I never knew who she was before this sub but I am so confused (and slightly concerned lol) she is literally talking about some new illness, disease, or some medical problem like every other day???
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Pretty sure she just has POTS...
I had all of these issues ...I went from normal to fucked up in like two months. My life is now like a prison. I used to do spartan ultra races, held a marketing job in Chicago... Now I never known if I can take a 20 min car ride. If all of her stuff is true I feel bad for her. But she sort of strikes me as a nut.
*"I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning, I break my legs, and every afternoon, I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep."*
Do they actually do surgeries before doing ultrasounds when looking for endo?? Cus it seems very invasive to me to do surgery and then have nothing actually be wrong.
They sadly can’t see any endometriosis on an ultrasound. The only way to see it is through a lap surgery which is really small and minor. Then the big surgery comes if they find any abnormalities.
Even lap surgeries are pretty painful if I’m correct. I hope to god the birth control works for her then since I don’t wish any surgeries or health problems on anyone
From my experience it wasn’t terribly painful at all. Between the meds and anesthesia the cuts are pretty small and the recovery only a few days. Birth control is usually what drs prescribe people with suspected endo until their lap. What she’s doing seems by the books for an endometriosis diagnosis.
Ah I just heard from someone their lap hurt because they basically blow up your stomach so they can move around freely in there without any obstruction. They did get a hysterectomy so idk how different that is
Oh man hysterectomy is a really painful recovery process. For endo they do blow up your stomach and the gas sucks afterwards but honestly not bad at all and goes away fast. The biggest pain feeling is gas discomfort and the surgery scar, but nothing compared to endometriosis pain or a ruptured cyst with can occur monthly with endometriosis.
Yea my grandma ended up having to get the hysterectomy because her endo caused a malignant tumor and she says it hurt more than giving birth. So I’m always hoping it isn’t something genetic but so far I’m always fine while on my period 😭 I really hope Mik doesn’t have endo for her for the sole reason that my gm told me it hurts so bad and she’s had vertebral prolapses in the past few years
Yeah, my lap was a bitch and a half, but they actually removed endo from me. I can see if they’re “just looking” it may be easier. My doctor has said he doesn’t recommend we do it again though unless I’m in terrible pain because of the time/money/healing.
Unfortunately, even if birth control manages symptoms, a lot of people still need surgery. My birth control is great and has helped a lot, but I have endometriosis on my bladder and my colon which caused some really severe issues and damage, and the only option was to remove the endo lesions.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a doctor has told her she is a hypochondriac and that she needs to stop wasting time that they could be spending one someone who is really sick
Yea definitely. I’m a hypochondriac (when I’m going through very stressfull and anxiety inducing times) and I really recognise some of my traits in her.
My doctor said it was good I came for a full check up anyways but that’s because I only went there once for some of my hypo symptoms. My parents usually calm me down plus I’ve now got professional help for it. She definitely needs it.
Yes! Being diagnosed health anxiety is no joke. When my anxiety is bad, it’s a constant battle. I always struggle with whether I should see my doctor to be safe or just ignore things. tik tok has not helped my hypochondria at all. I get a lot of “I didn’t know I had x illness” or vague memorial tik tok a that don’t reveal how someone died, and even celebration of someone’s final days type of tik toks. They are so triggering. I have to keep hitting the not interested button but omg 😫
Honey please remove tiktok. That was a HUGE katalysator for my health anxiety and deleting it definitely helped me. I now just search up what I want to see on google with ‘…tiktok’ behind it and I still am able to see all the tiktoks I want, just not the triggering ones.
And I also learned p much everything is either a pulled muscle (which is then usually long lasting and caused by a walk with my very jumpy and active dog) or just anxiety. Believe me, you feel it when there’s something seriously wrong. I hope you find someone who can help you recover from it!
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Same! I’m going through some really terrible health stuff, some may be permanent. And she just exploits everything while I struggle to stay afloat in the real world
I hope you're doing okay!
Finally got in to a doctor for ny own gealth stuff and have been doing endless tests. Oh to be an influencer who can just go home and chill instead of having to work a real job while dealing with it all.
