Okay. Don’t recommend this diary! 🙂
Saw the dr this morning and got good news and bad news. The good news is that there doesn’t seem to be anything majorly wrong with me. The bad news isn’t all that bad. I have extremely low levels of Vitamin B12 (which I’ve had before, but this time my level is 85 when it’s supposed to be around 400) and iron (which I experienced as a teen – the level was ridiculously low this time too). We’re trying pills for a month and if they don’t help, it’s on to regular injections. Hopefully, the B12 will clear up this cloudy head of mine and it actually might help with the pain since a deficiency can affect the nervous system. I’ll tell you what’s affecting my nervous system the most right now – damn, disrespectful, young male roommates – but that’s another story.
As for the kidney situation, I have renal tubular extansa (or something like that – I didn’t write it down). He said my tubes are dilated and he still thinks I either have a kidney stone or some gravel in there that’s continuing to cause this pain. The treatment so far is to drink massive amounts of liquids to try and flush out my system and new painkillers. Oh please – let that work!! I can’t take much more of this.
So – here’s to a clearer head, no more pain, and no more worrying.
Thanks to all of you who helped me cope the past few days. You really made a difference. I went out and got some new bedding plants today (they were on sale, of course), so I’ll have some new flowers to keep me happy as soon as I get them transplanted.
Life goes on…
