Ok. For those of you that love me, here are the doctors findings and yesterdays doctor fun:
Yesterday I went to the MD to find out what's wrong with me. The Osteosclerosis is confirmed, my legs are a mess, that's a given. I'll be seeing a specialist I guess to go over a game plan for slowing down the progression and discussing therapy to attempt to avoid surgery.
I did the whole doc thing.. weight, height, blood pressure, pee in a cup, draw blood. Urine dip came back with high levels of odd proteins (could be my diet). My blood work came back with a declined level of white blood cells (probably caused by anemia). Then she layed me on the table and began to push on certian areas of my back and belly. When she got to the area below my abdomon it brought tears to my eyes and I almost jumped off the table. Didn't know that hurt until she pushed.
So.. it was off to the hospital for a CT of my abdamon and pelvis. So.. after drinking the most nasty shit ever so they would have a better view of my internals I was laying in a tube being scanned. Ok, so they see something but they don't know what, so it was off to have an IV put in so they could inject me with a contrast (dye) to get a better view. SO.. when they were done poking me with needles (took two tries and they finally had to go in through my hand) I was laying in the tube again. Take a deep breath, hold it, ok breath.
Doc calls 20 minutes later. Well, as it turns out that my left side hurts because my rightside is so swollen and is pushing everthing to the left, my back hurts because I've been favoring my front. The right side is swollen because of three large cysts on my ovary. I had my tubes tied years ago but my ovaries are still in tact. So I was given the option of staying in the hospital overnight to do a biopsy on the cysts and find out what's going on immediatly or I could go home and see my own doc on Tuesday. So, I came home. I'll see the doc Tuesday and find out what to do now. I hate hospitals and wasn't going to stay there if I didn't have to.
So, we biopsy. If they are nothing, I take meds to shrink them to stop the pain. If that doesn't work we remove the ovary. If I'm sick, then we remove the ovary asap and start on therapy.
So.. that's the story. All of this started just because I wanted to get my back adjusted. And now it's been 3 docs, a trip to the hospital, two CT scans, 2 blood draws, 2 urine dips, and one bottle of pain meds.
Super fucking fun huh? So... I'll probably be a little quiet around here for a while until I know what's going on. I just wanted to let you all know.
Love you.
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Update:
Thanks to someone very special to me, a little perspective has come. Yes, I'm scared. Yes, I'm a mess but I won't be forever. I'm gonna be ok. Just watch, I'll come back from this.. no matter what it is, I'll be ok. And if I'm not, that'll be ok too because I will it to be. Mind over matter. The mind is a wonderful thing and the healing properties of a positive outlook are immense.
Yesterday I went to the MD to find out what's wrong with me. The Osteosclerosis is confirmed, my legs are a mess, that's a given. I'll be seeing a specialist I guess to go over a game plan for slowing down the progression and discussing therapy to attempt to avoid surgery.
I did the whole doc thing.. weight, height, blood pressure, pee in a cup, draw blood. Urine dip came back with high levels of odd proteins (could be my diet). My blood work came back with a declined level of white blood cells (probably caused by anemia). Then she layed me on the table and began to push on certian areas of my back and belly. When she got to the area below my abdomon it brought tears to my eyes and I almost jumped off the table. Didn't know that hurt until she pushed.
So.. it was off to the hospital for a CT of my abdamon and pelvis. So.. after drinking the most nasty shit ever so they would have a better view of my internals I was laying in a tube being scanned. Ok, so they see something but they don't know what, so it was off to have an IV put in so they could inject me with a contrast (dye) to get a better view. SO.. when they were done poking me with needles (took two tries and they finally had to go in through my hand) I was laying in the tube again. Take a deep breath, hold it, ok breath.
Doc calls 20 minutes later. Well, as it turns out that my left side hurts because my rightside is so swollen and is pushing everthing to the left, my back hurts because I've been favoring my front. The right side is swollen because of three large cysts on my ovary. I had my tubes tied years ago but my ovaries are still in tact. So I was given the option of staying in the hospital overnight to do a biopsy on the cysts and find out what's going on immediatly or I could go home and see my own doc on Tuesday. So, I came home. I'll see the doc Tuesday and find out what to do now. I hate hospitals and wasn't going to stay there if I didn't have to.
So, we biopsy. If they are nothing, I take meds to shrink them to stop the pain. If that doesn't work we remove the ovary. If I'm sick, then we remove the ovary asap and start on therapy.
So.. that's the story. All of this started just because I wanted to get my back adjusted. And now it's been 3 docs, a trip to the hospital, two CT scans, 2 blood draws, 2 urine dips, and one bottle of pain meds.
Super fucking fun huh? So... I'll probably be a little quiet around here for a while until I know what's going on. I just wanted to let you all know.
Love you.
_______________________-
Update:
Thanks to someone very special to me, a little perspective has come. Yes, I'm scared. Yes, I'm a mess but I won't be forever. I'm gonna be ok. Just watch, I'll come back from this.. no matter what it is, I'll be ok. And if I'm not, that'll be ok too because I will it to be. Mind over matter. The mind is a wonderful thing and the healing properties of a positive outlook are immense.
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