Today's guest blog on TKOP... by me!
A guest blog from Evil_KATil!
As a few of you might know I was recently diagnosed with gastroparesis. Gastroparesis (gastric = stomach; paresis = paralysis) literally just means stomach paralysis. It is a condition in which the stomach muscle becomes slow and weakened.. or sometimes it just seems not to work at all. Since the symtoms started they have worsened in to extreme to moderate pain in the stomach area and I have been dealing with mild to moderate nausea. Fortunatley I have an expert doctor that specializes in my illness that has been treating me and so far the medicine that I have been prescribed seems to help a bit although it is still not a cure as there is no cure for gastroparesis. Needless to say that this illness has not been fun at all.
I would like to tell all of you of the top three mess ups from my health care plan since I was diagnosed. I recieve these little letters in my mailbox about once a week with some random diagnosis on it from my insurance company and the hospital that has been treating me and for the most part they seem somewhat consistant. Apparently their computer system seems to be having problems with getting my diagnosis right.
3. You have been diagnosed with acid reflux syndrome... I'm not really sure how the heck they decided that the doctors findings concluded that I had acid reflux disease but perhaps they though that the pain in my stomach was heartburn??
2. You have been diagnosed with stomach ulcers... Not even close... I had an uper-endescopy that showed no leasions that would even be close to be considered an ulcer.
1. You are going through menopause and we would like to do a study on you... Huh? But I'm only 26 years old and fairly certain that I'm not going through menopause... Not even sure how their wonky system came up with that.... I thought only middle aged women went through menopause...
You are now free to get the wrong diagnosis around the tkop.
As a few of you might know I was recently diagnosed with gastroparesis. Gastroparesis (gastric = stomach; paresis = paralysis) literally just means stomach paralysis. It is a condition in which the stomach muscle becomes slow and weakened.. or sometimes it just seems not to work at all. Since the symtoms started they have worsened in to extreme to moderate pain in the stomach area and I have been dealing with mild to moderate nausea. Fortunatley I have an expert doctor that specializes in my illness that has been treating me and so far the medicine that I have been prescribed seems to help a bit although it is still not a cure as there is no cure for gastroparesis. Needless to say that this illness has not been fun at all.
I would like to tell all of you of the top three mess ups from my health care plan since I was diagnosed. I recieve these little letters in my mailbox about once a week with some random diagnosis on it from my insurance company and the hospital that has been treating me and for the most part they seem somewhat consistant. Apparently their computer system seems to be having problems with getting my diagnosis right.
3. You have been diagnosed with acid reflux syndrome... I'm not really sure how the heck they decided that the doctors findings concluded that I had acid reflux disease but perhaps they though that the pain in my stomach was heartburn??
2. You have been diagnosed with stomach ulcers... Not even close... I had an uper-endescopy that showed no leasions that would even be close to be considered an ulcer.
1. You are going through menopause and we would like to do a study on you... Huh? But I'm only 26 years old and fairly certain that I'm not going through menopause... Not even sure how their wonky system came up with that.... I thought only middle aged women went through menopause...
You are now free to get the wrong diagnosis around the tkop.