Being a Spoonie with Cancer sucks Monkey Balls via GIPHY I’ve been writing so much about having cancer here, I haven’t addressed the side issue of having both cancer and chronic illnesses. Before cancer, I know I had: asthma spinal degenerative disorder neuralgia as a complication of the spinal disorder. In the process of having cancer, I’ve found that I also have rheumatoid arthritis. Of course I also found out that the treatment for it is the same as one of the drugs I was taking for the cancer, but less often. So while some of my pain issues were worse, that one was better. Until now. via GIPHY For almost two weeks, I’ve had a headache, a low-level migraine that kept roaring into a full-blown incapacitating episode. It was strange though, because it was a motion headache, and it was happening in my ear. The right side of my skull also hurts. I figured that was just a fun new manifestation of bone pain. Yay. Since the cancer started, I started to hear my blood rushing in my right ear. Apparently this is a special type of tinnitus that happens to people with anemia. So I initially thought, this is that issue getting worse for a moment and it’ll go away. Chronic pain teaches you to see if minor aches will just pass with heat applied or stretching. Sadly, this also feeds into your high tolerance for pain, which can be bad if you’re, say, experiencing a headache that is

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