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AH Going Backwards…………..
My AH at 45 had a full hip replacement. He has not worked for over 2 and 1/2 months with no pay. I have carried the load. He said he had been drinking so much and smoking weed to deal with the pain. He was going to turn a new leaf- no more weed- only drinking on the weekends.... lose weight...get back in the great shape he was in when we met 10 years ago.
WEL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Okay- I paid $5000 Out of Pocket insurance money - struggled to pay mortgage and college and cars and take care of teminally ill parents.....supported his recovery no matter how long it took.....was supportive...went to appointments... you name it I did it. If the hard work was to have my husband back ..who cares. Well- the surgery is done..... he has clean bill of health but now the back hurts..can't work.....drinking has picked back up...find beers thrown in laundry room...can see the anger building in his eyes from the drugs. I have tried to address it only to be called an unsupportive nag. I was told that I would get no sympathy for my dying parents as I give him none. He sits here now and spews hate at the tv, at my kids at me. Today the back doctor mistakingly forgot to call him back. He is our neighbor for god sake! I got home and after having the phone thrown at me.....I called them and they apologized and said he can come in now...He cursed and refused.. Nice. He chooses to be hurting all the time..we have had MRI's - blood tests you name it....He is fine besides being horribly depressed. I wished him good day yesterday and he said **** You! Who says that?
I am trying to stay positive and let him live with his choices. He lost his first wife and 3 daughters to this. He has little to do with the girls and they have suffered all in their own way. He spends no time with me or my boys- we try. He is in bed by 7 if he is not drinking. I told him I would spend no time with him while he is drinking or smoking and that leaves just that ..no time. He is so angry I have detached. I will not pay for the house and the cars and the boat so that slob can curse at me and spit at me and throw things in the yard. It is so upsetting . He called his folks to tell them I was mean to him and they enable him and actually called me on some things . I don't know what I want anyone to say--just how do we begin to think this is the way I live and it is what it is. ??????????????? I will not take him to my company Christmas party as God knows what he would say. I was just nominated for Realtor Rookie of the Year here and would be mortified if people really knew who I really am. I am gonna watch Dancing with the Stars.....I would love to dance..........my sons and I still have dance parties like when they were little..it makes us laugh...he tells us we are stupid.
c'est la vie!
WEL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Okay- I paid $5000 Out of Pocket insurance money - struggled to pay mortgage and college and cars and take care of teminally ill parents.....supported his recovery no matter how long it took.....was supportive...went to appointments... you name it I did it. If the hard work was to have my husband back ..who cares. Well- the surgery is done..... he has clean bill of health but now the back hurts..can't work.....drinking has picked back up...find beers thrown in laundry room...can see the anger building in his eyes from the drugs. I have tried to address it only to be called an unsupportive nag. I was told that I would get no sympathy for my dying parents as I give him none. He sits here now and spews hate at the tv, at my kids at me. Today the back doctor mistakingly forgot to call him back. He is our neighbor for god sake! I got home and after having the phone thrown at me.....I called them and they apologized and said he can come in now...He cursed and refused.. Nice. He chooses to be hurting all the time..we have had MRI's - blood tests you name it....He is fine besides being horribly depressed. I wished him good day yesterday and he said **** You! Who says that?
I am trying to stay positive and let him live with his choices. He lost his first wife and 3 daughters to this. He has little to do with the girls and they have suffered all in their own way. He spends no time with me or my boys- we try. He is in bed by 7 if he is not drinking. I told him I would spend no time with him while he is drinking or smoking and that leaves just that ..no time. He is so angry I have detached. I will not pay for the house and the cars and the boat so that slob can curse at me and spit at me and throw things in the yard. It is so upsetting . He called his folks to tell them I was mean to him and they enable him and actually called me on some things . I don't know what I want anyone to say--just how do we begin to think this is the way I live and it is what it is. ??????????????? I will not take him to my company Christmas party as God knows what he would say. I was just nominated for Realtor Rookie of the Year here and would be mortified if people really knew who I really am. I am gonna watch Dancing with the Stars.....I would love to dance..........my sons and I still have dance parties like when they were little..it makes us laugh...he tells us we are stupid.
c'est la vie!
Need some help finding help…
First off - thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this and has any positive input / suggestions besides “stop drinking”, which I already have done.
