A Personal Journey
You've been sick for months. All routine tests are showing up negative including the EKG and recent chest x-ray. Yet, you feel this massive illness taking over your body. You've been back and forth to the doctor having Lyme testing, Rheumatoid Arthritis testing, Lupus, serology tests, hematology testing, various panels, and even chemistry tests. Everything is coming up negative, and you are still having issues getting through the day. Your doctor finally has labeled your chart with anxiety. You have no history of anxiety disorder. Now what?
My misery started with what I thought was a routine UTI. I awoke one morning with a fullness in my bladder and agonized making time for the doctor. After three days of drinking large amounts of fluids and cranberry juice, I noticed an onset of flank pain, and I thought it best to at least stop by the nurse's clinic and be tested to ensure I was not harboring a bladder infection. My testing results returned negative, and I was sent home with an antibiotic for assurance.
Ten days on the antibiotic produced no more flank pain nor bladder pain. I felt renewed and began to enjoy my life again. But, suddenly
about five days after the medication was completed, I was woken shortly after falling asleep for an hour, with a surge of energy that ripped through my body relentlessly. I could not settle down, and my heart began beating rapidly allowing me to feel the steady drum beat pounding profusely in my neck. I rose and tried to relax myself for 15 minutes. This proved fruitless, and I finally called an ambulance for fear of having a heart attack. When the paramedics arrived, they noticed elevated heart rate, but no heart attack symptoms. They suggested a trip to the emergency room due to their observances.
My trip to the emergency room proved unworthy. I was given an EKG, and MRI for flank pain, and treated as a dull nuisance. My blood pressure was elevated, which caused concern, but again, no tests came back with any form of positive results, including the urine sample. I was looked at skeptically, wondering why I was wasting their time. The doctor pronounced me an anxiety ridden patient despite no prior history of anxiety disorder.
I went home, and shortly began the chest pain, dizziness, and shortness of breath. Anytime I exercised or gained any physical activity, I was
prompted by my own body through numerous pain attacks to go home and rest. It was as if the wind was being sucked from my lungs every time I wanted to go out the front door. There were chest pain, palpitations, shooting chest pains, and disorientation. I began to take my life more seriously and slowed much of usual activity to a grinding halt. Furthermore, I knew this wasn't all tied to anxiety and it was time for me to take back my own life again through enormous research that proved difficult and left me hanging many days.
If that wasn't enough, I began to be overcome with these flu like symptoms. My usual cysts throughout my body also began to grow in small numbers. My shoulders became steal belts upon wakening sending shooting/burning pains to my wrists and finger joints via the muscles in my arms. This caused my wrist and joints in my fingers to swell uncontrollably.
The inflammation throughout my body was intense. I felt the water weight, and my usual blood pressure medication was not helping. The more intense these symptoms became the more fluid I retained and the higher my blood pressure numbers grew.
I began experiencing numbness in various parts of my body. My right leg became numb, and I could feel tingling in my front teeth and tongue. Surges of little tingles enveloped my scalp throughout the day causing small circuits of pain.
As I was researching, I went to the doctor, tail between my legs, and demanded more testing. A full composite was performed and I was sent home with Mobic for joint pain, and an increase in blood pressure medication that "should take care of all these symptoms."
I decided to take life into my own hands and applying some of the research I found. Because I realized I was slowly becoming destitute, a mere victim waiting at death's door. I began a religious experience with a vitamin regime worthy of only the stoic. This is where I first found relief:
Upon waking, I drank detox teas, switching from liver to kidneys as the days progressed. I chose Liver Detox, and Peach Detox.
I drank a cup of Kava tea to lesson the anxiety I was being labeled.
I drank a full glass with recommended dosages of colloidal silver. Must be 500 PPM.
Took Blood pressure medication.
I had yogurt every morning which contained fax seeds (ground flax seeds), nutritional yeast, fruit, and 1/3 cup of granola. All was taken with a probiotic supplement.
I began taking supplements: multi complex with B, fish oils, calcium, Coq-10, echinacea, kelp, D3, and Emergen - C at various times throughout the day.
Lunch consisted of two cups of salad greens, protein, and 1/3 cup of whole grain.
An hour after lunch was another probiotic supplement
A mid afternoon snack was grapefruit, 2 tsp. of Benefiber, and 1 tab. colloidal minerals.
One hour before dinner called for another probiotic supplement.
Dinner consisted of many veggies, 1/3 cup of whole grain, and protein.
I began to feel a release of the debilitating pain after a few days of my rigid quest. The chest pains began to subside to chest pressure, the severe muscle aches became dull muscle pain. I was still short-winded, dizzy, and disoriented, but at least I felt a zest for life beginning again. When you feel as though you are knocking on death's door, you will follow suit with anything that brings relief.
There are days, despite 2 months of gruelling pain, I am overcome by the usual afflictions again. Days I feel a trip to the
emergency room is at hand. Recently, as the pain intensified, I was put on Doxycycline for a possible walking pneumonia infection. Could it be a latent microbial virus taking root?
But, as days pass by, with the controlled diet regiment, there are days now that I'm feeling alive. Alive enough to walk the beach for an
hour watching the morning sunrise. Alive enough to hit the gym afterwards and do a 30 minute weight workout. I'm also finding certain grains to be inferior to my system now causing renewed symptoms. And best of all, these flare-ups are coming less and less. I am certain what I am doing his helping my overall well-being.
I painstakingly looked and found all the products that worked best for me. I offer them to you so that you soon will gain relief. Keep up with my blog, as after this article was written, and more research followed, I have found renewed relief with symptoms flaring very rarely.
