I've had a really busy day, starting with a Rheumatology appointment. I haven't yet had time to emotionally process what I learned... Apparently, my shocked/electrical feelings in my hands and wrists, along with the 'insects biting' feeling in my legs, during this past 18 months is a sign my fibro has been getting worse.

Kind of disappointing. I ( Read more... )

I've noticed from reviewing a few years worth of my LJ entries, that the worst of my highly emotional times are preceded a few days earlier with a post mentioning that I'm ill or might be starting to fibro flare ( Read more... )

So, after my dental fail of Tuesday (no extraction, new antibiotic), my upper face hurt awfully for the next 24 hours. I figured it would after the multiple injection sites. You don't just stab your gums with a needle 8-10 time without some discomfort. The Percoset 5/500's I was prescribed were barely useful, as usual, and I had to take two at a ( Read more... )

Dental Clinic fail today, no extraction... after an hour into the visit, with several injections into the site for numbing, it was determined that I need another week on a stronger antibiotic before my painful, hollow, rotted tooth is removed. Today's cost was not charged, because I broke down crying that I couldn't afford to pay for *another* ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I had a bad grand mal - the kind that leaves me wondering if, perhaps, just maybe, I *should* be wearing a helmet all the time. I may have a concussion. The back of my head feels a little pulpy. But there was no blood. I was roused from the middle of the kitchen floor by a cat complaining she hadn't been fed ( Read more... )

Because my past few weeks have been full of fibro awesomeness, I thought you'd be amused that I got a call from my doctor's office...

Apparently, I've got Hypercalcemia and have to go in to check for Primary hyperparathyroidism - apparently 98% of people* with Hypercalcemia have this (the other 2% are cancer; I'll vote for the benign tumors of ( Read more... )

***Video has been pulled, is no longer available at link provided, but is mirrored and reposted. Search for "sicko.avi"***

Least you believe that my horror reaction to SiCKO*** is due merely to my experience as a patient, I'd like to remind you that I was the HR manager who dealt with explaining to my company that all of our insurance rates were ( Read more... )

The viral infection Mariah succumbed to last week has got me, finally. We thought it might, as I'd begun to sleep a lot and be fatigued earlier in the week like she started. Now I'm into it fully today ( Read more... )