Hello!
I haven't had a whole lot of success with
the dr.s I've been to so I thought I'd see
if anyone here has any ideas. I don't know
which category I fit in so I posted in a
couple different ones. Any input is
greatly appreciated. The below is the
short version, honest!
When I was very young I had frequent
bladder infections & kidney infections
which damaged my left kidney. Other than
that growing up I was healthy & happy w/
plenty of energy. When I was 17 I started
falling asleep very early every night
(7-8pm) and had constant bladder pain &
pain w/urination. Tests would come back w/
presence of white blood cells & traces of
blood but no infection. Hypersensitive
bladder, said one urologist. Then I
started having pain in my stomach & upper
sides, which dr. thinks could be colon.
They determined I have gastritis, acid
reflux & esophogitis and prob. an IBD. The
bladder & side pain is worst before,
during and after periods plus I have very
long, heavy & painful periods so drs.
suspect endometriosis. Things have
escalated since June 07 when I started
getting migraines & severe headaches 1-4
times/month that would last anywhere
between a day - 2 weeks. The headache
types vary - classic migraines; all-over
splitting that gets worse if I move;
stabbing w/sensation like nerves or blood
vessels in head are on fire; etc. I've
also been catching a lot of viruses (5
times in 5 months) & infections and even
when i'm not "sick" I still have chills,
achiness, nausea, fatigue, weakness &
swollen glands in throat & neck. I also
get that sensation when you eat something
tart or acidic where ur saliva(?) glands
go Zing!! except for me it happens
randomly and lasts for hours/days. In the
past couple months I started having these
sweating spells in the middle of the
night. I'm not hot, I just start pouring
sweat. It's weird because I'm almost
always cold & I rarely sweat. I also get
low-grade fevers when I'm especially not
feeling well and I've developed a
non-itchy rash that started as a small
patch between my breasts & has spread out
& up my neck & shoulders. The rash flares
up - gets redder & spreads - when I'm
feeling especially crummy. I'm thinking
some of the above could be hormone
related, even though I've been on the
"mini pill" for 4 1/2 months, because my
periods have been weirder than normal as
well. They used to be every 4-5 weeks for
7-10 days and very heavy, as I said b4.
But in early Dec. I had a period after
only 3 weeks, then the next one came 5
weeks later, then 2 1/2 wks later I had a
lot of pain but bled only a tiny bit for a
few days, then a week & 1/2 later I again
had more intense pain in the lower region
but I only spotted a couple times.
The doctors I've been to have for the most
part just tried to figure out and fix
isolated symptoms but haven't looked at
why a previously healthy 21-yr old girl
would be having so many health probs. I
think they get a little overwhelmed by how
many symptoms I have. I'm hoping someone
who reads this post might have an idea of
what could be causing all this, or could
recommend a type of doctor/specialist to
see. Dr. House's cell # would be great,
too
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 02-13-08 14:31pm
lol on dr. house
i hope that you can get an answer. It
sounds like you have a lot going on.