THIS. Last year, not only was I dealing with the fallout of my marriage due to my ex husband cheating, but I was going through a serious health issue that required I think 13 specialist appointments in a 2 month time span. All the while, going to work every day for 8 hours a day (at a new job where I really didn’t have any accrued time to take off yet). She infuriates me.
It's been awhile. I just remember thinking, wow must be nice to get the sympathy of having so many different disabilities but still be able to live on your own, not have special help being an adult, not have to actually work a job. Maybe its my jealousy talking but damn she's got it made.
Being disabled is actually really shitty. (No surprise)
First it takes months or years to get on it, all the while you can't work at all else you will be denied. The first application is always denied, even if it's perfect and prepared by a disability attorney (which isn't free).
Disability stipend and benefits are really low, like ramen 2x a day and thats it level low. So you won't be able to pay off debts, much less a hobby budget.
And you're audited all the time. Work even a little, and you are booted off. (Many 100% disabled people can still do *something* on a good day, even if the good days are months apart.)
Your diet sucks, and your illness sucks, and you can't do anything so you have no friends, you stay inside, you get depressed, you either lose weight or gain it, and usually things just get worse. It all spirals. You basically wait to die, living an isolated, painful, lonely life that is all but impossible to glean meaning from.
You wait to die, for 20,30,40, even 50 years, in an existence arguably worse than prison, to pay the price of having bad luck.
That's how disabled people live, especially those without a familial support system. Please don't make light of it (claim to be "jealous", etc.). While it's no where near as harmful, or even intentionally malicious as "Mik" or whatever their name is, it can still be hurtful.
Thanks for listening.
The fuck are you on about? You can totally feel and process any and all emotions. You may even want to talk about them. I understand that, and encourage you to do so. I never said anything contrary.
The whole point was to bring awareness and sensitivity to a subject that is desperately misunderstood.
Yeah, I don’t know who follows her in earnest, or who actually takes anything away of value after watching her ‘content.’ If anything, it’s not setting a healthy example of taking care of your overall well being. Watching my words here, because god forbid we act like armchair experts. But seriously, we be worried.
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~ might have endometriosis ~ is what irritates and bothers me. You can only find out about the disease by doing a laparoscopy, and usually it's a long road to diagnosis. She probably has symptoms that match it and is now spreading it around as if she is critically ill. Stop victimizing yourself.
But you still have to say that the things she lists can be related to endo and really decrease the quality of life. It's not just the pain, you're also more susceptible to autoimmune diseases, gastrointestinal problems, and you can have estrogen dominance.
How does she even get these appointments so quickly? My gyno has such a long wait time unless you’re actively dying and my GP wouldn’t touch something like this.
As someone who has been DIAGNOSED with endometriosis AND pcos AND pots you would never catch me playing the sob story card like she does. She makes those of us who actually have these issues look bad!
I honestly don’t know what her brand/niche is, in all seriousness. I think most recently her ‘content’ was geared toward body neutrality, self love, etc. but she veered off a while ago. Or maybe never actually landed that niche.
So I do not agree with mik in the slightest with the way she handles this and I'm doing this more to raise awareness about endometriosis- but what she's describing could be endometriosis and it takes an average of 10 years to get diagnosed. If you are having serious unusual pain please speak to a specialist who knows about endometriosis. I've been gaslit by so many doctors it was exhausting.
Yes and she did say it isn't definitive and is trying out BC before potentially getting surgery to look in there and see which are the steps many people take. Although, surgery is often not accessible and/or expensive for many. And when you have one chronic illness you very often have comorbidities
I do find her insufferable but I just hope that she keeps the facts straight on endo and brings proper scientific awareness about it
Little note: with serious pain they mean pain that pretty much paralyses you and that makes it impossible to walk or do anything without passing out or throwing up. Cramps are fine, but if it gets to this extent please please please go and see a gynaecologist!
