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Craaazy Jen	Wow, I just bawled for like half an hour straight.	Lead	[-]
Posts: 3714 (07/18/2008 4:07 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Been going to the doctor all week, they were doing lots of different bloodwork and I'm telling you I could swear that I had an autoimmune disorder especially since my mom does. My ankles swell up everything up into my calves to like twice their size every day. I'm also always exhausted, I'm losing my hair, and I'm really sensitive to sunlight. They did a whole bunch of tests.. annd nothing. I got the call today that I had to go in to get my results and normally when they're fine they just tell you over the phone. So I was so stressed all day wondering if it was something serious but hoping at the same time they could find what is wrong with me and fix it. All they found out is that my ESR and CRP are high which have been that way for 3 years, but I tested negative for autoimmune disorders, lyme disease, my kidneys are fine, etc. And then I got the age old response which seems to be what I get told when a doctor can't figure out what's wrong with me.. "Well, maybe if you lost weight." Great. Thanks. I had already point an appointment with a bariatric surgeon on Monday, I'm going in the middle of August. Try tired of being this way. Tired of yo-yo dieting, tired of being uncomfortable and just fucking fed up. If I could have the surgery tomorrow I would but I know it takes a few months. I finally have health insurance that I know I'm going to have for a long time (I didn't go for the consult last time since I knew I was going to end up leaving my job last year would lose the insurance.) so I can finally get this ball rolling.
doorear		#1	[-]
Posts: 10219 (07/18/2008 4:14 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I'm sorry. I know the frustration of trying to find out what in the hell is wrong with you. Turns out for me it was panhypopituitarism. Try and hang in there. Is there anything you can do for weight loss before the last resort of surgery?
Craaazy Jen		#2	[-]
Posts: 3715 (07/18/2008 4:23 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Wow I just realized most of my sentences in that post don't make sense. I feel like my brain has turned to mush. And honestly, I've tried everything. I've tried LA Weightloss, Weight Watchers, Nutrisystem, calorie counting, diet pills, etc.. It just doesn't work and if it does I always gain it back. I want to be able to live my life without worrying about how fat I am, or if I'll fit into a seat, etc.
Mrs Right Now		#3	[-]
Posts: 19540 (07/18/2008 4:27 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Jenna, for the most part it is someone confirming what you know. Which no matter what it is it still hurts. And when you try and try so hard and fail it isn't for lack of trying ya know!
ALR83		#4	[-]
Posts: 50884 (07/18/2008 4:27 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I totally know how you feel. I really feel like I have a thyroid problem and have many symptoms, but all the times I'm tested it's fine. The last time I had blood work done the nurse said "It doesn't appear that you have PCOS." Which I was also being tested for. So I'm thinking, it doesn't appear? I want either a yes or a no. I had more blood work done a couple of months ago and the ahole doctor has yet to give me the results. I need to call on Monday. I'm frustrated like you with the hair, I've been losing it for like 4 years and can't get answers. It sucks when you feel deep down they're missing it.
Yeah Christianne		#5	[-]
Posts: 2924 (07/18/2008 4:27 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Well what do you want them to do? Make up a disease you have so you don't have to blame it on your weight? I understand that you're frustrated, I honestly do. But I think you're looking for something else to be the root of your problems when really, it's just that very thing you've been struggling with. The good news is that in a few months, you'll be on the road to a much happier lifestyle!
Mrs Right Now		#6	[-]
Posts: 19541 (07/18/2008 4:32 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	It is normally said in an extremely condescending way. Like why are you wasting my time. "what about trying to lose weight" Its being judge and especially if your doctor is someone who is in shape or has an easy time with it. It is one of those that unless you go through something like it you just don't get it. I'm lucky I'm finally finding something that works. But I've made my self psychotic in the past trying to find something.
Mrs Right Now		#7	[-]
Posts: 19542 (07/18/2008 4:33 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Oh and chin up, Jen. You need to focus on getting your answers and making you happy. Was this a specialist or a regular doctor?
JaneTimberlake		#8	[-]
Posts: 58797 (07/18/2008 4:37 PM) JJBer of the Year Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Even if being overweight causes some of those things, how would it cause hair loss?
Yeah Christianne		#9	[-]
Posts: 2926 (07/18/2008 4:42 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Well I know this probably isn't the place to state this, but the doctors probably DO get frustrated that time and money are being spent on testing people who want to find they have some other problem when they know deep down that the issue is simply they are overweight. I would get frustrated. It's a huge problem in America, and a lot of funds are being drained into problems associated with obesity. I do not think it is okay to be judgmental, but I can understand their frustration.
hoosierette2007		#10	[-]
Posts: 1182 (07/18/2008 4:47 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Even if being overweight causes some of those things, how would it cause hair loss? HYPOTHYROIDISM
JaneTimberlake		#11	[-]
Posts: 58799 (07/18/2008 4:49 PM) JJBer of the Year Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Ohhh, I didn't know that. Thanks.
