like hell. My throat and mid chest are killing me when I try to swollen. Like there's a lump in my throat. It happened after I was laying proped up on my elbow on my right side in bed. I'm scared and don't want to take it anymore. The doctor said to only take Omeprazole when I felt like I needed it, not daily like most people are prescribed. I will say that I am on a glp1. And I've never had gas pains before I started it. I'm 21F is that means anything about anything. I've lost 60 lbs also. I'm worried about my gallbladder also. But I can't go to my actual doctor until July. Any advice?

I've known I was transgender since I was 13. I am 22. And before people start preaching the whole "embrace and love yourself" thing. I don't want to hear it. I know better than anyone just how cowardly I am. I've struggled with being comphet for about just as long. So I got to thinking. Is there something similar with being cis? I don't transition because not doing so is easy. I don't want to draw attention to myself. As an autistic I've spent my whole life burning it into my head to follow the rules of normalcy. So much so that I've rather stay closeted for 10 years than ever do anything about my identity. Am I a loser for this? totally. I live in the deep red neck south, where everyone in a 100 mile radius is one of the big three. Racist, homophobic, and ableist. Including my own family. I never came out or transitioned because I didn't feel safe doing so. My friend is a trans girl, and she ended up homeless because her parents kicked her out at 18. And that scares me far more than "being myself". Does anyone else that's trans struggle with this? Try and just pretend it isn't there? Even thought deep down you know it'll never go away.