Okay, so more news about my day and sudden health issues.

For those who didn't read my last entry, last night I was experiencing soreness all over and terrible joint pain in my hands. I went to bed in pain and figured I'd get it checked out at the doctor's next week. However, this morning I woke up completely covered in hives, or something like them. It looked like giant mosquitoes had bitten me all over, leaving behind blotchy, swollen and red spots everywhere that were itchy and painful. Of course I flipped out. I looked like the beginning of a gorram House episode, after all.

So Tangus comforts me, covers me with cortisone, and we head to the urgent care clinic nearby. Turned out that was a mistake. The doctor was nice, but kind of useless, and basically told me that whatever I had, it wasn't something they could test for at their facility, and that I should get to a normal primary care physician right away to get a round of tests done. He said he was concerned because my combination of symptoms point to more severe medical conditions. So of course I'm scared and don't know what's going on, and now I know I'm going to miss the whole day at work so that I can get all these tests done (which sucks because money isn't the greatest right now). Anyway, doctor leaves after doing a basic urine test.

He comes back and tells me the urine test says I'm pregnant.



Tangus tells me that you could literally see the blood drain right out of my face. I became completely numb from absolute terror. I do NOT want to be pregnant. I don't even know if I ever want kids, my boyfriend is 20 years old and has been getting ready to go on tour for several months in the not-too-distant future...for a whole laundry list of reasons, a pregnancy would be one of the worst things that could happen to Angus and I right now. So I'm crying and freaking out, Angus is comforting me because he's wonderful, and we're talking about what to do next. I took three pregnancy tests (over the counter) when we got home and THEY all came out negative, so we're also really confused. What the hell is going on?

I get an appointment at a primary care physician for 1pm. I got there and he ran some basic blood work on me and took really detailed and good notes about my symptoms. I like this doctor, and he'll probably be my regular one from now on. He was nice enough to shake my hand gently when he met me, since he knew I was experiencing joint pain. Anyway, he does a blood test AND another urine test for pregnancy, and they both come out negative too. Turns out arthritis in particular and similar health issues in general can cause false positives on some pregnancy tests.

So I'm not pregnant. Thank fucking god.

It turns out that the top three possibilities right now are Arthritis, Lyme disease, and Lupus. I'm also being tested for mono, but I had one test at the doctors office and that came back negative. I won't know until next week what it is, but with my symptoms, history, etc, those three are the most likely causes.

Anyway, long story short, that's what I'm looking at right now. We just got back from a lab that took all my blood work (the lady who took my blood was really rough, too, so now my arm hurts too), and those results will come in next week. For now the doctor gave me Naproxin for the pain. I got a shot of the stuff right on my butt, and it made me act pretty stoned. I don't know how the lower dosage pills will make me feel, hopefully it won't be too bad since I have to be functional but also not in pain at work.

For now, I'm worried about what's going on, but I am SO FUCKING HAPPY that I'm not knocked up. Especially considering that would be a really rotten "surprise" for our two year anniversary coming up on Monday. We still have awesome hotel/Universal Studios/general awesome romance plans for our anniversary, and I'll have Monday and Tuesday off, which will be great for my mental health at this point.

The end.

Oh, and hopefully next week I'll find out: