THE BODY THAT JUST HURT

Apr 6, 2016

By: Colleen


MY TUMOR WAS FOUND BY ACCIDENT....I WAS HAVING A LOT OF SYMPTOMS THAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE MS.  WELL THE MRI DID NOT SHOW MS BUT IT DID SHOW MY ADENOMA.  I GOT TO FEELING SO BAD AND HAVE TO GIVE UP WORKING...BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE CROHNS DISEASE.  MY PROLACTIN LEVEL WAS OVER 200 BUT THEY THOUGHT MY MEDICATION WAS CAUSING IT SO I WAS CUT DOWN.   EVER SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD NO INSURANCE BUT I JUST RECENTLY FOUND SOME THROUGH UNITEDHEALTH CARE.   SO NOW I HAVE TO START ALL OVER WITH MY NEUROSURGEON AND ENDOCRINOLOGIST TO SEE WHAT HAS CHANGED...THAT IT IS IT FOR NOW...........NOW CROHNS IA A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME....YOU HAVE TO WATCH EVERY LITTLE THING YOU EAT AND WHEN YOU GO OUT FIRST MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THERE IS A BATHROOM.....I LOST 123 POUNDS BEFORE THEY FIGURED IT OUT....STEROIDS GALORE...MY GASTROPARESIS IS A RESULT OF MY CROHNS....IT IS SORT OF GROSS BUT HERE IT IS....WHAT WAS KEEPING ME SO NAUSEOUS WAS THAT MY STOMACH HAS GOTTEN TO WHERE IT CAN NO LONGER DIGEST OR PROCESS WHAT FOOD I DO EAT....NOTHING TO BE DONE FOR IT FOR NOW....THERE IS A GASTRIC PACEMAKER BUT IT COST LIKE $30,000 JUST FOR THE PACEMAKER....SO AM MY DOC SAYS MY FOOD LAYS IN MY GUT AND ROTS......MY FIBROMYALGIA JUST MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE FLU ALL THE TIME....I TAKE MEDICINE FOR IT.....SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK AWAY....MY NICKNAME IS KITTY SO THAT IS WHAT YOU CAN CALL ME....THANKS FOR READING

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