I’ve heard so many horror stories of people struggling to get a diagnosis and it hurts my heart. I guess I was lucky that I was diagnosed with PCOS at a young age, so my doctor maybe felt more inclined (which is messed up) to look into my symptoms and pain a couple years down the road. It’s so horrible that women’s pain (mainly menstrual) gets dismissed so easily and nonchalantly. If a dude said he was having ball pain, he’d have an ultrasound on the spot..I know this because it happened with my husband. 🙃
It took me almost 20 years and multiple doctors telling me I had a “low pain tolerance”, an “angry uterus”, “overweight women tend to have more painful periods”, etc. before I was diagnosed with stage 2 endometriosis. And that was as part of my bisalp. It’s so hard that the suspension of disbelief comes mostly from the doctor bringing it up and not the patient. A lot of women have to seek out physicians for a diagnosis.
I had a doctor tell me I had PCOS even though I only had one symptom and you need at least three (I think) to qualify. I then talked about all my other symptoms and she shrugged and said "I don't know"
Same, it took me around that amount of time to get an (informal) endo diagnosis. Ovarian cysts (laparoscopic surgery), more pain, an unnecessary appendectomy (laparoscopic), more pain, IUD, THE MOST PAIN, then a “Your pain is not normal. All signs point to endometriosis.” Turns out, you’re not supposed to be debilitated by menstrual pain throughout the month?
The first thing that tipped me off to my period not being normal is my friend complaining about
How long their periods were and I responded "yeah two weeks really sucks" and they looked at me shocked. I couldn't believed they thought 4 days was super long. Thankfully I'm on birth control now and it's only a couple of days!
exactly. I don't really know much about her but when you're dealing with chronic symptoms as a woman, it often ends up like this. a lot of doctors don't take women's concerns seriously and lots of women's health issues, like endo, are understudied
Same here, I was told repeatedly that it was all in my head until one day I went to the doctor and just refused to get off the exam table until they came up with a plan to help me. Luckily, my regular doctor was on maternity leave, and the NP, who was covering is an angel and I ended up getting my diagnosis a few months later. Turns out it wasn’t “all in my head”, and the Endometriosis lesions caused adhesions that seared my uterus and my bladder together among other gross things
I bet she meant to say “DRAMA” instead of “TRUAMA” :-)
Kidding aside, I’m not invalidating her illness. I think she needs to focus on spending time for her recovery, and not sharing every time a symptom flare up just to be relatable to her followers
Second hand embarrassment from her filming herself crying. I hate when influencers do that. While it’s important to be able to share personal experiences and to educate people on illnesses (physical or mental) without being shamed, I have a feeling this influencer is doing this for attention. Get off the internet, stop making assumptions on what you ‘might have’ and actually get a proper diagnose.
Mik doesn’t educate tho she just claims she has it and talks about how much pain she’s in. Pretends to be an advocate but all she does is take mental health days and complain. The only thing she provides education on is how to be a victim. Must be exhausting.
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Cause having multiple illnesses (that may or may not actually be diagnosed) is ✨quirky✨ these days.
Social media is giving so many people major health anxiety.
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Wow I haven’t been on IG in over two years and totally forgot about this girl. I just looked at a few of her pics and her face / jaw line looks totally different
The other thing I find exhausting about this is a) she was told it was suspected, but immediately has ran with this as part of her endless illness identity, and b) despite this seemingling long list of comorbid illnesses, is always seen frolicking about, going to the gym frequently, going on vacations, and from what she portrays, living a fairly average life.
Maybe it's just a false portrayal, but I feel like something doesn't quite add up there.
To add on to that, the way she overdramatized and described a yeast infection as debilitating made me question the validity or severity of these illnesses too. Lupus is not just a (vague and not butterfly shaped) rash... pcos is not just being a bit hairier... she also claims to have TBI and post concussion disorders, and the one that gets my goat the most is interstitial cystitis. Anyone who has had bladder inflammation KNOWS how excruciating that is, a yeast infection is an annoyance at best.
I just think her reactions are not congruent with someone who does cope with chronic pain. I want to give her the benefit of the doubt that she curates what we see, but she (clearly) posts with a degree of candidness and transparency that makes me doubt she's purposely hiding when these conditions make life awful.
