Health update
Hmmm...where do I start?
I posted a while ago that I was starting to have some health concerns again. I still don't know what is/was wrong with me. I've seen two GPs, a health nurse, and had internal and external ultrasounds so far. I'm also booked in for blood tests, an echo cardiograph (not a regular ECG), a second pap smear (even though the first one was normal), and a trip back to my specialist to put me back on the drugs I went off when I was applying to get into the Army. After all that, I have to go back to GP #2 (who is female and by far the most helpful doc I've had in a long time, despite my initial reservations about her), to find out the results of everything.
So far, all my tests have come back normal, but clearly something is going on, or I wouldn't be having all the symptoms I'm having lately - including very increased frequency of the chest pains that I get.
GP #2 did freak me out a bit, but in the end, I'm glad. She knew a lot more about my MVP (see my article on subter.com for details on that) than anyone else I've spoken to, including my specialists. She even brought to my attention the correlation between things that happened to me when I was in high school that I'd never associated with my medical problems before....and in doing so, went way up in my esteem.
She put my mind slightly at ease in relation to the problems I'm having with my girl stuff. She mentioned surgery in relation to the heart stuff. Yeah, heart surgery...and strokes. Did I mention surgery? The thought of heart surgery, despite the advances in medicine and surgical techniques makes me nervous to say the least, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
C has been an absolute legend when it's come to being there for me and supporting me, even taking time off work to drive me to appointments, when I could easily go myself.
I feel a lot better than I have been, although I've strayed slightly from Dr Fun-Killer's diet, solely because my body's been so screwed up lately that it's been necessary for me to just eat what I feel like eating, when I need to. And that's meant bread and sweets. Now though, I'm trying really hard to get back on track. It's been a setback and I've stagnated with the weight for the last 6 weeks or so (which I expected), but at least I'm getting to the bottom of why now, and that's the main thing.
Hopefully by the end of next week, I'll have a better understanding of what's going on.
Right now, I have to convince myself to throw away the rest of the birthday cake I made for A's 7th birthday, instead of binging on it while C is away interstate this week.
I posted a while ago that I was starting to have some health concerns again. I still don't know what is/was wrong with me. I've seen two GPs, a health nurse, and had internal and external ultrasounds so far. I'm also booked in for blood tests, an echo cardiograph (not a regular ECG), a second pap smear (even though the first one was normal), and a trip back to my specialist to put me back on the drugs I went off when I was applying to get into the Army. After all that, I have to go back to GP #2 (who is female and by far the most helpful doc I've had in a long time, despite my initial reservations about her), to find out the results of everything.
So far, all my tests have come back normal, but clearly something is going on, or I wouldn't be having all the symptoms I'm having lately - including very increased frequency of the chest pains that I get.
GP #2 did freak me out a bit, but in the end, I'm glad. She knew a lot more about my MVP (see my article on subter.com for details on that) than anyone else I've spoken to, including my specialists. She even brought to my attention the correlation between things that happened to me when I was in high school that I'd never associated with my medical problems before....and in doing so, went way up in my esteem.
She put my mind slightly at ease in relation to the problems I'm having with my girl stuff. She mentioned surgery in relation to the heart stuff. Yeah, heart surgery...and strokes. Did I mention surgery? The thought of heart surgery, despite the advances in medicine and surgical techniques makes me nervous to say the least, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
C has been an absolute legend when it's come to being there for me and supporting me, even taking time off work to drive me to appointments, when I could easily go myself.
I feel a lot better than I have been, although I've strayed slightly from Dr Fun-Killer's diet, solely because my body's been so screwed up lately that it's been necessary for me to just eat what I feel like eating, when I need to. And that's meant bread and sweets. Now though, I'm trying really hard to get back on track. It's been a setback and I've stagnated with the weight for the last 6 weeks or so (which I expected), but at least I'm getting to the bottom of why now, and that's the main thing.
Hopefully by the end of next week, I'll have a better understanding of what's going on.
Right now, I have to convince myself to throw away the rest of the birthday cake I made for A's 7th birthday, instead of binging on it while C is away interstate this week.
posted by E in Oz at 2:05 pm
these thoughts escaped my brain at 2:05 pm
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