At the request (threats) of my friend Becca, I am here writing an update on what's been going with me and my life.
I really don't even know where to begin. It seems like the last 6 months has been a whirlwind of madness.
Honestly, I've been sick for the whole six months. I was told at one point that I had Rheumatoid Arthritis and I was sent to a specialist who made me feel like crap about myself and told me that I had a virus that would take 3-6 months to get it out of my system. Ok, fine, I can live with that, since it wasn't RA or anything too serious. Well, the stomach symptoms of the above didn't go away, they continued to get worse. I have been throwing up most everyday and the days I don't, I wished I would because the nausea was so bad. So, finally I was able to see a stomach specialist who put me through a bunch of tests, and then of course it's been over 2 weeks since the tests and I have only gotten results back on two of them. I have a bacteria in my stomach called H-Pylori.
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacteria responsible for most ulcers and many cases of chronic gastritis (inflammation of the stomach). This organism can weaken the protective coating of the stomach and duodenum (first part of the small intestines), allowing the damaging digestive juices to irritate the sensitive lining of these body parts.
Treatment is a regiment of antibiotics and other medications for 2 weeks. I am currently taking 14 pills a day, not including the nausea medicine. The bad thing about this is that I have had this before. I had this about 6-7 years ago and I believe I may possibly have had it even when I was pregnant with my youngest son (who is now 8 years old). I was treated for it and thought I had seen the last of that. Well when I first went to the doctor about all of this, I ask him if I could have H-Pylori again (this was my regular doctor, not the stomach specialist) and he told me no that once you have had it, you can't get it again. That was totally untrue. Anyway, I'm hoping the meds will fix me up soon so I can begin taking my other meds I need to be taking. Also, I'm hoping the other tests come back with good news and not something else that might be going on because of the H-Pylori.
The kids are doing okay for the most part. My oldest son is enjoying the 10th grade. He's practicing with the baseball team at school weekly and hoping that he will be able to make the team in the Spring when tryouts start. He's also really into ROTC and I am so glad that he is. He has grown up so much in the last couple of years. His grades are good, A's and B's and he's generally a good kid (except for his smart mouth at times).
My youngest son is still having issues with his seizures and we've been battling the croup and trouble with his asthma as well. He's a trooper though and keeps on keeping on no matter how he's feeling. He just finished up Fall Baseball and now he won't play any more sports again until Spring Baseball. His grades aren't too bad, he made all B's and 1 C in reading. I am going to talk to his neurologist about his grades dropping a bit as his medication could be causing problems in learning (they warned us of this). Also, the side of his brain that is malformed is the side that handles his reading and writing functions so he won't do as well in that as math and science, etc.
My husband has been having lots of migraines lately and had a test run this week to determine if he's been having mini-seizures because of symptoms he's having. We will know more about that in 2 weeks.
I'm still working at the same job. It's still as crazy as ever. Not sure things will ever settle down from this last sale of the company. But....I'm thankful, I still have a job.
So see, the same ole boring Sandy is still hanging around.
I'll post some pictures as soon as my gold membership becomes active again (might be shortly, as I just made a payment).
Toodles!
8:37 a.m. - October 26, 2007
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