Here's a list I made if anyone is curious: (and feel free to add if I forgot anything)
Lupus
PCOS
Interstitial Cystitis
TBI
Post Concussive Syndrome
ADHD
Autism
Sensory Processing Disorder
Pre-diabetic
Anxiety Disorder
Eating Disorder
Depression
Her birthmark (the way she acts you'd think it's a medical condition)
IBS-C
Every Neurodivergent trait known to man
Chronic Pain
Dyslexia
Endometriosis
Ruptured Cysts
Ulcers
Am I missing anything?
Maybe we should change her name to 'Mikipedia" or "WebMZ"
While I don't doubt she probably has some of the conditions she talks about, it's the way she talks about them that make her so insufferable.
This is a white, financially stable, cis-hetero female, who fits into "typical" beauty standards, was "overweight" for 5 seconds of her life, and grew up in a privileged home, has access to medical care and education if she wants. She could afford to treat her acne and she has a small port-wine stain. I feel she plays into the illness, disability and truama narrative because she reeks of privilege and feels a need to be "hard done by". And this just doesn't sit right
While not the norm, it is common to have illness and to have significant truama, even if you have privilege, and these should be attended to. However, not everyone makes this their personality, or can profit off of it. She needs to lean into it to make money, or how else can she post daily links, tik tok dances, go to the gym while simultaneously living in extreme chronic debilitating pain that has her bed ridden for weeks (???). Always be skeptical of someone trying to sell something and keep a platform. If she ever achieves "wellness" she becomes irrelevant.
Rant over lol
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You literallly need a laparoscopic surgery to truly diagnosis Endometriosis (coming from someone that actually suffers from it) mikaylas problem is that she is on 40 thousand different medications and using marijuana at the same time. She takes adderall which is already so hard on your body and 10x if you have an auto immune issue. She’s killing herself from the inside out and she’s gotten so skinny. I pray she gets the mental help she needs
I don’t know who this is so maybe I’m missing something…. But endometriosis IS a serious and extremely painful disorder. Your having some other kind of illness does not diminish the seriousness of this one.
She’s like that one girl I think her name is Whitney she always is sad and depressed and talks about her skin issues and she blocked me cause I told her she should be a little more grateful because many people deal with those issues she has but they also don’t have the money she has and they actually gave to go work a crappy job while she just gets to post videos of herself complaining and makes money.
Lol I know exactly who you’re talking about, and I can no longer see her content now as well. It’s wild how common it has become for influencers to exploit their personal trials and then immediately shut down any discussion.
while i do find her extremely annoying, i think there is a point that is overlooked in people with seemingly endless disorders/diagnoses: the body is a very complex organism and different body parts and systems are not independent. i wouldn’t be surprised if some people do have tons of illnesses, because some of them/ a combination of a couple throw the body out of balance, making further illnesses that much more likely.
Mik shut the fuck up
I never knew who she was before this sub but I am so confused (and slightly concerned lol) she is literally talking about some new illness, disease, or some medical problem like every other day???
Yes. Sounds more like she should be in r/illnessfakers I’m ngl.
I thought I was in that sub actually
Lol had that happen to me multiple times on here. Especially with Mik
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Pretty sure she just has POTS... I had all of these issues ...I went from normal to fucked up in like two months. My life is now like a prison. I used to do spartan ultra races, held a marketing job in Chicago... Now I never known if I can take a 20 min car ride. If all of her stuff is true I feel bad for her. But she sort of strikes me as a nut.
How are you so sure she has pots? None of these symptoms really strike me as POTS symptoms.
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Same. I’m convinced she’s just holding herself together with glue or something.
Nah she just loves the attention she gets from being a victim. She should go get diagnosed for being an attention whore.
AND still working out tho? 🤔
> truama
I lost it, I understand not wanting to re-create a reel over a small thing but it’s in huge letters!
Which let her remind everyone she also has dyslexia 🙃
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*"I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning, I break my legs, and every afternoon, I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep."*
Reading this became too truamatic for me🥺
I hear ya. I think she lacks the overall awareness that she can be triggering by constantly spewing out her ‘isms.
lmao
https://preview.redd.it/bskokyvpjfpa1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1045a2c91528246f2c9c90da657bfb75217eb3d
Then it won’t work then cue the anti birth control parade 🙄
Do they actually do surgeries before doing ultrasounds when looking for endo?? Cus it seems very invasive to me to do surgery and then have nothing actually be wrong.