The information provided in the Your Fibro Support, including suggestions about the introduction of certain foods, is not intended to replace the services of a physician. It is provided for informational purposes only. It is recommended that you consult a physician in all matters relating to your health, and particularly in respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attentions. All extensive medical tests were pursued before implementing these suggestions.
My misery started with what I thought was a routine UTI. I awoke one morning with a fullness in my bladder and agonized making time for the doctor. After three days of drinking large amounts of fluids and cranberry juice, I noticed an onset of flank pain, and I thought it best to at least stop by the nurse's clinic and be tested to ensure I was not harboring a bladder infection. My testing results returned negative, and I was sent home with an antibiotic for assurance.
Ten days on the antibiotic produced no more flank pain nor bladder pain. I felt renewed and began to enjoy my life again. But, suddenly
about five days after the medication was completed, I was woken shortly after falling asleep for an hour, with a surge of energy that ripped through my body relentlessly. I could not settle down, and my heart began beating rapidly allowing me to feel the steady drum beat pounding profusely in my neck. I rose and tried to relax myself for 15 minutes. This proved fruitless, and I finally called an ambulance for fear of having a heart attack. When the paramedics arrived, they noticed elevated heart rate, but no heart attack symptoms. They suggested a trip to the emergency room due to their observances.
My trip to the emergency room proved unworthy. I was given an EKG, and MRI for flank pain, and treated as a dull nuisance. My blood pressure was elevated, which caused concern, but again, no tests came back with any form of positive results, including the urine sample. I was looked at skeptically, wondering why I was wasting their time. The doctor pronounced me an anxiety ridden patient despite no prior history of anxiety disorder.
I went home, and shortly began the chest pain, dizziness, and shortness of breath. Anytime I exercised or gained any physical activity, I was
prompted by my own body through numerous pain attacks to go home and rest. It was as if the wind was being sucked from my lungs every time I wanted to go out the front door. There were chest pain, palpitations, shooting chest pains, and disorientation. I began to take my life more seriously and slowed much of usual activity to a grinding halt. Furthermore, I knew this wasn't all tied to anxiety and it was time for me to take back my own life again through enormous research that proved difficult and left me hanging many days.
If that wasn't enough, I began to be overcome with these flu like symptoms. My usual cysts throughout my body also began to grow in small numbers. My shoulders became steal belts upon wakening sending shooting/burning pains to my wrists and finger joints via the muscles in my arms. This caused my wrist and joints in my fingers to swell uncontrollably.
The inflammation throughout my body was intense. I felt the water weight, and my usual blood pressure medication was not helping. The more intense these symptoms became the more fluid I retained and the higher my blood pressure numbers grew.
I began experiencing numbness in various parts of my body. My right leg became numb, and I could feel tingling in my front teeth and tongue. Surges of little tingles enveloped my scalp throughout the day causing small circuits of pain.
As I was researching, I went to the doctor, tail between my legs, and demanded more testing. A full composite was performed and I was sent home with Mobic for joint pain, and an increase in blood pressure medication that "should take care of all these symptoms."
I decided to take life into my own hands and applying some of the research I found. Because I realized I was slowly becoming destitute, a mere victim waiting at death's door. I began a religious experience with a vitamin regime worthy of only the stoic. This is where I first found relief:
Upon waking, I drank detox teas, switching from liver to kidneys as the days progressed. I chose Liver Detox, and Peach Detox.
I drank a cup of Kava tea to lesson the anxiety I was being labeled.
I drank a full glass with recommended dosages of colloidal silver. Must be 500 PPM.
Took Blood pressure medication.
I had yogurt every morning which contained fax seeds (ground flax seeds), nutritional yeast, fruit, and 1/3 cup of granola. All was taken with a probiotic supplement.
I began taking supplements: multi complex with B, fish oils, calcium, Coq-10, echinacea, kelp, D3, and Emergen - C at various times throughout the day.
Lunch consisted of two cups of salad greens, protein, and 1/3 cup of whole grain.
An hour after lunch was another probiotic supplement
A mid afternoon snack was grapefruit, 2 tsp. of Benefiber, and 1 tab. colloidal minerals.
One hour before dinner called for another probiotic supplement.
Dinner consisted of many veggies, 1/3 cup of whole grain, and protein.
I began to feel a release of the debilitating pain after a few days of my rigid quest. The chest pains began to subside to chest pressure, the severe muscle aches became dull muscle pain. I was still short-winded, dizzy, and disoriented, but at least I felt a zest for life beginning again. When you feel as though you are knocking on death's door, you will follow suit with anything that brings relief.
There are days, despite 2 months of gruelling pain, I am overcome by the usual afflictions again. Days I feel a trip to the
emergency room is at hand. Recently, as the pain intensified, I was put on Doxycycline for a possible walking pneumonia infection. Could it be a latent microbial virus taking root?
But, as days pass by, with the controlled diet regiment, there are days now that I'm feeling alive. Alive enough to walk the beach for an
hour watching the morning sunrise. Alive enough to hit the gym afterwards and do a 30 minute weight workout. I'm also finding certain grains to be inferior to my system now causing renewed symptoms. And best of all, these flare-ups are coming less and less. I am certain what I am doing his helping my overall well-being.
I painstakingly looked and found all the products that worked best for me. I offer them to you so that you soon will gain relief. Keep up with my blog, as after this article was written, and more research followed, I have found renewed relief with symptoms flaring very rarely.
The information provided in the Your Fibro Support, including suggestions about the introduction of certain foods, is not intended to replace the services of a physician. It is provided for informational purposes only. It is recommended that you consult a physician in all matters relating to your health, and particularly in respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attentions. All extensive medical tests were pursued before implementing these suggestions.
