9 posts tagged “medical”
woke up and my whole top lip is swollen. my scalp feels so wierd I can only assume it's swollen too. get to go have a cool shower. whee.
Well, I came home and went to bed around 7PM iirc, and then got up at 4AM..... and then went right back to bed at 5AM. I just woke up a couple minutes before 1PM. So all told I got 18 hours of sleep. O.O
Went out with curio to the Flour Mill.. we were going to go a couple other places too.. On the way to the flour mill my throat tried to close up, I started shaking uncontrollably, and I had a bad panic attack.. I was really struggling to keep the attack under control. Got to the flour mill, felt a bit better (stopped shaking once we got inside), got a few things, and about 10 minutes before we left I started feeling REALLY faint (almost fainted a few times getting up) and sick to my stomach, and was running a fever. Decided to check out and have curio take me back home. Had another panic attack on the way back.. not as bad as the first, but we got slightly lost on the way back which is what caused it. On the way home every single bump in the road registered in my bladder, my stomach started to hurt, and I felt like throwing up. Got home.. room is spinning slightly, I have a low fever (not sure what it is - our thermometer is broken), didn't throw up... Going to go lay down for a while and hopefully get a full night of sleep. between getting work done for the con and having panic attacks, I haven't gotten more than five hours a stretch.
Got in, explained latest symptoms, got blood drawn for an Average blood sugar, Hemoglobin A1C (test for Diabetes apparently), and a TSH 4 test. Looks like I've ballooned - I've gone from 150 (which is 10 lbs overweight for me as is) to 170 in a month. Dr. seems unconcerned.. I'm concerned by that most. I have never before in my life gained weight so fast. My metabolism is such that I just don't gain weight very quickly.. so I see this as a sign of hypothyroid. Dr. said to excersize. *rolleyes* Yeah, that may help the symptom, but it doesn't do anything about the cause..
We've pretty much decided that since my uptake was so high (60% I think it was), I've slid from hyperthyroid, to normal, to hypo thyroid in the course of a month. Trying to get my appt moved up to before we leave.
Sooo..
Let's see... I got started on my thyroid stuff about two months ago.. I took a test a while ago to see how much medicine they need to give me. They're going to give me a radioactive pill and then my thyroid will die. I'll have to be on synthroid for the rest of my life, but it's better than constantly choking on water because there isn't enough space in my throat for it to go down the right tube, having no energy, and facing the likely possibility of organs (including my heart) dying. Right now, I'm trying to get the place who will do it and the place who's sending me to get it done to agree on a price, and then I'll be radioactive for a few days.
I've had no energy because of the aforementioned thyroid problem.. So I swear I've made some things to put up on here, but I haven't had the energy to photograph them... So when I'm better you can expect more art/jewelry etc.
Still haven't got a job, because, again, I have no energy. just walking down the street to the main road makes me tired, and it's getting colder, to the point where my hands start seizing up within 5 minutes of being out. I'm hoping to get something that's work from home though, because I still hate being out and having to waste most of my time interacting with people when I'm not ill. It takes me away from what I feel I need to need to be doing with my life, which automatically makes for a depressed oscy. if you have any leads on work from home stuff that's LEGITIMATE, please contact me with it. I do web design and code, and pretty much any other miscellaneous thing you could ask for. My husband and I also design games.
Other than that we've been scraping along. No huge crises yet, thankfully. We are utterly broke though. As in, by the 8th of this month we couldn't buy milk.
We're looking at moving. We were hoping to be moved by December , but everything just kind of plotted against us, money-wise. So, we're looking at getting a 3 month contract and moving in March instead. Amazingly, for once, I'm actually moving IN town, not halfway across the country. This is weird for me. We better move in march. If we have to stay here until June, someone may die. I am seriously getting pissed at having to listen to Gary snore at night. I may honestly hit him in his sleep. I don't want to be violent, but he pushes me over the edge some times. Tonight I have had to listen to my music so loud and so long that my ears LITERALLY HURT. I've had to listen to my music for 6 hours now. and with the most painful headphones in the house, because they don't leak sound. My ears are throbbing with pain. The humidifier has done nothing.
To add insult to injury, the PS2 isn't working.. so I haven't been able to play FFXII. I wanted to get a laugh, so I popped in FFX-2 the other day, and THAT didn't work. and Shadows doesn't work.. so the PS2 is borked. it may be something that can be fixed with canned air (which we can't afford until the end of the month. Frack.), or I could have to realign the lens.
yeah. I thought it was just issues I had with a couple people that was tying my tummy in knots, but I don't think that's all of it. I'm headachy, my tummy is roiling, and my gag reflex is stupidly high. Ickyburps are NOT fun. Sucks because we were going to go watch Get Smart today, but I doubt I'll be up to it. bah.
temperature is regulating again. I managed to make mashed potatoes this morning after that post (since I have no crackers) and then finally got some sleep. got up around 5.. talked a lot on the phone with Brian, watched futurama with Gary, played some Okami, and talked to peoples more. good waking time. going to go make some food, probably talk more, and then get some sleep.. yay sleep!
well. there goes whatever it is that regulates my temperature. it's appx 50-55 degrees F, and my body is overheating a little. And this is with the cooler on. cranked almost all the way up. I've also been up for only 7 hours, and I'm already exhausted. granted, that was after only 4 hours of fitful sleep, but I'm still annoyed.
I haven't been able to get health care because now I am SEVEN dollars above the 2 family income limit.* I'm fracking pissed. Unfortunately, I don't have the energy to call, so Gary is. I'm somewhat afraid of being in the same room.. or building for that matter, when Gary gets the "we're sorry, you're over the limit" message from the drones. I'll be sure he talks to a supervisor.. I'm afraid of having to talk to them myself around Gary because... well.. if I don't get health care, there's a very real chance that I will die within the next year or two.. depending on what gives out first. I don't want to die.. I have too much work left to do here. and frankly, I'm enjoying it.. as much as the body I'm in sucks medically.
*Ursula's suggestion to fix this was to send her 7 dollars each month as a business expense.. sadly, they can't take into account anything like that.. unless I'm a fracking deadbeat or have to pay for child support or such.