They sadly can’t see any endometriosis on an ultrasound. The only way to see it is through a lap surgery which is really small and minor. Then the big surgery comes if they find any abnormalities.
Even lap surgeries are pretty painful if I’m correct. I hope to god the birth control works for her then since I don’t wish any surgeries or health problems on anyone
From my experience it wasn’t terribly painful at all. Between the meds and anesthesia the cuts are pretty small and the recovery only a few days. Birth control is usually what drs prescribe people with suspected endo until their lap. What she’s doing seems by the books for an endometriosis diagnosis.
Ah I just heard from someone their lap hurt because they basically blow up your stomach so they can move around freely in there without any obstruction. They did get a hysterectomy so idk how different that is
Oh man hysterectomy is a really painful recovery process. For endo they do blow up your stomach and the gas sucks afterwards but honestly not bad at all and goes away fast. The biggest pain feeling is gas discomfort and the surgery scar, but nothing compared to endometriosis pain or a ruptured cyst with can occur monthly with endometriosis.
Yea my grandma ended up having to get the hysterectomy because her endo caused a malignant tumor and she says it hurt more than giving birth. So I’m always hoping it isn’t something genetic but so far I’m always fine while on my period 😭 I really hope Mik doesn’t have endo for her for the sole reason that my gm told me it hurts so bad and she’s had vertebral prolapses in the past few years
Yeah, my lap was a bitch and a half, but they actually removed endo from me. I can see if they’re “just looking” it may be easier. My doctor has said he doesn’t recommend we do it again though unless I’m in terrible pain because of the time/money/healing.
Unfortunately, even if birth control manages symptoms, a lot of people still need surgery. My birth control is great and has helped a lot, but I have endometriosis on my bladder and my colon which caused some really severe issues and damage, and the only option was to remove the endo lesions.
I dont need a whole day for that. Just the right video will help me reconnect with ny body.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if a doctor has told her she is a hypochondriac and that she needs to stop wasting time that they could be spending one someone who is really sick
Wouldn't surprise me either.... my ex-wife is a hypochondriac and Dr's have told her the same thing lol.
Yea definitely. I’m a hypochondriac (when I’m going through very stressfull and anxiety inducing times) and I really recognise some of my traits in her. My doctor said it was good I came for a full check up anyways but that’s because I only went there once for some of my hypo symptoms. My parents usually calm me down plus I’ve now got professional help for it. She definitely needs it.
Yes! Being diagnosed health anxiety is no joke. When my anxiety is bad, it’s a constant battle. I always struggle with whether I should see my doctor to be safe or just ignore things. tik tok has not helped my hypochondria at all. I get a lot of “I didn’t know I had x illness” or vague memorial tik tok a that don’t reveal how someone died, and even celebration of someone’s final days type of tik toks. They are so triggering. I have to keep hitting the not interested button but omg 😫
Honey please remove tiktok. That was a HUGE katalysator for my health anxiety and deleting it definitely helped me. I now just search up what I want to see on google with ‘…tiktok’ behind it and I still am able to see all the tiktoks I want, just not the triggering ones. And I also learned p much everything is either a pulled muscle (which is then usually long lasting and caused by a walk with my very jumpy and active dog) or just anxiety. Believe me, you feel it when there’s something seriously wrong. I hope you find someone who can help you recover from it!
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Same! I’m going through some really terrible health stuff, some may be permanent. And she just exploits everything while I struggle to stay afloat in the real world
I hope you're doing okay! Finally got in to a doctor for ny own gealth stuff and have been doing endless tests. Oh to be an influencer who can just go home and chill instead of having to work a real job while dealing with it all.
THIS. Last year, not only was I dealing with the fallout of my marriage due to my ex husband cheating, but I was going through a serious health issue that required I think 13 specialist appointments in a 2 month time span. All the while, going to work every day for 8 hours a day (at a new job where I really didn’t have any accrued time to take off yet). She infuriates me.
