Rheumatologist visit part 2

Well... my follow up was today and I am left disappointed. I know what you are thinking.. why disappointed? Let me start from the top. I don't have Lupus, yay. Although I was pretty sure I didn't since anytime I get sick it's always something that no one expects.

Now on to the diagnosis.

The doctor says I have Fibromyalgia. However, I am not so sure about that. I say this because there seems to be limited testing available when determining if someone has this illness. Don't get me wrong. I am not saying it doesn't exist or whatever... I am just saying I don't think it's what is causing my problems. But, I can't really say I know what is.

My biggest problem with this diagnosis is that when I asked the Dr. what can be done about all of this water that I am retaining and how to get rid of it he simply said he had no idea why I am retaining water. um ok. I am not trying to be nit picky about all of this, but we aren't talking a few pounds of water here. During the past year we have figured that I have about 40-50 pounds of water that I am retaining.

The water appears to be the root of my problem. It's the water that is making my muscles hurt, which then causes me not to sleep well, I become tired, I forget things, I get anxious and frustrated and then it all just starts over the next day. From the time this started it was the swelling that was my main symptom over time it was the other things that started to come into the picture and this is why I don't think I have Fibromyalgia.

If anyone has any suggestions I welcome them, until then I sit in limbo again.

Felt-tastic!

Recently while perplexed that I did not have what I felt was an appropriate case for my ipod, Jon suggested that I make one. Mind you I had spent several hours searching the ipod aisles at the local target, other gadget stores, the apple store, and even eBay ( shocking, huh?). I found these sock things that you are supposed to put your ipod in. They were ok, and being able to purchase them at the apple knock-off price of $5.00 I thought they would work. Well there was a delay in shipping.. blah blah.

So be it my luck that the day I go to Joann's tired of waiting for these sock things - they show up in the mail. Despite this I still decided to make my own case. This is the 2nd one I made. The first was more of a prototype.

Rheumatologist visit part 1

Yesterday was finally the day I got the see the rheumatologist. It’s been over a year, 3 doctors later and hopefully they will figure out what is causing my symptoms and pain.

The doctor seems great. He was very interested in what has been going on. He mentioned that most of the basic tests have already been run by the prior two doctors. He wrote an order to take my blood to have it tested for Lupus. He mentioned that he doesn’t think I have Lupus but wanted to make sure since some of my symptoms do match. Otherwise he is thinking that I have Fibromyalgia. This is not certain and I have a follow up appointment on Monday the 30^th. Hopefully at that appointment I will have more information, an actual diagnosis and treatment plan.

Info about Fibromyalgia can be found at http://www.arthritis.org/disease-center.php?disease_id=10

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Dear inconsiderate man at Taco Time

We patiently waited behind you in line as you chose to hold a conversation through your Bluetooth headset and order simultaneously, thus confusing the lady taking your order. Then after placing our order remarkably fast in comparison to you, we were once again held up by you at the condiment bar. You once again felt that your phone conversation was a priority and made a mess of the condiments, left your iphone in front of the condiments and then glared at us as we waited for you to finish.

Upon settling into our booth and beginning to enjoy our lunch your booming voice once again intruded into our afternoon. This time we had to endure your endless conversations with various individuals as you informed them about a guy named "Joe". Also, your eloquence in dropping the f-bomb multiple times during your conversations for all dinners to hear was more than enough for us to handle.

Thankfully, you then stood up as though you were going to finally exit the restaurant. However, you had to confuse the lady at the counter just one more time as you approached her and asked for bag while you once again were involved in a conversation via your bluetooth headset.

In the future, inconsiderate man, may I suggest that your conduct your "work" phone calls in privacy so that the rest of us do not have to listen to you carry on regarding Joe and your opinions of how many people really should be involved in that project.

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