Mrs Right Now		#12	[-]
Posts: 19543 (07/18/2008 4:52 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Diet, also Jane. Even though you eat you still need a balance diet. Eating nothing but junk (not saying that here) will do that to your hair as well (think along the lines of friend foods bring on blemishes in people)
Craaazy Jen		#13	[-]
Posts: 3716 (07/18/2008 5:15 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	The weight is a sore subject, but what bothers me the most is that I'm telling you I KNOW that there is something else, I know that there has to be a reason why those two tests have been elevated for as long as I've had these symptoms and I feel like I'm a walking billboard when I walk into a doctors office and they don't try very hard to figure out what it is. And when a few blood tests come back normal the fall back to everything is "Well, maybe if you lose weight.".. Like, if I was thin would the reaction still be the same? Or would they actually try to find out what's wrong since there wouldn't be this obvious thing to blame it on? I know that obesity can cause edema, but even the doctor when he first saw my legs said that he highly doubted that it was just my weight and when I told him that something else was wrong he agreed. And then when the few blood tests he ran came back without anything conclusive he just fell back onto the obvious. And this isn't the first doctor I've been to. When I was having stomach issues and was in and out of the hospital a few years back those same blood tests were elevated and I had the same symptoms, the swelling, the hair loss, etc. And then ran a few blood tests and told me the same thing. I just got my hopes up so high that maybe someone would be able to figure this out, I trusted this doctor since he seemed so into trying to find out the problem and today it felt like he gave up. I mean, the only tests he ran were the normal blood work like palettes and stuff, and the autoimmune test, ESR and CRP. That's it. My palettes were high as well but he said it wasn't too bad so it was probably nothing. It's just so frustrating. And I'm tired of being this way. I can't explain how uncomfortable I am every day because of the swelling, and he wouldn't even prescribe a water pill because he doesn't want to treat something when he's not sure where it's coming from.
doorear		#14	[-]
Posts: 10222 (07/18/2008 5:26 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Youve tried all those diets, but how about eating well and exercising? How do you eat?
lacheysgurl		#15	[-]
Posts: 2879 (07/18/2008 5:32 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Jen how long have your legs been swelling? I do feel for you, occasionally my ankles swell like on hot days, or when I've had too much salt. I can only imagine how unconfortable you are. Do you have a high salt diet? If so try to really cut back and drink a lot of water to flush out your system. Cantelopes also help to release fluid (sometimes this fluid builds up in the ankles). I wish you well--keep us posted, you can always pm me
Craaazy Jen		#16	[-]
Posts: 3717 (07/18/2008 5:37 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Doorear, don't you think I would have tried eating well and exercising if I've tried all of those diets? Of course I've tried that. And lachey, my legs have been swelling for the past 2-3 years but recently it's gotten worse. I can't wear dresses or skirts anymore to work since my ankles and calves get so big. They get so big that there's like rolls. I don't drink a lot of water normally but I've done it when I've stuck to my diets for months and it never really helped. And I don't really eat at lot of sodium. I can't wait for my appointment with the surgeon, I just want to get this ball rolling. I could have had the appointment the first week of August but I have to phone in for jury duty so I made it for the week after.
wutwudGsusdU		#17	[-]
Posts: 6911 (07/18/2008 6:04 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	ZaZzified wrote: Well, ok. I have watched many, many family members struggle with weight (in fact, I can think of three members of my entire extended family that are not/have never been overweight--me, my brother, and an uncle) so I know how hard it is. I just think it's one of those things that when you're struggling with it you're convinced that no one else could possibly understand. Her doctor may be an ass that doesn't get it and thinks it's a cakewalk but he might also just be honest. I don't mean this in a mean way, don't think that. but the fact you've never struggled with it really does mean that you wouldn't be able to understand. just because you've had family go through it doesn't mean you would really truly get it because you've never been there yourself. sure, you'll understand to a degree, but people who don't go through it themselves will never be able to fully fathom how it feels until/unless they do go through it themselves eventually. Mrs Right Now wrote: It is normally said in an extremely condescending way. Like why are you wasting my time. "what about trying to lose weight" Its being judge and especially if your doctor is someone who is in shape or has an easy time with it. It is one of those that unless you go through something like it you just don't get it. I'm lucky I'm finally finding something that works. But I've made my self psychotic in the past trying to find something. yeah, exactly. doctors have the place to say that sort of thing but it's all bout tact, you know? people are so offensive when they say "why don't you try to lose a little weight?" gee, think you're the first person to tell them that? or that they haven't tried? possibly tried harder/worked at it harder than a lot of naturally slim people with good metabolism have ever had to work in keeping themselves fit. I swear some doctors really need to be re-trained in bedside manner.
airness02		#18	[-]
Posts: 1710 (07/18/2008 6:40 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	are you seeing an endocrinologist or just your family doctor?
Craaazy Jen		#19	[-]
Posts: 3720 (07/18/2008 6:41 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Just a family doctor. But this bariatric surgeon that I'm going to see requires you to visit a endocrinologist so I'll probably be going to one at some point.
airness02		#20	[-]
Posts: 1711 (07/18/2008 6:44 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I am not knocking a family doctor at all but maybe your endocrinologist could/would think of something that a family doctor wasn't thinking of! I hope you find something. I went to a doctor for something completely different and things kept coming back normal and it was so frustrating because I knew this wasn't normal for me. He kept telling me that there was nothing wrong. grr!

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