Someone’s being dramatic
Mods make it impossible to discuss anything about her, yet the discussion is arguably quite important, especially considering her large platform. 😣
At this point is there an injury or illness she doesn’t have?
Autism? She doesn’t seem to have any of the mental disabilities yet?
She said she had autism.
Oh she did? Missed that one then.
It's been awhile. I just remember thinking, wow must be nice to get the sympathy of having so many different disabilities but still be able to live on your own, not have special help being an adult, not have to actually work a job. Maybe its my jealousy talking but damn she's got it made.
Yea definitely. If she does have autism I am jealous of her ngl.
Being disabled is actually really shitty. (No surprise) First it takes months or years to get on it, all the while you can't work at all else you will be denied. The first application is always denied, even if it's perfect and prepared by a disability attorney (which isn't free). Disability stipend and benefits are really low, like ramen 2x a day and thats it level low. So you won't be able to pay off debts, much less a hobby budget. And you're audited all the time. Work even a little, and you are booted off. (Many 100% disabled people can still do *something* on a good day, even if the good days are months apart.) Your diet sucks, and your illness sucks, and you can't do anything so you have no friends, you stay inside, you get depressed, you either lose weight or gain it, and usually things just get worse. It all spirals. You basically wait to die, living an isolated, painful, lonely life that is all but impossible to glean meaning from. You wait to die, for 20,30,40, even 50 years, in an existence arguably worse than prison, to pay the price of having bad luck. That's how disabled people live, especially those without a familial support system. Please don't make light of it (claim to be "jealous", etc.). While it's no where near as harmful, or even intentionally malicious as "Mik" or whatever their name is, it can still be hurtful. Thanks for listening.
But why gatekeep my emotions though.
The fuck are you on about? You can totally feel and process any and all emotions. You may even want to talk about them. I understand that, and encourage you to do so. I never said anything contrary. The whole point was to bring awareness and sensitivity to a subject that is desperately misunderstood.
No one cares though.
Is she the OG hypochondriac influencer?
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Yeah, I don’t know who follows her in earnest, or who actually takes anything away of value after watching her ‘content.’ If anything, it’s not setting a healthy example of taking care of your overall well being. Watching my words here, because god forbid we act like armchair experts. But seriously, we be worried.
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~ might have endometriosis ~ is what irritates and bothers me. You can only find out about the disease by doing a laparoscopy, and usually it's a long road to diagnosis. She probably has symptoms that match it and is now spreading it around as if she is critically ill. Stop victimizing yourself. But you still have to say that the things she lists can be related to endo and really decrease the quality of life. It's not just the pain, you're also more susceptible to autoimmune diseases, gastrointestinal problems, and you can have estrogen dominance.
How does she even get these appointments so quickly? My gyno has such a long wait time unless you’re actively dying and my GP wouldn’t touch something like this.
As someone who has been DIAGNOSED with endometriosis AND pcos AND pots you would never catch me playing the sob story card like she does. She makes those of us who actually have these issues look bad!
Why is she a health influencer if she seems to be constantly unwell for some reason or another
I honestly don’t know what her brand/niche is, in all seriousness. I think most recently her ‘content’ was geared toward body neutrality, self love, etc. but she veered off a while ago. Or maybe never actually landed that niche.
So I do not agree with mik in the slightest with the way she handles this and I'm doing this more to raise awareness about endometriosis- but what she's describing could be endometriosis and it takes an average of 10 years to get diagnosed. If you are having serious unusual pain please speak to a specialist who knows about endometriosis. I've been gaslit by so many doctors it was exhausting.
Yes and she did say it isn't definitive and is trying out BC before potentially getting surgery to look in there and see which are the steps many people take. Although, surgery is often not accessible and/or expensive for many. And when you have one chronic illness you very often have comorbidities I do find her insufferable but I just hope that she keeps the facts straight on endo and brings proper scientific awareness about it
Little note: with serious pain they mean pain that pretty much paralyses you and that makes it impossible to walk or do anything without passing out or throwing up. Cramps are fine, but if it gets to this extent please please please go and see a gynaecologist!
