Life Sucks
This really sucks that I am feeling progressively worse and worse than worse. The pain and weakness are so unbearable that I can’t even do daily functions very well. I’m get so exhausted after short amounts of activity. I’m having dizzy spinny feelings almost every day. I try to take naps or sleep more but I either can’t sleep or I wake up sore and stiff, in pain and still feel exhausted. I feel so agitated, irritable and depressed that I often withdraw into my room so I won’t be“ bitchy’ to my family or so that I can cry alone. Getting up and down those 8 stairs feels like climbing a mountain I get all out of breath, pounding heart, muscles ache like I’ve done aerobics and /or weightlifting. This is not just “being out of shape”
I am crying everyday now. I’m taking supplements to try improving my mood and quality of sleep but they aren’t working anymore. I hate living like this, that doctors only treat me symptom by symptom. ‘Yes your tests are abnormal, something is wrong with you but it’s not my area go find another doctor.’
I’ve had an awful IBS attack that has lasted for 3 days. My guts are aching and spasming, and well I’m spending a lot of time running to the bathroom. It’s very unpleasant indeed, to say the very least.
I’m glad Dad got back early this morning from his weekend away at his highschool reunion and drove me to the clinic to get my blood tests today. I have bad migriane, was nauseous, abdomen and head hurting so bad and brain so non-functioning I didn’t want to drive myself and actually wasn’t going to go. I guess I looked pretty bad this morning because the tech was asking me if I needed something to drink or if I needed to lie down. I told her just take my blood so I can go home
At least they got the needle in with the 1st try this time. They needed 4 vials of blood, but my blood was not coming out so readily so 2 of the tubes where switched to half size pediatric tubes. I was thankful of that.
When I got home I tried again to get a hold of my assigned worker at FIA about medical. I left another message on her voice mail. Then I went around shut the windows because I was so cold, the stress and chilly morning caused me to go into a bad Raynaud’s attack. I got so chilled that I was shivering and my extremities turned pale. I tried just grabbing a sweater and a blanket but it didn’t help. So I got in bed with a comforter and 3 blankets covering me and pulled up around my head and at least one cat, sometimes 2 cuddling with me for over an hour to get warm again. These attacks are becoming more frequent, times like this I really miss Rob he is like a furnace. The body heat coming off him could warm a small car. LOL He can tell you when I have Raynaud’s attack my skin is Freezing to the touch. Not just a clammy cold, but ice cube cold. Ever tease your friends by sneaking ice cubes down there shirt/pants? Well I do equivalent of that with my icy hands.
Oh results from last Tuesday May 30th blood tests:
• Kidney function panel, Cholesterol panel and thyroid test where normal.
• One of my liver enzymes, Alanine aminotransferase/ Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase(ALT/SGPT) was slighty elevated
The ALT test detects liver injury. Could be due to the Prednisone?
• My white blood cells where slightly elevated
An elevated number of white blood cells is called leukocytosis. This can result from bacterial infections, inflammation, leukemia, trauma, or stress.
• My Sed Rate was slightly elevated.
The sedimentation rate (sed rate) blood test measures how quickly red blood cells (erythrocytes) settle in a test tube in one hour.
When inflammation is present in the body, certain proteins cause red blood cells to stick together and fall more quickly than normal to the bottom of the tube. The more red cells that fall to the bottom of a special test tube in one hour, the higher the sed rate. These proteins are produced by the liver and the immune system under many abnormal conditions, such as an infection, an autoimmune disease, or cancer. There are many possible causes of an elevated sedimentation rate. For this reason, a sed rate is done with other tests to confirm a diagnosis. Once a diagnosis has been made, a sed rate can be done to help monitor the course of the disease or the effectiveness of treatment.
So slightly elevated white blood cell & Sed rate is no surprise, but I am a little concerned about the liver enzyme.
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