View Full Version : *LONG* TMI medical issues - you've been warned
rubyredlipsss
02-10-2010, 04:52 PM
I don't get the feeling that people here are trying to say that there aren't bad doctors. I'm glad you went into detail about the high hysterectomy rate, a lot of people are unaware that this is happening. but again, i mostly blame the system. when you look at countries with socialized medicine compared to ours, the statistics are quite dismal, in many aspects. the point i'm trying to make is that, yes there are bad doctors, there are good doctors, and our healthcare system needs some serious reform, i can only speak for me but went discussing the topic simply i tend to be more optimistic about doctors, even though i also use alternative medicine (chiropractors and homeopathy)...because western medicine has also helped me.
mediocrity
02-11-2010, 11:14 AM
Okay, I read some of the other posts, and everyone has an opinion about what you may have....a lot of medical problems have similar symptoms. and there's still so much we don't know about the human body!!!
There's always a chance it could be more than just one thing. It could be several things....an infection plus an undiagnosed allergy, etc.
But the fact that you were crying because your kidneys hurt so bad is a major red flag to me personally...you HAVE to get that taken care of.
My whole life I have been prone to kidney, bladder, and urinary tract infections, so up until three years ago, whenever one would pop up, I'd just be like, "Meh, another infection. Time to go get more antibiotics." and that was that.
But in 2008, one day I randomly woke up with my kidneys hurting. Went to the doctor, he prescribed me some antibiotics. Nothing. They still hurt. I kept taking the antibiotics, and they still hurt. It got to the point where, like you, I was sobbing from the pain. If anything, even clothing, touched my back, the pain would be unbearable. Finally one day I couldn't even walk. My roommates had to call an ambulance and they had to come and put me on a stretcher, put me in the ambulance, and take me to the hospital.
Okay, well the first thing that happened was the ER doctor put me on a super high dose of Keflex...which turned out to be my very first allergy! I went into anaphalectic (this is horribly mispelled, sorry) shock. It's now on my list of banned medicines. Anyway, they did away with the Keflex in a hurry, and once I was stabilized they did some more tests.
Turns out I had renal (kidney) disease.
Untreated kidney disease WILL kill you. Not CAN kill you, not MIGHT kill you, WILL kill you. I'm all good in the hood now, but please please please get your kidneys checked ASAP.
Having non-functioning kidneys and not getting it treated is the equivalent of slowly poisoning yourself to death. If you don't have the money to see a doctor, then go to the emergency room and over-exaggerate your symptoms to the point of making a spectacle, or just call an ambulance. In life or death situations or agonizing pain they have to see you. You'll be billed and you can pay it later.
Take care of yourself!!!
Yup. I also have/had renal disease. It sucks ass and is nothing to play around with. I almost wound up needing a transplant, but I got a second opinion and had a wonderful, understanding urologist who literally took me back from the edge.
LunaCera Fenella
02-15-2010, 10:20 AM
I got my lab results back. No issues. Everything normal except cholesterol (216). I. give. up.
rubyredlipsss
02-15-2010, 02:43 PM
that must be frustrating but i suggest the next step is to cut gluten out of your diet for one month and see how you feel, then reintroduce it into your diet. even with the tests they have out there it can still come back false negative and you don't necessarily have to have celiac disease to be gluten intolerant. when i was first tested all my tests came back normal, i was convinced i was anemic because i was dizzy a lot and bruised easily...but i wasn't even anemic. before i saw a doctor that confirmed i was gluten intolerant i had already been eating that way so it was more confirmation than anything.
not eating gluten significantly changed my health, like i mentioned before. it's hard to make the change but there's a lot of alternatives for bread and pasta (tinkyaka is the best rice pasta out there) and the bread is ok as long as you toast it. i got lazy over the weekend and ate something i knew had gluten in it (not a lot) but it had me feeling achy, headaches and overall sick for about 3 days...imagine if i continued eating gluten how i would feel everyday (that's how i felt a lot). it's frustrating to have a bunch of lab work done only to find out nothing's wrong but like i said, it could be your diet. the only thing though is that you have to be really strict about it in order for you to 'test' yourself accurately. i hope you feel better soon.
