Just.... yeah.
So for the past week I have been suffering from a really annoying rash on my arms and legs. Spontanous. Mobile. Unidentifiable. No, I didn't go to a doctor. I'm pretty disenchanted when it comes to them and this sort of thing. I've tried all the medications. Nothing helps but cold. Gotta numb the itch with ice packs. Luckily, it's also basically winter. And I've been oddly warm of late, so although wearing short-sleeves in 40-50F weather may seem strange, especially for me, it works. And thankfully, it's going away. I'm tired of being cold. It's kinda exhausting.
And the past few days I've been assaulted by spontaneous boughts of nausea. No big deal.
And do you ever have those headaches where it feels like someone suddenly hammers a blunt railroad spike into your skull? The pain only lasts moments, but it definately stops you in your tracks. It's never in the same place. One moment it's in the side of your skull, just below the ear. An hour later another spike drives itself though the back of your head. Odd. I forgot to mention it to the GI doc. He asked about sinus headaches. No, I don't have sinus headaches. I have quick-spike-though-the-brain headaches.
And this morning I woke up with a white furry tongue. It almost made me puke. Yay! I think I now have thrush! As if a yeast infection at one end wasn't bad enough... I read something about drinking baking soda in water... and something else about garlic pills. If that doesn't work, I guess it's back to the doctor for some proper medication and then another low sugar diet. I'm already trying to go gluten-free... just to make sure I don't have a gluten-sensitivity. Damn, but it's hard. I never realized how much wheat was in my diet. I also broke down and scheduled the dreaded colonoscopy for next month... So I now have one month to come up with a solution on my own. Hopefully tomorrow I will get the results of the celiac test I asked for. If that is negative, I will try for a dairy-free diet. And then... I dunno.
Fuck. I feel as though my body is trying to tell me something, but I'm just not getting it. And the docs just aren't getting it.
I feel like a damn hypochondriac.
And the past few days I've been assaulted by spontaneous boughts of nausea. No big deal.
And do you ever have those headaches where it feels like someone suddenly hammers a blunt railroad spike into your skull? The pain only lasts moments, but it definately stops you in your tracks. It's never in the same place. One moment it's in the side of your skull, just below the ear. An hour later another spike drives itself though the back of your head. Odd. I forgot to mention it to the GI doc. He asked about sinus headaches. No, I don't have sinus headaches. I have quick-spike-though-the-brain headaches.
And this morning I woke up with a white furry tongue. It almost made me puke. Yay! I think I now have thrush! As if a yeast infection at one end wasn't bad enough... I read something about drinking baking soda in water... and something else about garlic pills. If that doesn't work, I guess it's back to the doctor for some proper medication and then another low sugar diet. I'm already trying to go gluten-free... just to make sure I don't have a gluten-sensitivity. Damn, but it's hard. I never realized how much wheat was in my diet. I also broke down and scheduled the dreaded colonoscopy for next month... So I now have one month to come up with a solution on my own. Hopefully tomorrow I will get the results of the celiac test I asked for. If that is negative, I will try for a dairy-free diet. And then... I dunno.
Fuck. I feel as though my body is trying to tell me something, but I'm just not getting it. And the docs just aren't getting it.
I feel like a damn hypochondriac.