Some background about myself as a person and my relationship with alcohol:
I am a 26 year old male (just turned), and started drinking at the age of 23. Before that I had not had a drop of alcohol besides that found in medicines. Since the age of 23 I have been going out and partying a lot on the weekends, mostly every weekend. It has been constant, but I do not drink every day nor do I possess any “cravings” for it. Honestly, the only reason I started to drink is because I found out it made me more open socially. I do however go for the harder kinds of alcohol (mixed drinks etc.) and shots.
Since Monday October 20th I've been having what I now think are alcohol withdrawal symptoms. It all started after going out to party for my birthday the previous Friday and Saturday nights (17th & 18th) and drinking hard. Since I work during the week I don't drink at all.
I've been to two different emergency rooms, an internal medicine doctor, and a Neurologist. I've had a brain EEG, MRI, and MRA done which I was told all came up "clean". I've had many blood tests from all the places I've been to and they have also came up "clean". No one has so far been able to help or tell me what direction to go in. The Neurologist was the one that suggested I was experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms, and when I asked him what to do about it he said "stop drinking" and left it as that.
My symptoms which seem to be completely random:
(I always feel "something" I have never felt 100% since this started happening.)
Fatigue, I don't feel "up to" doing anything that requires a lot of energy
Death is near feeling (not joking)
Brain fullness (feels like my head is swollen & going to explode)
Pain in lower back part of head (not a headache but a shooting pain)
Balance issues
Anxiety
Involuntary shaking at times (starts in chest region)
Some days I feel like I'm getting better, then the next I will be right back to where I was. I have been taking Vitamin B complex and Vitamin B1 hoping they would help some but haven't. I have also been trying to keep my diet on track by eating fruits and cereals with vitamins and drinking nothing but water. Everything is so random that I really can't tell what is helping and what isn't.
Total alcohol abstinence from now on. I do have the family and friend support already to make sure that will happen.
But for now if you can help:
With all the tests I've had done, would alcohol withdrawal not show up on any?
It's been 22 days since this began, how long should I expect it to go for?
What kind of doctor should I seek for help?
Shouldn't Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome or withdrawal symptoms show up on a MRI?
Some background about myself as a person and my relationship with alcohol:
I am a 26 year old male (just turned), and started drinking at the age of 23. Before that I had not had a drop of alcohol besides that found in medicines. Since the age of 23 I have been going out and partying a lot on the weekends, mostly every weekend. It has been constant, but I do not drink every day nor do I possess any “cravings” for it. Honestly, the only reason I started to drink is because I found out it made me more open socially. I do however go for the harder kinds of alcohol (mixed drinks etc.) and shots.
Since Monday October 20th I've been having what I now think are alcohol withdrawal symptoms. It all started after going out to party for my birthday the previous Friday and Saturday nights (17th & 18th) and drinking hard. Since I work during the week I don't drink at all.
I've been to two different emergency rooms, an internal medicine doctor, and a Neurologist. I've had a brain EEG, MRI, and MRA done which I was told all came up "clean". I've had many blood tests from all the places I've been to and they have also came up "clean". No one has so far been able to help or tell me what direction to go in. The Neurologist was the one that suggested I was experiencing alcohol withdrawal symptoms, and when I asked him what to do about it he said "stop drinking" and left it as that.
My symptoms which seem to be completely random:
(I always feel "something" I have never felt 100% since this started happening.)
Fatigue, I don't feel "up to" doing anything that requires a lot of energy
Death is near feeling (not joking)
Brain fullness (feels like my head is swollen & going to explode)
Pain in lower back part of head (not a headache but a shooting pain)
Balance issues
Anxiety
Involuntary shaking at times (starts in chest region)
Some days I feel like I'm getting better, then the next I will be right back to where I was. I have been taking Vitamin B complex and Vitamin B1 hoping they would help some but haven't. I have also been trying to keep my diet on track by eating fruits and cereals with vitamins and drinking nothing but water. Everything is so random that I really can't tell what is helping and what isn't.
Total alcohol abstinence from now on. I do have the family and friend support already to make sure that will happen.
But for now if you can help:
With all the tests I've had done, would alcohol withdrawal not show up on any?
It's been 22 days since this began, how long should I expect it to go for?
What kind of doctor should I seek for help?
Shouldn't Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome or withdrawal symptoms show up on a MRI?
All my blood tests came back
First...all I know about the DUI thing is that blood came back a .01.
Basically, I have Stage 2 Hypertension (at age 33!) I'm on some strong medication and I have to get very, very serious about losing weight. They're recommending 100 pounds!!! Atkins and exercise here I come.
