Comments on: Season 2 Premiere

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:30:44 +0000

OK, now our similarities are getting uncanny! I felt fatigued and lethargic for a couple weeks prior to having an “unusual BM” also (we can talk about that via email). Following that was INTENSE abdominal pain located directly below the sternum. This was the start of all my year+ medical odyssey.

However, my pain was definitely related to food. I was scoped up one end and down the other, but no definitive cause was found. The only things I know for a fact is that the pain was so intense that I thought something ruptured inside me and my WBC count was high. Of course the Internal Med doctor wanted to put me on a one month trial of an acid reflux med (even though the manufacturers specify that it shouldn’t be taken for more than 2 weeks continuously)… the surgeon wanted to remove my gall bladder… Each one finds something in their specialty or just blows you off. **sigh**

By: Susan S.

Susan S. — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:30:29 +0000

Definately lots of chicken soup! Relax and recover.

By: Doctor D

Doctor D — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:40:53 +0000

Sometimes Pneumonia will cause abdominal pain. I know it sounds weird, but I’ve seen it before. It is tricky to diagnose because as a doc you are focusing on where it hurts.

Once had a patient with no cough or breathing problems complaining of abdominal pain. Same situation as yours, we only found the pneumonia when the abdominal CT showed nothing in the abdomen but an angry pnueumonia in the lower lobe of the lung it covered. The human body does some strange stuff.

Hope you feel better soon, Queen!

By: WarmSocks

WarmSocks — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:11:41 +0000

It’s a bit of an understatement to say that doesn’t sound like the optimal Thanksgiving holiday.

Apparently there’s different ways to do colonoscopy. My neighbor (who is weird enough to discuss such things with people) says he kept trying to joke with the doctor during his, and that it really wasn’t uncomfortable (just embarrassing). Mine was not uncomfortable, but “twilight sedation” in my case means I fell asleep while the doctor was introducing himself, was out for over an hour afterwards, and have no memory of the procedure whatsoever.

I hope the pneumonia clears quickly, and your doctors are able to come up with a diagnosis and effective treatment plan.

By: Aviva

Aviva — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:16:10 +0000

Yikes! Sounds serious indeed! I hope the antibiotics are kicking in and helping you start to feel better. Not to be Miss Negativity or anything, but be forewarned that pneumonia kicks the cr*p out of healthy people and my doc says it’s fairly normal for it to take six weeks *after* you kick it for energy levels to come back to normal. For healthy people without extra stuff going on. I hate pneumonia.

I did chuckle at the parallels once again between our paths. I’ve got an appointment next week with the GI too and expect to be scheduled for a colonoscopy. (Hey, last year, I ended up having an endoscopy on New Year’s Eve. Wonder if I can spend NYE 2009 having an even worse procedure?)

*hughughug*

Hang in there, and feel better soon!