>>70592932QRD:
Polka has very openly been struggling for migraines for years. She used to stream much more frequently and would often cancel or move streams around citing "barometric pressure" making her feel unwell (it's a common thing in japan to conflate chronic headaches with changing airpressure). Their frequency is part of what pushed her to stream less and focus more on behind-the-scenes work like Polden and so on. She's talked about this issue a lot.
She's been medicating these migraines with over the counter painkillers and developed gastroenteritis from long-term use. This eventually caused an ulcer, which got infected, which got bad enough to send her to the hospital.
While short-term she's cutting down on painkillers, the hospital is also helping her diagnose the root cause of the migraines. Her second hospital visit was for testing. Right now all she knows is that her blood pressure has abnormal spikes and this is likely contributing to the problem, but based on the test results she'll likely be pursuing further treatment.