I'm borderline Type 1 Diabetes. Again, can be controlled by massive weight loss.
My liver functions came back normal. Can you imagine? After all the drinking I did, I only inflamed my liver; no fatty, no cirrohsis. She said it would be perfectly back to normal in 3-4 months. I really dodged a bullet here.
My kidneys, electrolytes, and pancreas are all operating within normal functions.
Basically, The HP saved me. No more alcohol ever again. Despite what the cops say, I have been sober since January and my body is coming back together.
In the midst of my craziness, there was some good news this week.
Thanks SR!
Basically, I have Stage 2 Hypertension (at age 33!) I'm on some strong medication and I have to get very, very serious about losing weight. They're recommending 100 pounds!!! Atkins and exercise here I come.
I'm borderline Type 1 Diabetes. Again, can be controlled by massive weight loss.
My liver functions came back normal. Can you imagine? After all the drinking I did, I only inflamed my liver; no fatty, no cirrohsis. She said it would be perfectly back to normal in 3-4 months. I really dodged a bullet here.
My kidneys, electrolytes, and pancreas are all operating within normal functions.
Basically, The HP saved me. No more alcohol ever again. Despite what the cops say, I have been sober since January and my body is coming back together.
In the midst of my craziness, there was some good news this week.
Thanks SR!
You hear it over and over again….
on these threads: "Go see your doctor, Go see your doctor". Well, I went to the doctor and the first time was it did not meet my expectations and I was disappointed, but when I went again for my month check up my doctor ordered all kinds of blood tests from CBC, liver, kidney, cholesterol, electrolytes, dibetes, thyroid and a urine test. It all came back normal!! Hard to believe what our bodies can take! I was nervous about getting the results, but it is so important to GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR! I feel so much better and even more motivated to keep on the straight line. So when you read on these threads to Go see your doctor...JUST DO IT!
Need insite…
Hi. I've been having some medical problems in the past year and was wondering if anyone else has had, or know somebody that has had the same problems. I have been a heavy drinker for about the past 10 years. I have finally weened myself down to 2 or 3 beers a day from 9 or 10. About a year ago I started having back pain in my upper back; just below my left shoulder blade about an inch away from the spine. It started as more of just an annoyance, but the pain has gradually gotten worse. It isn't a stabbing pain; just feels like someone pushing their thumb into my back. The back pain also came with a cough. I don't smoke, so I know its not from that. Its not a hacking cough either. More like dust in my throat kinda of cough. I've had Xrays, blood tests, diabetes test, a full cardio exam complete with nuclear dye and stress test, been to the chiro numerous times...nobody can determine the cause. The one thing that I did discover is there may/may not be something with my lungs. I have never had an asthma attack, but they are able to induce one on me. My lungs look and sound fine, but with a deep breath the pain gets more intense. They've put me on every kind of asthma medication on the market but nothing helps with the back pain. I guess what I am wondering, could alcohol be the source of the pain? Anybody ever experience somthing like this? The back pain is with me regaurdless of whether I am drinking or not. I stopped drinking for 2 weeks, but the pain didn't go away really. Anyone got anything? Doctors are stumped.....
Update on Gram and Cam
I guess I'm a poet and didn't know it... "Lame"
Gram was back in the hospital with some very painful colon probs. She was only there for one night, and then sent back to my moms again. She loves to be at my moms, but my feelings are that they are sending her home too quickly because she is old and taking up a bed. I know that sounds awful, but I cannot help how I feel.
I took care of her today after I took my mother for a proceedure that was going to leave her drowsy for awhile.
Gram is barely eating, nothing yesterday, very little today. It is very hard for me to grasp that it may not be much longer.
As far as Cam, my son, he has spent the last two days home from school. He is still having pain from his kness down on both legs, the swelling comes and goes. We had him back to the doctor yesterday and there is still blood in his urine, even though all weekend he drank tons of water. He is pale, dark under his eyes, dizzy, weak and fatigued. They took several more blood tests yesterday and he will be going for a kidney imaging this weak. OMG Im scared, but staying strong.
My fibro is still acting up and I am having problems with the IBS and shingles. My shingles do not get out of hand because I take a preventative dose of acyclover (sp) 2 each day. I am doubling doses know and they are still breaking through.
Thank you all for your prayers, and please continue praying.
