So sorry I have not posted in awhile. I truly appreciate everyone's support. Right now I am sort of on hold about my health. The Gabapentin seems to be working most the time, with the exception of...
To be truthful and fair I do need to be in therapy. I spent thousands upon thousands of dollars in the 1980s and 1990s trying to deal with incest issues at the hands of my perpetrator father who was...
I think there must me something wrong about me as I wasn't happy with my appointment. I faxed my new patient packet in as requested, in a timely manor, so it could get scanned into their computer,...
Chartreux, I am seeing Dr. Waller's PA this Friday at 11am. One form asks who referred me and I do not know your name, but I guess that does not really matter. I am stressing out a little mostly...
Thanks All for the posts! I never did find the picture I was looking for. I have been taking benadryl to sleep at night, but usually wait until I have tossed and turned for hours. I will take 2 at...
Thank you for the support Salky and Vannie! I am feeling a little embarrassed about my post last night. This has been going on since the end of 2004 and it just gets so old. Since childhood, in most...
I am not feeling good today. Horrible aches and pains and shooting pains and feeling like things are stinging and biting me. I forgot to take my meds this morning, but I think I still would be...
Thanks Joy. It is crazy, right now I am in so much pain from fibromyalgia or whatever it is I have, that I am back to thinking maybe I should focus this month on the RA doc. It just gets so tiring. I...
Thanks for the update. I am glad you found the tick and so glad that your doctor called you back after you saw her. It has been 18 years since I was last treated for Lymes, but from what I remember...
My first husband died in 1983 of a rare bone cancer, osteogenic sarcoma, after fighting to survive for 21 months. It amazed me how many patients we met while at M D Anderson who told us they were...
Thank you Joy and Sandi! Many years ago when my son was in elementary school I allowed doctors twice to put a probe down my son's throat for an extended period of time in the name of research on...
Hi All! I am new to HealingWell, have multiple health problems including GERD and asthma or COPD, depending on the doctor. I was on proton inhibitors twice a day for years beginning December 2004 for...
Hi Paper, I am so sorry your appointment went like it did. I cannot tell you how many times I have had the exact same appointment. At times I am grateful I did not live during the days of the Salem...
This is not good. I am getting confused as to where I am posting. I thought I have responded to you here Couch, but apparently not. I looked up Raynauds. I am thinking that is not the problem but I...
Thanks Couch. I have a few chores to do and then I really need to let my dogs out to run, although I really do not feel much like doing anything. I will look in the GERD forum when I come back in in...
Paper, I hope your visit goes well. I have seen 4 Rheumatologists since 2004. My internist sent me to the first one who said nothing was wrong with me even though my FR and ANA were elevated and my...
Hi Hope Floats, I just looked up cryptic tonsils and esophageal motility disorder. I don't think I have cryptic tonsils. They were removed when I was 5, but the sores are where the right tonsil would...
I am a big meat eater and love veggies. I pretty much make sure I eat a balanced diet to counter act the junk food and coca colas I consume. My current snack is cheese and pickle on Ritz Crackers . ....
The low body temperature is an interesting question. I had one doctor tell me that connective tissue diseases cause low grade fevers. I asked the last Rheumy and he said that is not true, but I did...
BleedingRose, I am glad you brought this thread back up to the top. I get sores in my nose too, but not very often. They are very painful. I put a little neosporin on a q-tip and swab the area...
I called and there is a cancellation for tomorrow, but I will not have cash until the middle of July when I get my next SSDI check and they do not take the only credit card I have, AMEX. :cry: There...
Glad you have an appointment. Hopefully you can address what happened to you while at this initial visit. Since I live in nowhere rural Texas and cannot always see doctors as quickly as I would like,...
For years I have experienced pain, overgrowth of very hard painful skin-like tissue a long the Nail Fold where it attaches to the sides of my fingernails and going slightly under the nail, and...
I agree with the others who suggest you go talk with your doctor. You do not want to find yourself in an emergency situation without the appropriate emergency drugs. I used to be able to eat shell...
Joy, Do they really believe you when you tell them 99.1 is a whopping fever? Mine seem to not believe me. I know that in the Houston school district a child is not considered sick unless he/she is...
Chartreux, I am SO sorry, I just went on about myself and did not tell you how sorry I am to have read about your terrible doctor experiences. I know exactly how you felt, and exactly what you went...
I just called his office. He is on my insurance which is a big plus, but his first appointment is not until September. The person who answered the phone told me they like to see new patients right...
It is just so cool to ask questions and get different perspectives. When my first husband had a rare cancer in 1982 and died of it in 1983 our oncologist encouraged us to do research, go into doctor...
I don't know if I am not processing correctly but I do not see what you are currently being treated with and I do not know what herx is. Can you tell me what you are being treated with, and can you...
I do believe that allergies can cause dizziness, foggy brain and tiredness. One year I was on antibiotics 7 times for sinus infections. I just posted this on another thread, but the next year a found...
I am in the same boat as you, and I have had asthma for 50 years. What works best for me is generic sudafed (the kind that is behind the pharmacist counter now a days) and benadryl, and robitussin DM...
Thank you for your post De La Rosa! It is reassuring (in a way) to know that I am not alone when it comes to doctors not listening. Sometimes I feel like there is something about me that doctors...
I am posting for the first time on this board and frankly, I am not sure which disease to post under first, but I will start here. I have been running around in circles with doctors since December...