LunaCera Fenella
02-15-2010, 02:50 PM
that must be frustrating but i suggest the next step is to cut gluten out of your diet for one month and see how you feel, then reintroduce it into your diet. even with the tests they have out there it can still come back false negative and you don't necessarily have to have celiac disease to be gluten intolerant. when i was first tested all my tests came back normal, i was convinced i was anemic because i was dizzy a lot and bruised easily...but i wasn't even anemic. before i saw a doctor that confirmed i was gluten intolerant i had already been eating that way so it was more confirmation than anything.
not eating gluten significantly changed my health, like i mentioned before. it's hard to make the change but there's a lot of alternatives for bread and pasta (tinkyaka is the best rice pasta out there) and the bread is ok as long as you toast it. i got lazy over the weekend and ate something i knew had gluten in it (not a lot) but it had me feeling achy, headaches and overall sick for about 3 days...imagine if i continued eating gluten how i would feel everyday (that's how i felt a lot). it's frustrating to have a bunch of lab work done only to find out nothing's wrong but like i said, it could be your diet. the only thing though is that you have to be really strict about it in order for you to 'test' yourself accurately. i hope you feel better soon.
I actually bought some gluten free pasta that I happened to see at walmart. There's no health food stores here; walmart is all we have for about 30 miles in any direction. Anyways... I tried the pasta... and it was like eating plain rice. :( not very appetizing. I think maybe I'll just make up some veggie soup again and try it for a couple days.
As far as it being frustrating, yes. Very much so. I've been trying to call them back all day so I could get the actual numbers from the thyroid tests. No luck so far.
rubyredlipsss
02-15-2010, 02:56 PM
yeah there's a lot of baaaad replacements. you can order GF products online, which I would suggest cause I went crazy trying to cut things out like bread and pasta. Tinkyaka is the only pasta i've tried that has the texture and taste of real pasta, the rest are mushy, grainy grossness...same with a lot of the breads. you can have bread shipped to you that's frozen for replacements and there's a lot of good gf cereals out there. also, i eat a lot of thai, japanese and indian food since most of it's gluten free. mexican food is also good as long as you're ordering corn tortillas, and no fast food mexican!! they put spices in their beef with gluten. if you're making your own food then you know exactly what's going in it but you have to be careful with food from restaurants and pre-made food from the store...check ingredients, etc.
mediocrity
02-15-2010, 03:04 PM
When this happened to me with my renal disease, I started an elimination diet to see what triggered what symptoms. I still follow this diet to this very day, but I started off with no fruits, vegetables, drinks other than water, no caffeine and no sweets. Then I added them back, one by one til I learned what I personally couldn't tolerate. For me, it's no citrus, no cranberry, no chocolate, and no caffeine ( though I occasionally slip up on this because I love my coffee ).
It's a starting point.
LunaCera Fenella
02-15-2010, 03:42 PM
yeah there's a lot of baaaad replacements. you can order GF products online, which I would suggest cause I went crazy trying to cut things out like bread and pasta. Tinkyaka is the only pasta i've tried that has the texture and taste of real pasta, the rest are mushy, grainy grossness...same with a lot of the breads. you can have bread shipped to you that's frozen for replacements and there's a lot of good gf cereals out there. also, i eat a lot of thai, japanese and indian food since most of it's gluten free. mexican food is also good as long as you're ordering corn tortillas, and no fast food mexican!! they put spices in their beef with gluten. if you're making your own food then you know exactly what's going in it but you have to be careful with food from restaurants and pre-made food from the store...check ingredients, etc.
I definitely can't order anything. I only have $174 in food stamps for the month to divide between shawn and myself. He was supposed to be making a lot more money at this new job but so far it's only been about $100/wk.
Right now I'm just trying to stick with veggies, meat and fruit, which is pretty much what I was doing anyways.