Love,
Suzette
Gram was back in the hospital with some very painful colon probs. She was only there for one night, and then sent back to my moms again. She loves to be at my moms, but my feelings are that they are sending her home too quickly because she is old and taking up a bed. I know that sounds awful, but I cannot help how I feel.
I took care of her today after I took my mother for a proceedure that was going to leave her drowsy for awhile.
Gram is barely eating, nothing yesterday, very little today. It is very hard for me to grasp that it may not be much longer.
As far as Cam, my son, he has spent the last two days home from school. He is still having pain from his kness down on both legs, the swelling comes and goes. We had him back to the doctor yesterday and there is still blood in his urine, even though all weekend he drank tons of water. He is pale, dark under his eyes, dizzy, weak and fatigued. They took several more blood tests yesterday and he will be going for a kidney imaging this weak. OMG Im scared, but staying strong.
My fibro is still acting up and I am having problems with the IBS and shingles. My shingles do not get out of hand because I take a preventative dose of acyclover (sp) 2 each day. I am doubling doses know and they are still breaking through.
Thank you all for your prayers, and please continue praying.
Love,
Suzette
Struggling With Negativity
Bit of history, been together just over 5 years, he'd been drinking for 8 years so was an A when I met him, didn't realise how hard it would be and I had no prior experience of coping with addiction. My bf was a sometimes nasty, sometimes happy, sometimes depressed drunk.
He stopped drinking just over 6 months ago with the aid of an online community and hasn't touched a drop since.
Over all things are immensly better, we have alot more money, we don't fight anymore, just in general the atmosphere is alot happier....he gave up smoking a month ago and started jogging too...he's like a new man almost, except for this last month maybe when he's started to go through phases of being extremely negative.
He always was quite negative, "Mr Grumps" I used to call him, he said he was that way even before he started drinking, for as long as he can remember he's always been pesemistic rather than optomistic.
Although he hasn't touched a drop in 6 months he complains of feeling ill all the time, he expected to feel alot better by now and seems disheartened that he doesn't. He thinks he has an underactive thyroid as he has alot of the symptoms and his mother has it and it can be hereditory so we're waiting on blood tests to come back, hopefully that will clear up some of the mystery.
So back to the phases....he's completely normal, happy, laughing and joking and then he's swing into a grumpy mood where everything is crap, he feels awful, he's frustrated with how bad he feels, he wants a cigerette, he wants food...but there's nothing nice in...there's nothing on the tele...there's nothing to do...the cats are doing his head in, the kids outside are doing his head in, the room is too bright, it's too sunny outside, his foot hurts, he wants to go jogging but his leg is still sore, his knee is aching, he feels down.....the list goes on.
This phase has lasted about a week now and to be honest it's driving me mad. I'm still trying to practise detaching and let him get on with it and take care of myself but the monotone drone of his moaning is starting to make my head scream inside.
I can understand him being frustrated, going through giving up drinking and smoking and still feeling like crap, of him being frustrated about being ill and not knowing what is wrong with him, of him being frustrated about hurting his leg whilst jogging last week and now he can't train but the negativity is starting to drive me mad and I'm unsure how to deal with it.
I told him last night that he was starting to depress me, he asked why and I told him his constant moaning and negativity was wearing me down. He just replied "Hmmm" and give me a dirty look and so I got up and went to bed early to avoid a discussion about it later on.
I feel bad for not being more supportive but I have been trying, I've been listening to him being negative and giving him feedback on how better to cope with it, giving him an outlet to "vent" etc...but now I just want some peace.
Any ideas on how to deal with negativity and not let it effect me too whilst still remaining supportive and keeping my sanity in tact?
Thanks :)
He stopped drinking just over 6 months ago with the aid of an online community and hasn't touched a drop since.
Over all things are immensly better, we have alot more money, we don't fight anymore, just in general the atmosphere is alot happier....he gave up smoking a month ago and started jogging too...he's like a new man almost, except for this last month maybe when he's started to go through phases of being extremely negative.
He always was quite negative, "Mr Grumps" I used to call him, he said he was that way even before he started drinking, for as long as he can remember he's always been pesemistic rather than optomistic.
Although he hasn't touched a drop in 6 months he complains of feeling ill all the time, he expected to feel alot better by now and seems disheartened that he doesn't. He thinks he has an underactive thyroid as he has alot of the symptoms and his mother has it and it can be hereditory so we're waiting on blood tests to come back, hopefully that will clear up some of the mystery.
