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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

health issue hold ups

Well I was going to upload a pic with this but google is having issues with that so maybe I can add one later. In any case back in Feb I started having some breathing issues. Especially right around when I had court so I had assumed either I had caught cold or I was just feeling panicky. (court went well though so no reason to feel panicky just glad to have that over with) Anyway. Later it kept getting worse. Tight chest, feeling like I wasn't getting enough air but no real reason why. I'd had some sinus problems but it is spring and the cedar pollen count is high so that is no real surprise. Well then I had set up a drs appt to go talk to the dr. about it because it was just getting worse and it wasn't a day or so later that it got so bad that I called in I could not get a good breath walking even a few steps made me weak and dizzy my chest hurt really bad. They told me to go in to ER immediately so I did. Which is saying a lot I HATE ER. The wait is usually atrocious. Plus while I am sitting there I hear some guy come in and the nurse going OMG is that all over your body? and took him straight back while another nurse was reassuring someone she wipes everything down with alchohol LOL I didn't even turn around. I was just concentrating on breathing and my fingers by this point were blue. I get back and the male sure asked for my history and he knew right off about Sjogren's and Lupus . Which was a pleasant surprise not being discounted for it (I usually get the oh you have lupus that explains everything you are meant to suffer type response when um not everything is lupus) anyway the guy was really nice and reminded me a lot of my brother. I was sent back for X-ray and they decided I had upper respiratory and bronchitis (later my dr. when I went in for a follow up decided it didn't sound so much like bronchitis) anyway by the time I left I was still very weak but my color had returned to my fingers and such and I wasn't struggling so much. Went in to my regular dr and was not really doing much better had several dizzy spells, numbness in my arms, couldn't do crap. It was getting really frustrating because there are so many things I needed to be doing. Plus during this time frame my glasses had gotten destroyed (the scratch coat started coming up on them) and I had to get this other taken care of before I went in to the eye dr. My regular dr. gave me a shot of antibiotic and told me to take mucinex and zyrtec which I did and it helped a little. Went in and got my eyes checked and decided to order my glasses from zinni optical which I am waiting on mine to arrive. I got 2 pair for half of what I spent normally on regular glasses. Heck not even half. Lets put it this way cheaper than what I'd spend on lenses ALONE for one pair and I got scratch coat for free and anti-reflective. Anyway....so not long after that the dr. had told me to come back in if I were not getting any better and I wasn't. The day before I could call to set up with her again I nearly wound up in ER again with blue-ish fingers and racing heartbeat even though my BP and all was actually very good. Turns out it seems my asthma may be getting worse due to the cedar pollen. I was put back on advair (which I start tonight) and given a rescue inhaler and a shot of steroid which I apparently had a reaction to. My entire body itched horribly. I haven't slept in like 3 nights so I am seriously hoping to sleep tonight as the next two days will be busy for us. I am also in high hopes that the daily inhaler combined with my zyrtec will help tremendously. The zyrtec is all ready helping. I'd noticed that just being outside for a day would leave me in this state which was becoming very frustrating and irritating. We did decide though that with the discovery of the online glasses for much cheaper (seriously check them out if you wear glasses they have rave reviews) anyway we told my 2nd oldest we would get her a back up pair for her too from there when we can because she usually needs them. You can upload a photo and try your glasses on and it is realistic looking. Something I've always had a problem with when picking out glasses. I couldn't truly see what I looked like in them til after I got the finished product because for the most part I am blind....though on a good note apparently my eyes surprisingly have gotten a bit better. (surprise even to the dr. especially since right now I am wearing a 15-20 year old pair with bifocals and I don't even need bifocals anymore NOR was I wearing the in my pair that got destroyed that were a couple years old) Anyway I am off for tonight but that is what has been going on in our end of the world. 

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