I'll replay Prime 1 one more time after I finish 4 just to double check that it's still the best, and maybe now that I'll have played all the games in the series (sans Federation), I'll find it less tedious. Current rankings are a smooth 1 > 2 > 3 > Hunters

However, these most recent MRIs cost almost a grand we don't have and I'm not hopeful they'll lead to anything, so this might be it for a long while. 2/2

I'm on my third set of "let's run a hundred tests only to tell you there's nothing we can do but recommend heat, rest, and meds" so I can understand giving them the boot. For now insurance is covering *most* of it so I'm more open to doing whatever. 1/2

Specifically, when it comes to things like aromatherapy or mindfulness, I have #anosmia so it's literally nothing to me.

The closest any of that has come to helping me is that CBD lotion will help my wrists ~50% of the time, but that's an actual drug. 2/2

Whenever I'm working with with a new doctor I make sure to clarify that I'm well past the point of entertaining any of that dreck, and any referrals they suggest need to be too.

I know some things just make you feel better emotionally, but I've got hobbies for that. 1/2

I was not, but it's aggravating all the same. I spend so much of my time learning truths and studying for fun that it is beyond my comprehension why people want to toss their money away on known garbage

I lost my sense of smell progressively during my teens; it was completely gone 15 years ago this very month when I was 19. We don't know the cause, but it's something I've had for a hot minute now, and even so I can only handle so many pokes directly at that spot before I start to feel it