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Bad Health Day Yesterday/today

num1habsfan

By num1habsfan
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I know I rant about this stuff here a lot, but I havent been in this much pain in a while, if ever. i dont know what happened. I didnt get contaminated somehow because the extreme diarrhea started in the morning. even when I wasnt eating/drinking I was emptying. And then I tried to eat again and some stayed in me but on my walk to school yesterday I almost passed out twice (from the dizziness/nausea). Then at school it wasnt SO bad, I sat in a dumb chair most of the day so that was uncumfy. Then towards the end of my classes already I had diarrhea again--with blood. Then it appeared like I was starting my time of the month again (much later during classes, i'm SURE the 2 arent connected). But there wasnt much there.

As the night progress i got WORSE. The pains were (and still are) too much to handle. I've never felt my right side throbbing me this bad. And I cant say its from time of the month, if i get cramps from those its right across the whole stomach, not just my left side.

In the middle of the night I was tempted to wake up my landlord or the other lady that lives here to take me to the hospital, but i didnt--instead I tried to sleep. I finally passed out around 5:30, woke up 12:30 (but a ton of tossing and turning in between).

Today like I said, I'm not any better. I still have that THROBBING pain. And yet again, theres more blood when I go pee than there is on the pad. And its VERY painful to pee today...

I'm gonna call mom right away and see if dad works any late shifts this week and see if she can sneak me in to the docs SOON :blink:

*sigh* how I wish one of these towns had a walk-in clinic :(

~ lisa ~

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Oh Lisa.. You poor thing. It sounds like a bladder infection. Have they checked your kidneys. If I remember right you had an infection a few months ago.

Definitely go to the doctor.

Nancy

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num1habsfan
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Oh Lisa.. You poor thing. It sounds like a bladder infection. Have they checked your kidneys. If I remember right you had an infection a few months ago.

Definitely go to the doctor.

Nancy

My mom called...soonest I can get in is 9:10 Thurs morning. that means I gotta miss my one class tomorrow but oh well...I wish I didnt have to go to school today :( . That mile walk right now is gonna be awful

~ lisa ~

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Lisa,

I was going to say the same thing Nancy did. I see you have an appt. that's good. Let us know :)

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I know I rant about this stuff here a lot, but I havent been in this much pain in a while, if ever. i dont know what happened. I didnt get contaminated somehow because the extreme diarrhea started in the morning. even when I wasnt eating/drinking I was emptying. And then I tried to eat again and some stayed in me but on my walk to school yesterday I almost passed out twice (from the dizziness/nausea). Then at school it wasnt SO bad, I sat in a dumb chair most of the day so that was uncumfy. Then towards the end of my classes already I had diarrhea again--with blood. Then it appeared like I was starting my time of the month again (much later during classes, i'm SURE the 2 arent connected). But there wasnt much there.

As the night progress i got WORSE. The pains were (and still are) too much to handle. I've never felt my right side throbbing me this bad. And I cant say its from time of the month, if i get cramps from those its right across the whole stomach, not just my left side.

In the middle of the night I was tempted to wake up my landlord or the other lady that lives here to take me to the hospital, but i didnt--instead I tried to sleep. I finally passed out around 5:30, woke up 12:30 (but a ton of tossing and turning in between).

Today like I said, I'm not any better. I still have that THROBBING pain. And yet again, theres more blood when I go pee than there is on the pad. And its VERY painful to pee today...

I'm gonna call mom right away and see if dad works any late shifts this week and see if she can sneak me in to the docs SOON :blink:

*sigh* how I wish one of these towns had a walk-in clinic :(

~ lisa ~

that sounds awful- im surprised you have not gone to the hospital yet- can you wait until thursday?? maybe you should go to the er today??!! i hope you feel better soon and will be thinking of you :)

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that sounds awful- im surprised you have not gone to the hospital yet- can you wait until thursday?? maybe you should go to the er today??!! i hope you feel better soon and will be thinking of you :)

Thanks hun! :) I'm still not feeling any better--still cant sleep, still cant barely eat, still in awful pain. So tomorrow will have to do I guess :blink: As long as i get something for the pain, it dont even matter to me already what they give me or what testing they do. Because its totally making school impossible to focus... :unsure:

I PROMISE I will post in the morning/afternoon after my appointment to see if it was a waste of time or not..hope for me it wont be!!

~ lisa ~

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How much longer until your appointment at Foothills? Couple weeks? I hope they can help you figure it out.

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How much longer until your appointment at Foothills? Couple weeks? I hope they can help you figure it out.

No actually another 46 days til Foothills. The guy today was just useless. He was some family doc i never saw before and he gave me a couple prescriptions of things I've had before and said "not much this Canora doctor can do" (which really is true if you think about it). And that was it. And he was sympathetic, he said "thats gotta be rough for you" -- at least he dont think i'm making it up! Blah....

~ lisa ~

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No actually another 46 days til Foothills. The guy today was just useless. He was some family doc i never saw before and he gave me a couple prescriptions of things I've had before and said "not much this Canora doctor can do" (which really is true if you think about it). And that was it. And he was sympathetic, he said "thats gotta be rough for you" -- at least he dont think i'm making it up! Blah....

~ lisa ~

gosh, thats frustrating. are you still have bleeding?

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gosh, thats frustrating. are you still have bleeding?

Nope. thats the problem, I really only have that symptom very periodically. So by the time I got to him, it was gone. *sighs* Calgary cant come soon enough :(

~ lisa ~

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How frustrating. I'm praying you get some answers in Calgary.

:(

Nancy

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