I had that as a tentative diagnosis before (PAT). I underwent testing which proved nothing and there has been no damage to my heart in all the years it's been going on. It's weird. The first time it ever happened I was about 6 months pregnant with my S13. The episodes are rare now, but they used to come every few weeks and would last anywhere from 15 minutes to 14 hours one time (that one landed me in the ER). They would wake me sometimes from a dead sleep. I have actually decreased my caffeine intake (a little) and I can't take sinus medicine at all.
We'll see what they say tomorrow. Other than white-coat syndrome though, I'm good .
Thank you for letting me hijack your thread, Ellie.
Im am still on my travels and just popped in to check my email and a few regular sites that I visit. In fact, I am down with a viral infection that made my joints painful and without any strength. Just beginning to feel a little better.
Reading your recent posts rings so many alarm bells for me. Every time I was left by a boyfirend or my H, it was right after a trip of some kind. However much they "encourage" you to go away and do your thing, the bottom line seems to be that while you are away you are not paying attention to them, or else it gives them space to pursue their other "interests". Also, the "not understanding your medical issues" and rather than offering support, laying blame, is a no no between those who supposedly love each other. If those who are most close and intimate with you cannot offer support when you are down, who will?
I hope this doesn't come across as just a post to pull you down, but I feel certain amount of rage seeing you fine people strugging to keep your marriages and families together while the spouses seem to go their merry way, without considertion for all the hurt they are causing.
Should marriage be this hard? It pains me to read about Fizz's struggles and yours, and the many others here. Where has the basic trust and honesty in marriage gone? I wonder if having to work this hard to keep a marriage on track is really worth it in the end. I know in my heart of hearts that in my own case, I would never really have relaxed and trusted my H ever again, unless perhaps he had fully owned up to what he had done and taken responsibilty for it. Pushing it under the carpet or trying to get the partner to take on half or more of the blame, frankly, stinks. But some say, once a cheat, always a cheat.
Dear Ellie, I hope you get your health problems sorted out before long. Here's a tip for losing weight - first pick up a gastro problem, followed by mild 'flu, and then a little later, a viral infection. Worked for me! I guess that's the silver lining!
Will end now and write more when I am back home.
Big hugs
Livnlearn
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
Quote: Here's a tip for losing weight - first pick up a gastro problem, followed by mild 'flu, and then a little later, a viral infection. Worked for me!
LOL!!!!
Well, LNL, I know I'm not in a good place right now, but really my H is still a worthy guy. It's just his darned depression (okay, and maybe he has a little bit of the "stuck thinking" like my S14 with the OCD?). He's a wonderful husband and father in many ways, I just have to accept that he has a major blindspot where my health issues are concerned, and it's a cheeseless tunel to expect he will ever change in that regard, as he's always been this way.
The thing about it is, I'm not even a whiny person!!! It's not like I'm Camille or something!!! I'm much more of a "tough it out and don't complain" type, so it's a little disorienting to be treated as if I'm a wimpy complainer.
As for the trip thing - it's not that I suspect anything is going on right now - I'm sure nothing is. It's just the echoes of that bad time before.
But I think right now, part of the problem is me too - I seem to be focused on H's bad behaviors too much. I think I need to start journaling 3 good things a day, like Sage used to.
Gee, I hope you are feeling better now, LNL. What a bummer to get sick on your vacation!
Is it possible H doesn't get it with respect to your health problems because you are so stoic???
Sometimes I think I forget or minimize the importance of some shoulder pain my H has been having because he is sto stoic...
Anyway, if he already admits to the depression and takes ADs, it must be REALLY frustrating that he won't get reassessed and try something different. Tell him to stop doing what doesn't work, lol.
Sorry, no pics to post. But she has perfect lips (a bit like the Brangelina baby), a full head of almost black hair that I think is curly, and beautiful large eyes that look like they will become green, along with big feet and big hands, lol. She's 75th percentile for height and 50th percentile for weight. She is really loving her Einstein play mat the last week or so, and she's making many noises, smiling alot and laughing. Apparently she is very strong and well-coordinated -- don't know where the last came from. H and I are not the most graceful people, lol.
Quote: What a bummer to get sick on your vacation!
Hey. This is a working trip, LOL! I've been uber busy when I haven't been struck low... In fact, it is only being struck low that has allowed me frequent access to a computer today. It is frustrating not being abe to do as much as I had planned when I can only make it here once a year at most.
Mustn't grumble though...
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
LOL!!! S19 was born with such big feet and hands, his footprint wouldn't fit inside the box! (Now he's just average height, but wears a size 12 shoe!).
She sounds adorable, OT
LNL - hope your joints were too sore to snap the shutter on your camera!
All my test results came back great. In fact, ALL of my numbers were super. Apparently the secret to being healthy is snack cakes for breakfast and soda the rest of the day .
My cousin is having her thyroid removed. They found a cancerous nodule. She'll be having the iodine treatment that it sounds like you had. Do you have any tips for her? I understand that she will be hypothyroid after the surgery. Is that correct?
Maybe your H has a case of the itchy butt syndrome ?
Take Care, SP
According to the Buddha, praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow may "come and go like the wind," but happiness comes if you can "rest like a great tree in the midst of them all."
Your thread title caught my eye, too. I just wanted to share an interesting story b/c I know you are interested in thyroid stuff.
My brother's gf is a MD. She was diagnosed w/ hypothyroidism 10 yrs ago, in her early 20s. About a year ago, she started to experience difficulty breathing, feeling a weight on her chest. A battery of tests was done, with nothing found. The top doc at the chest hospital said it was "all in her head." Well, a year later, she has just found out she has Grave's Disease. She is doing the radioactive treatment now--started a week ago. She feels awful, but had been cycling like crazy and couldn't take it anymore. She is off work for two months.
Moral of the story: She fought and fought until she found someone who would listen to her, and she is a doctor!! Even so, no one took her seriously, saying it was just stress. We KNOW when something is wrong, and have to make sure to keep looking till we get the help we need.
Nicola
Life isn't about finding yourself; it's about creating yourself My thread: Trusting God's Plan
) and I can't take sinus medicine at all.
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I guess that's the silver lining!
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