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I was diagnosed with lymphoma at 24. While chemo isn’t fun (and if I ever have another lumbar puncture in my life it’ll be too soon), the mental side was much h
by deergomoo 5y ago
I was diagnosed with lymphoma at 24. While chemo isn’t fun (and if I ever have another lumbar puncture in my life it’ll be too soon), the mental side was much harder than the physical for me.
I needed inpatient treatment, so from probably August until just before Christmas I was mostly in hospital, with the occasional week or two break. By the end I was having people bring me McDonald’s most days, because the idea of another bland hospital meal was incredibly depressing—which sounds silly writing it out, but it really started getting to me.
Interrupted sleep and reduced privacy on the ward starts to wear you down too—the times where my immune system was as its lowest and I was moved to private side rooms were actually a big improvement for me, it got lonely but being able to put some music on and having my own bathroom helped a lot.
Not sure what my point was with this but 0/10 would not recommend.
- moonshinefe 5y agoHey, I never had that significant of an experience but I spent some weeks in the hospital myself in my 20s-early 30s and I can relate at least somewhat. It does get depressing. For me it was being next to someone in chronic pain crying out for hours every day and that's all you're around the entire time, in addition to the lack of sleep. The food thing doesn't sound silly at all to me. Hospitals are a depressing place after a while. Anyway thanks for sharing and I hope you're recovered.
- Khelavaster 5y agoBland hospital meals don't properly regulate your amino acid, blood sugar, mineral, and antioxidant levels. So you end up craving different food.
- Khelavaster 5y agoCruel to make people recovering from illnesses share rooms with other people. Improved recovery rates from better facilities would probably outweigh their costs..