Health

Oct 16, 2008 08:28

My health has not been great over the last two years. I'm currently having a barrage of tests to try to determine what's going on. I will be posting about it from time to time, but I'll use lj-cut so it's easily skipped. ( medical stuff )

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luxcanon October 15 2008, 22:50:42 UTC
I hope you figure out what's wrong soon and kick its ass!

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box3 October 15 2008, 23:01:42 UTC
Thanks, if I can find out what it is I'll be in a much better position to fight it.

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*shakes pom-poms* gnosticelf October 15 2008, 22:52:59 UTC
You are in my thoughts, and I'm sending warm fuzzy pseudo-Reiki (I'm only a level 1, can't do the distance thing all that well yet) your way!

*hugs*

Aum Tara Tuttare Ture Sarvah, Shantim Svah Aum!

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Re: *shakes pom-poms* box3 October 15 2008, 23:03:22 UTC
You're a sweetheart, thank you. Your pseudo-distance-Reiki is appreciated.

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shadowlily October 15 2008, 23:13:56 UTC
i also wish you well with the fighting! :)

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box3 October 15 2008, 23:20:09 UTC
Thank you. All the best with your Grad school stuff, too.

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box3 October 16 2008, 01:20:24 UTC
I'm sure if you discretely leave out a bit of dark chocolate and Benedictine, the Oz-arah is bound to emerge. :)

Thanks for your well wishes.

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tree October 16 2008, 01:00:01 UTC
there isn't really a 'best case' option here, is there? although i suppose of all of them CFS is the least bad. perhaps.

i sometimes wonder if there might be some underlying cause for my issues, other than that my immune system hates me. probably not, though.

here's hoping that the immunologist performs magic. i'll be thinking good thoughts.

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box3 October 16 2008, 01:23:49 UTC
I think CFS and RA are the worst in terms of potential disability. If anything, HHV (of some sort) is the best diagnosis. Thank you, though. It sounds like you'd do well to see an allergist or clinical immunologist.

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tree October 16 2008, 01:28:42 UTC
you're right. i was thinking in terms of least life-threatening, i suppose. i've seen an allergist already, and had other allergy work done with naturopaths. the difficulty is trying to weed out what symptoms are purely physical and what are contributed to by the depression etc. eh.

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box3 October 16 2008, 21:33:26 UTC
Yeah, it can be hard to work out whether symptoms are related to depression/anxiety or purely physical. I'm at the stage where I'm thinking it's all one thing, you know? The body and mind aren't really separate, but that's not to say that one specific illness (like depression) is the cause of all symptoms (and vice versa). Co-existing illnesses makes diagnosis and management more complex.

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