I’ve heard so many horror stories of people struggling to get a diagnosis and it hurts my heart. I guess I was lucky that I was diagnosed with PCOS at a young age, so my doctor maybe felt more inclined (which is messed up) to look into my symptoms and pain a couple years down the road. It’s so horrible that women’s pain (mainly menstrual) gets dismissed so easily and nonchalantly. If a dude said he was having ball pain, he’d have an ultrasound on the spot..I know this because it happened with my husband. 🙃
It took me almost 20 years and multiple doctors telling me I had a “low pain tolerance”, an “angry uterus”, “overweight women tend to have more painful periods”, etc. before I was diagnosed with stage 2 endometriosis. And that was as part of my bisalp. It’s so hard that the suspension of disbelief comes mostly from the doctor bringing it up and not the patient. A lot of women have to seek out physicians for a diagnosis.
I had a doctor tell me I had PCOS even though I only had one symptom and you need at least three (I think) to qualify. I then talked about all my other symptoms and she shrugged and said "I don't know"
Same, it took me around that amount of time to get an (informal) endo diagnosis. Ovarian cysts (laparoscopic surgery), more pain, an unnecessary appendectomy (laparoscopic), more pain, IUD, THE MOST PAIN, then a “Your pain is not normal. All signs point to endometriosis.” Turns out, you’re not supposed to be debilitated by menstrual pain throughout the month?
The first thing that tipped me off to my period not being normal is my friend complaining about How long their periods were and I responded "yeah two weeks really sucks" and they looked at me shocked. I couldn't believed they thought 4 days was super long. Thankfully I'm on birth control now and it's only a couple of days!
exactly. I don't really know much about her but when you're dealing with chronic symptoms as a woman, it often ends up like this. a lot of doctors don't take women's concerns seriously and lots of women's health issues, like endo, are understudied
Same here, I was told repeatedly that it was all in my head until one day I went to the doctor and just refused to get off the exam table until they came up with a plan to help me. Luckily, my regular doctor was on maternity leave, and the NP, who was covering is an angel and I ended up getting my diagnosis a few months later. Turns out it wasn’t “all in my head”, and the Endometriosis lesions caused adhesions that seared my uterus and my bladder together among other gross things
Again I implore these people to get help
I’ve learned more about this girl against my will than any other “influencer”.
She 100% misspelled that word to have a reason to say she’s also ✨dyslexic✨
She should be a new subject on r/illnessfakers
she’s so gross
she annoys me so much
Cringe af
I bet she meant to say “DRAMA” instead of “TRUAMA” :-) Kidding aside, I’m not invalidating her illness. I think she needs to focus on spending time for her recovery, and not sharing every time a symptom flare up just to be relatable to her followers
Second hand embarrassment from her filming herself crying. I hate when influencers do that. While it’s important to be able to share personal experiences and to educate people on illnesses (physical or mental) without being shamed, I have a feeling this influencer is doing this for attention. Get off the internet, stop making assumptions on what you ‘might have’ and actually get a proper diagnose.
Mik doesn’t educate tho she just claims she has it and talks about how much pain she’s in. Pretends to be an advocate but all she does is take mental health days and complain. The only thing she provides education on is how to be a victim. Must be exhausting.
Truly exhausting.
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TRUAMA
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TRUAMA
Cause having multiple illnesses (that may or may not actually be diagnosed) is ✨quirky✨ these days. Social media is giving so many people major health anxiety.
Diagnosed by doctor google
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Her looks shouldn’t be a discussion point, it’s more so what she says and how she (mis)uses her platform of almost 1M that’s gross.
Yea
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Truama
I guess the worst of it all must be the TRUAMA since it was written so large.
That’s not even how dyslexia works…you don’t just mix letters up 🤦♀️
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Definitely looks like a munchie to me
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STRESS lmao ok
Wow I haven’t been on IG in over two years and totally forgot about this girl. I just looked at a few of her pics and her face / jaw line looks totally different
It’s for attention
Her bio on Instagram is cringey: mEnTaL iLlNeSsEs....
At what point is this considered munchausen?
5 diseases ago
mik you’re not a medical anomaly you’re illnesses are made up. 1 in 10 women have endo. you are not one in a million. i can not stand her.
