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Calamity
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10-18-2001

Friday, April 01, 2005 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger1218 & Herckleperckle

Sorry you're hurting - hope things improve for each of you asap.

Nino
Member

09-20-2004

Friday, April 01, 2005 - 1:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just checking in here for a report, HP.

Hope things go well for you, Ginger.

Calamity, I thought you had disappeared off the face of the earth, girl!!

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 12:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Calamity! Ginger, what's happening with you?

I took the Crohn's blood test on Monday afternoon. I should hear something from my doc this Friday, per the lab. Hoping it was caused by a virus, because if that is the case, it will go away. No meds yet for it or restrictions on my diet yet.

I've been reading a lot on the net about Crohn's, none of it good. But I do see there are remission periods. And lots of side effects. Would be depressing if I felt bad. I am having more trouble with the migraines (and new twist: eye aches) than the Crohn's so far. When the pain hits for the Crohn's, I definitely know it--hurts in my right groin.

However, the med prescribed for my ulcer (which doesn't worry me) is also supposed to help with the Crohn's per info I found on the net. It is Pentasa, and it is supposed to coat my stomach. I take 2 capsules with each meal and 2 before bedtime. When the pain hits from the ulcer, I can't really distinguish it from the pain from my acid reflux, to tell you the truth. Burning sensation up and down my esophagus; rare pain in the stomach area, though.

Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 1:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Have you lost weight HP???

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 3:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just a little--2 pounds as of Monday. Today it was 3 pounds. Problem is I am afraid to eat, because I am afraid of pain. (Had a good day Wed but I think it was because I cut way back. I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast, a good lunch and skipped dinner.)

Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 5:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, besides my other problems, my tendonitis in my elbow is really bad, the first shot did not help. Now, I have it in both arms. Fun - huh?
Today I went back to the orthopedist surgeon who only deals with arms and shoulders (he operated on my hand previously) he gave me a shot in each elbow. Of course now it hurts worse, he said it would for a day or so, then hopefully take some time and get better.
I hope so, I am so tired of pain.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 9:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So sorry to hear you are having so many problems Ginger. I know you are sick of all this pain. I certainly understand what you are going through with your neck. Eight years ago I was rear-ended in a wreck that ruptured C4 and C5 disks in my neck. I hope you get some relief real soon.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Most people know by now that I DO have Crohn's--but a mild case. Saying it here just for the record.

I got the results of my MRI (performed last Thursday--on my head) when my PCP called today. She said everything was fine except that I had (I think I got this right) fluid in my mastoid sinus (the one behind the right eye--where I have been having all the pain)!! So she is sending me to an ENT--a different one than I had gone to before. (Good, cuz I didn't particularly like the group I saw.)

I will have to wait til I get back home from my mom's (or know for sure when I am leaving) before making an appointment to learn how the doc might want to approach this. Gosh, possibly an end to the migraines! Yeah!!

Ginger, did you know I have tendonitis in both elbows, too? Well, only in one now, since I had the surgery for the left arm. Pain is gone in the left elbow! But my strength has diminished some, as well. So what's going on with your knees and elbows?

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yay, HP, that sounds promising! Glad you are getting some good news for a change.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 1:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HP, i wanted to let you know that my holly takes pentasa too. she has an ulcer also, from her ADHD medications. it has helped her tremendously. except in the case of this morning where she threw it up as soon as she took it. i've been used to her vomiting since she was little. and when it gets serious, we have the anti-nausea stuff. usually it's in real stressful times that she gets real gaggy. hoping that the ENT gets ya figured out. have you been to an allergist? my allergies are all sinus related, gives me migraines too. i went through shot therapy for mine.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 1:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Lum and landi!

landi, I've been the allergist route. I am only the teeniest, tiniest bit allergic--to dust and mold only. Now, I have to tell you, I've suspected there is a mold problem in the apartment all along (that we can't see). But I've never pursued getting the place looked at for one reason or another. I'll just bet that is the root cause of all this mess with my nose and head.

Ed is SOOO positive he will be offered one of these jobs that he is talking about getting boxes already! Hehehheh. So, I guess I will make a departing comment to the office if and when we leave. Now, if he doesn't get one of them, Ed will likely throw himself in the Connecticut River, so I will have to move anyway. Seriously, if we stay, I will definitely have them move us to a new apartment while they investigate the issue.

Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Herc, I posted this in Misc. Health,

I had a test today to test my antibodies for Hashimoto's Disease (thyroid disease), I had previously been tested 5 years ago and had the antibodies but they were dormant. Since I have been sick so often my doctor wants to test me again and check to see if my immune system is screwed up. (Hashimoto's attacks the immune system)
On other notes, I am very very depressed today, I feel like I am falling apart. Before last year I never ever got sick. I have been sick every other month this year. I was told today that I have asthma, and bronchitis. He put me on prednisone (which upsets me terribly) and has given me a nebulizer. It seems that every week something new happens. I don't know how much more I can deal with.
In addition to the knee, the neck and both arms with the tendonitis, I need to be traded in.

Update, I am feeling a bit better today, the prednisone and the nebulizer have definitely helped, and the shots in the elbows that I had Wednesday seem to be starting to help a bit, and, maybe the Prednisone is taking some pain away, but the pains are lessened today, perhaps it was the not being able to breath that took my mind off the pain. LOL, I have to laugh, or else I will shoot myself. But, thank God today I see relief.
I hope you get some relief soon too Herc darling

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Friday, April 29, 2005 - 10:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Arrrgh!

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Saturday, April 30, 2005 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, Ginger, I am so sorry I am late checking back here!

You know what, I have been saying the same thing (about feeling like I'm falling apart) for the last 6 months--but so has my dh and my mom and my friends, and . . . it just seems that every year ushers in more health concerns.

I had heard of Hashimoto's, but didn't really know what it was. Sounds as if your ancestors didn't do you any favors with that one.

As far as all the issues you're juggling are concerned, you know what you have to do. You just gotta tackle them one at a time, and try to avoid avoiding; you know what I mean. Plus, I am sure you know how to speak up if something doesn't make sense, isn't clear or still hurts after you've tried the treatment. You just keep right on bugging because only YOU know how you feel. Plus, I can't tell you how many times my dh was misdiagnosed before we learned he had the Peripheral Artery Disease---or my mom first had cancer (and her HMO docs pooh-poohed her questions about a lump).

Maybe you should also consider (gawd, I feel like I have been trying to get everyone on drugs lately) an antidepressant. Might help you cope better. And depression isn't uncommon when faced with these types of situations; it is also pretty common as we put on years, too.

Anyway, sorry I wasn't paying better attention. I leave here (my mom's) tomorrow to go back home to CT. Hoping each day gets better and better as you tackle those issues, Ginger.

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