So back to the phases....he's completely normal, happy, laughing and joking and then he's swing into a grumpy mood where everything is crap, he feels awful, he's frustrated with how bad he feels, he wants a cigerette, he wants food...but there's nothing nice in...there's nothing on the tele...there's nothing to do...the cats are doing his head in, the kids outside are doing his head in, the room is too bright, it's too sunny outside, his foot hurts, he wants to go jogging but his leg is still sore, his knee is aching, he feels down.....the list goes on.
This phase has lasted about a week now and to be honest it's driving me mad. I'm still trying to practise detaching and let him get on with it and take care of myself but the monotone drone of his moaning is starting to make my head scream inside.
I can understand him being frustrated, going through giving up drinking and smoking and still feeling like crap, of him being frustrated about being ill and not knowing what is wrong with him, of him being frustrated about hurting his leg whilst jogging last week and now he can't train but the negativity is starting to drive me mad and I'm unsure how to deal with it.
I told him last night that he was starting to depress me, he asked why and I told him his constant moaning and negativity was wearing me down. He just replied "Hmmm" and give me a dirty look and so I got up and went to bed early to avoid a discussion about it later on.
I feel bad for not being more supportive but I have been trying, I've been listening to him being negative and giving him feedback on how better to cope with it, giving him an outlet to "vent" etc...but now I just want some peace.
Any ideas on how to deal with negativity and not let it effect me too whilst still remaining supportive and keeping my sanity in tact?
Thanks :)
My Doctor’s appointment was a fiasco!
First of all, my doctor was not there. They said they called me, but I checked my phone and there were no messages and no missed calls and I only drank 3 glasses of wine last night so I know I didn't "forget". They asked me if I wanted to see another doctor and I said yes, because its not like I have a relationship with the MIA doctor, plus, I knew I might not reschedule cuz I was really nervous.
The doctor came in and asked me what was going on. I told him my blood pressure has been really high, I can't sleep at night, I have high anxiety, etc. (and this is the tough part) I told him I think it is because I am drinking too much. I could see right away he was very uncomfortable. He asked me a few questions, like how much I drink, how long I have been doing it, do I feel suicidal? I answered his questions and he said I needed to get on some medication. So he prescribed Ativan for anxiety, but it is highly addictive, so only 30 days worth. And also Lexapro...an antidepressant, is this supposed to make me not want to drink? And lets give someone with an addictive personality an addictive drug after she just told you she' s worried about drinking too much. Oh yea, he also said, Don't drink alcohol with the Ativan....WHAT? When I said I am worried that I can't stop, and do I just slow down or just stop....he said just stop, you can do it! :wtf1:
I tried to talk about my drinking (very uncomfortable for me) and I was worried about damage to my internal organs, i.e.liver, etc. And all he said was it took years to develop liver problems and since I had my gallbladder out 1-1/2 years ago, (and must have had all kinds of blood tests) my liver was fine then.
I just feel like I got no answers and feel stupid because I was crying so hard I couldn't talk and I knew he was uncomfortable. I don't want to feel the prescriptions because I might be asking for trouble.
He did give me a name for a therapist and said to make an appointment. I just feel like a failure.
The doctor came in and asked me what was going on. I told him my blood pressure has been really high, I can't sleep at night, I have high anxiety, etc. (and this is the tough part) I told him I think it is because I am drinking too much. I could see right away he was very uncomfortable. He asked me a few questions, like how much I drink, how long I have been doing it, do I feel suicidal? I answered his questions and he said I needed to get on some medication. So he prescribed Ativan for anxiety, but it is highly addictive, so only 30 days worth. And also Lexapro...an antidepressant, is this supposed to make me not want to drink? And lets give someone with an addictive personality an addictive drug after she just told you she' s worried about drinking too much. Oh yea, he also said, Don't drink alcohol with the Ativan....WHAT? When I said I am worried that I can't stop, and do I just slow down or just stop....he said just stop, you can do it! :wtf1:
I tried to talk about my drinking (very uncomfortable for me) and I was worried about damage to my internal organs, i.e.liver, etc. And all he said was it took years to develop liver problems and since I had my gallbladder out 1-1/2 years ago, (and must have had all kinds of blood tests) my liver was fine then.
I just feel like I got no answers and feel stupid because I was crying so hard I couldn't talk and I knew he was uncomfortable. I don't want to feel the prescriptions because I might be asking for trouble.
He did give me a name for a therapist and said to make an appointment. I just feel like a failure.
