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11-01-2007, 05:25 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Georgia
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| Still no answers - just a vent I have been sick for a little over a year now. I have been sick enough that it is seriously interfering with my life for about 2 months. I have been to doctor after doctor. This week alone I have spent $200 in co-pays. I spent over 10 hours in the emergency room Saturday - after I spent 2 hours at Urgent Care and the doctor freaked and sent me there. They did a CT scan and took enough blood to create another me. All I walked out with was a referral to a neurologist. I have already seen a neurologist. The past 3 weeks it has literally been all I could do to get up, get the kids off to school, then crash on the couch until time to pick them up, then crash on the couch again until Mike gets home. I had to drive to Alabama last Friday (had to go to my grandmother's house) and I had to pull over 4 times. What is normally an hour and a half drive for me, took me 3 1/2 hours. I don't mean to whine. I am just frustrated beyond belief. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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11-01-2007, 05:31 AM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Minnesota
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| I'm so sorry you aren't feeling well. Do the doctors have any ideas what is wrong? I hope you can get a diagnosis and start feeling better soon.
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11-01-2007, 05:32 AM | #3 |
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| SWeetie,has anyone checked you out for fybromyalgia? I have it an it is debilitating at tomes.The doctor dx it by about 12 pressure points on your body! Do you have arthritis now? Its just a hunch. It does not show up in blood work and only has been dx in the past 10 years. I hope you feel better! |
11-01-2007, 05:40 AM | #4 |
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| They don't have a clue. They have said no to fybromyalgia. They have a whole list of things they have said no to. They thought at one time I had chronic fatigue syndrome, but now they have even changed their minds and said no to that. They have said no to lupus. They have said no to MS. They have said no to a brain tumor or bleed. Basically everything my symptoms say it could be, they keep saying no to. I can not afford to keep going to all these doctors and not getting any answers. It has completely wiped my bank account and what little savings I had. As it is right now, if they do happen to decide once and for all what is wrong with me, I can't afford the cure - lol.
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11-01-2007, 05:44 AM | #5 | |
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Gray -- I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers..... please do your best to keep from getting discouraged. Sending hugs and get well wishes | |
11-01-2007, 05:58 AM | #6 |
Aubrey's Mom Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Georgia
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| I hope you get to feeling better, and hopefully you can find the right doctor that can figure out whats wrong, so you can stop going all around town and nothing being done about it. |
11-01-2007, 06:33 AM | #7 | |
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What about MS, a viral infection, mono or narcolepsia? When I was younger I had a viral infection and the docs thought it was mono but it was not. I was exhausted ALL the time. Sleeping 16 hours a day. It lasted for 2 months. It was awful. Good LUck girl, I hope they figure this out and help you soon!!!
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11-01-2007, 07:12 AM | #8 |
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| I am in a LOT of pain. My joints hurt so bad I have sat and just cried. That is part of what landed me at Urgent Care and then in the ER Saturday. Basically its severe joint pain, occasional fevers of 101 or higher, the palms of my hands will turn really really red and feel like they are on fire (sometimes this happens on my cheeks too, but most of the times its my hands), headaches, occasional nausea/vomiting, fatigue. I also am having trouble walking - I can walk, it just isn't in a straight line and I stumble a lot. Like when I walk down the hall going to the bedroom I am literally bouncing off one wall and into the other, like a pin ball or something. Even the ER doctor commented on it and asked Mike if he'd noticed it too. I just feel like I am basically a 31 year old mess. I just want to find out what the problem is and start fixing it so I can go back to living and enjoying my life again. I miss playing with my skin kidlets and Susanah.
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11-01-2007, 07:20 AM | #9 |
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| You are so young to be having these issues. The stumbling sounds like an inner ear issue but that doesn't go along with the rest of the symptoms. very puzzling. Why did they rule out fybromyalgia? |
11-01-2007, 07:25 AM | #10 | |
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11-01-2007, 07:34 AM | #11 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | I'm sure they've checked, but what about thyroid problems possibly. Have you tried dietary changes, like eliminating white flour, sugars, processed foods? I'm sorry you've had such a horrible time and hope you get answers soon.
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11-01-2007, 07:41 AM | #12 |
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| For the tiredness I would suggest having your thyroid checked, but that doesn't explain all of your other symptoms. For what it's worth, I can sympathize. I went through hell for many years of being in pain. I went to 5 different gynecologists and was told everything from "pain is normal for you" to "you have X disease" that I really didn't have! The clincher was when they wanted to put me on Lupron for Endometriosis without confirming that's what I had! After an ER visit for the pain and a kind ER doc who believed me, I went to a surgeon without a referral and demanded he look inside and find out once and for all what was wrong. The surgery resolved 75% of my issues, but when my Dr. at the time told me that was "all she could do for me" I moved on, and finally found a Dr. who did another surgery and now I'm in PT for the last of the pain. Everything I've been diagnosed with in the last 2 years has made complete sense, and they should have figured it out sooner. I'm 26 and I feel like I'm finally getting some sort of resolution. I'd been in pain since I was 16! Now I'm almost pain free but I'm still exhausted from years of never feeling well and all the emotion that comes with it. I hope you figure it out soon.
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11-01-2007, 07:44 AM | #13 | |
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11-01-2007, 08:02 AM | #14 |
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| I don't fall into the ethnic catagories for that so I don't think they've tested for that one. The test on my thyroid came back only "slightly elivated" and I was told I needed to have it "checked again in 6 months".
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11-01-2007, 08:48 AM | #15 |
Mommy's Lil' Miracle Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mufreesboro, TN
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| Why did they rule out Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? That was the first thing I thought of. BTW CFS is a horrible condition to have and the name is VERY misleading. Could it be possible that you actually have multiple illnesses which is why the combination of symptoms don't seem to fit any one condition?
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