You know how they say watch out for changes in bowel habits, and losing weight for no reason, and a variety of other symptoms that might go with that? Well, I've been sick for the last few months, and I've got some test results back that rule out just taking a pill to fix it . . . . darn.
No one's given me a diagnosis yet, no one's even called me with the test results yet I've signed in through the patient portal for the first time just signed up with that the other day (btw, YOU try giving a "sample" when your bathroom is being torn up by the landlord; just try, I dare you, it's a big pain to even think of it).
I feel icky it comes and goes. There's bruising that shows up on my upper right abdomen and I'm guessing that's where what I'm guessing now is a possible partial bowel obstruction . . . not that I can diagnose myself, but my doctor did say if the giardia and stool cultures didn't show anything he'd send me to the gastroenterologists . . . . and with other symptoms this is what I'm guessing but I suppose diverticulitis or other itis's or other things it could be anything from Cancer to who knows.
No cramping though.
I'm so tired of this, just so tired. Oddly though when not feeling icky, even sometimes when, I'm so frickin' hungry, yeah I get full feeling in my stomach but my bowels just aren't absorbing the nutrients or calories or whatever like they should I guess or I'd not be losing weight, I should be GAINING the way I'm snacking and eating.
Man, I'm hungry. Starting to have Charlie horses . . . well, one doesn't make 'starting', a trend, yet, but I heard you have those when you are lacking maybe calcium or other things . . . . hope it's not a trend, but my gut and the rest of me just feels so . . . stripped, so . . .ugh . . .
It is kind of scary. Okay, not kind of, because of it doesn't get fixed, this doesn't end well. I'm rather overweight, so there's some margin for error but I know that's not entirely so the body needs nutrients it is not just about calories, here.
Anyway, I don't know how many or what kind of tests and/or procedures they need to do, nor how I will get to them, but I am guessing they can not all be scheduled for after my husband gets off work. I have few resources for getting to such appointments, but it is not like this is optional.
Why blog about this stuff it's not pretty . . . well, I'm worried.
However, this stuff all started long before the Latuda. I'm taking Latuda 40mg for the mania, but this gastrointestinal stuff started in the middle of the psychotic stuff, about a week or less than a week after I really went off the deep end. So all sorts of stuff went on then, but it was five weeks after that before I started the Latuda, so that didn't cause this problem and as far as I know, isn't contributing. I'm not a doctor, though.
I am scared, though, this is one of those things that could be a whole host of things, and as frightened as I am of possibly going in an MRI again at least I suspect, that for abdominal stuff, they'd probably put me in feet first. I can't go in head first unless they knock me out, or unless I'm dead. Any other way isn't going to work.
But people can die from wasting away, which I think can be what happens from the body not getting what it needs from the digestive system/input as is seeming to be the case here. I must be getting something or I'd not be continuing to function.
I guess we'll see how it goes. I just don't know how I'll get to these appointments, what if they want three different tests on two different days, and I don't have a way to get th ere? One can work some things out but as this stuff goes on and on, what if it's like ten or fifteen tests down the road, people will get used up looong before then so I really don't know what I'll do.
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