Sigh. I hear you. But I’d bet money the stress she’s caused made things worse.
Thing is EDS can cause all sorts of complications and stress is particularly damaging to people who have it. He complained about arthritis before which already seems to be affecting his mobility as well as digestive issues including ulcers and that may be chronic like IBS. My main concern is possible heart problems, specifically valve issues, which are not uncommon in EDSers. Given the location of the gauze, it may have been placed after a Central Venous Catheterization or Pulmonary Artery Catheterization. PICC lines are used for chemo and tend to stay in place for a lot longer, not to mention that chemo makes you lose your hair so I doubt he’s got cancer. He started looking a little better in Italy only to lose weight again after he left so there’s a strong psychosomatic and environmental aspect to his health issues ATM. He gets stressed out with all of the unnecessary drama in his life, which causes him to lose his appetite and his GI tract to act up so that he can only tolerate a bland vegetable-based diet. A diet that is completely wrong for his metabolic type…