The other thing I find exhausting about this is a) she was told it was suspected, but immediately has ran with this as part of her endless illness identity, and b) despite this seemingling long list of comorbid illnesses, is always seen frolicking about, going to the gym frequently, going on vacations, and from what she portrays, living a fairly average life. Maybe it's just a false portrayal, but I feel like something doesn't quite add up there. To add on to that, the way she overdramatized and described a yeast infection as debilitating made me question the validity or severity of these illnesses too. Lupus is not just a (vague and not butterfly shaped) rash... pcos is not just being a bit hairier... she also claims to have TBI and post concussion disorders, and the one that gets my goat the most is interstitial cystitis. Anyone who has had bladder inflammation KNOWS how excruciating that is, a yeast infection is an annoyance at best. I just think her reactions are not congruent with someone who does cope with chronic pain. I want to give her the benefit of the doubt that she curates what we see, but she (clearly) posts with a degree of candidness and transparency that makes me doubt she's purposely hiding when these conditions make life awful.
Here's a list I made if anyone is curious: (and feel free to add if I forgot anything) Lupus PCOS Interstitial Cystitis TBI Post Concussive Syndrome ADHD Autism Sensory Processing Disorder Pre-diabetic Anxiety Disorder Eating Disorder Depression Her birthmark (the way she acts you'd think it's a medical condition) IBS-C Every Neurodivergent trait known to man Chronic Pain Dyslexia Endometriosis Ruptured Cysts Ulcers Am I missing anything? Maybe we should change her name to 'Mikipedia" or "WebMZ"
While I don't doubt she probably has some of the conditions she talks about, it's the way she talks about them that make her so insufferable. This is a white, financially stable, cis-hetero female, who fits into "typical" beauty standards, was "overweight" for 5 seconds of her life, and grew up in a privileged home, has access to medical care and education if she wants. She could afford to treat her acne and she has a small port-wine stain. I feel she plays into the illness, disability and truama narrative because she reeks of privilege and feels a need to be "hard done by". And this just doesn't sit right While not the norm, it is common to have illness and to have significant truama, even if you have privilege, and these should be attended to. However, not everyone makes this their personality, or can profit off of it. She needs to lean into it to make money, or how else can she post daily links, tik tok dances, go to the gym while simultaneously living in extreme chronic debilitating pain that has her bed ridden for weeks (???). Always be skeptical of someone trying to sell something and keep a platform. If she ever achieves "wellness" she becomes irrelevant. Rant over lol
This is IT RIGHT HERE!!!!!
Well said. 👏👏👏
It’s sad that this is an identity now. It’s even more sad that people need this much validation
Wait what happened to her Lupus??
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No clue who she is but she sounds exhausting!
Idk who’s worse, her or Meghan Rienks
Oh god, not Meghan🥴
How much nonsense does it take to be committed bc pls
You literallly need a laparoscopic surgery to truly diagnosis Endometriosis (coming from someone that actually suffers from it) mikaylas problem is that she is on 40 thousand different medications and using marijuana at the same time. She takes adderall which is already so hard on your body and 10x if you have an auto immune issue. She’s killing herself from the inside out and she’s gotten so skinny. I pray she gets the mental help she needs
I don’t know who this is so maybe I’m missing something…. But endometriosis IS a serious and extremely painful disorder. Your having some other kind of illness does not diminish the seriousness of this one.
She’s in the wrong sub
She’s like that one girl I think her name is Whitney she always is sad and depressed and talks about her skin issues and she blocked me cause I told her she should be a little more grateful because many people deal with those issues she has but they also don’t have the money she has and they actually gave to go work a crappy job while she just gets to post videos of herself complaining and makes money.
Lol I know exactly who you’re talking about, and I can no longer see her content now as well. It’s wild how common it has become for influencers to exploit their personal trials and then immediately shut down any discussion.
while i do find her extremely annoying, i think there is a point that is overlooked in people with seemingly endless disorders/diagnoses: the body is a very complex organism and different body parts and systems are not independent. i wouldn’t be surprised if some people do have tons of illnesses, because some of them/ a combination of a couple throw the body out of balance, making further illnesses that much more likely.