Body fat percentage, BMI, scales, mirrors, and fitness photos can all mislead when used alone. A safer progress plan combines habits, strength, waist trends, energy, sleep, and medical context.
After decades of painful gout attacks, misdiagnosis, medication access problems, kidney concerns, and daily-life limits, I learned that managing gout takes more than willpower.
For nearly two years, I’ve lived with daily pain and numbness that no scan can explain. This is my journey through frustration, countless doctors, and the search for answers.
A first-person story about Crohn's disease, repeated GI surgeries, kidney stones, short bowel complications, disability, mental health, and learning to survive a body that keeps demanding care.
A safer, lived-experience story about rotoscoliosis, ruptured discs, chronic pain, spinal fusion conversations, supplements, faith, and learning how to make decisions without panic.
