Health

Just basically writting this post for myself,

all this is beginning to be to much

to keep straight so I

am putting it here.

 

My health.

 

In 1992 I developed asthma after

two back to back bouts of

bronchitis. I just could not shake it

so instead of a trip to the walk in

clinic I saw a doc. With x-ray he

determined that I had asthma.

That was at the age of 32.

This was introduced to my life.

 

In 1998 I developed acid reflux. I was told

this after I had a bad attack and ended up

in the ER and a night in the hospital

with chest pain. Very scary.

Now I have a pill added

to my life.

 

 

Before, in between and after those two

things I suffered migraines.

Let me restate that, I suffered from

what I called sick headaches about once

or twice a month. But for 1.5 years I

had a headache everyday. Most days

just on the low end of the scale

1-10.

But then there were those days

that were 10 and over.

I never talked to my doc about them

because I had them since my 20's

and I wrote them off as allergies.

 

Finally, I just could not take it any longer

and I mentioned to my doc. I was tagged

as having common migraines. Basically

I was a person that had a headache

everyday!

 

That got me sent to nuro doc an dI was put

on preventative migraine meds that

helped for a bit. Then they were

back.

 

I happened to tell the doc that I was

having them when I woke

and then when I went to bed.

There went the red flag for

my doc.

 

So from there I sent to a sleep study.

 

Oh yeah, I had sleep apnea.

At the age of 45 I was told that

I stopped breathing at night and

that I stopped for up to 30 seconds.

Wow...

can't hold my breathe that long.

 

Being told that and being told I had to

sleep with one of these

 

with this on my face for the rest of my

life was a hard hit.

 

I did not take it easy.

I looked up sleep apnea and learned

a few things but you never

really learn what all it

can do to you until something

new appears in your health and you

look that up.

 

In 2006 I started aching all over.

Getting up and moving around was hard.

I had to push everyday. I wrote it off as

the weight I had gained since all these

issues.

Finally in 2008 talking to the sleep doc,

and telling him I felt like I had the flu

he walked behind me and placed his

hands on my shoulder. I also shot off

the table. He pressed other areas that

were just as painful.

Fibromyalgia.

My number had changed on my sleep machine

from an 8 to a 12 and my muscles were

not getting the oxygen they needed.

But it did not go away, it has stayed with me.

I refused meds.

 

In 2008 I was also hit with some really

bad issues in my intestines. After test

to rule out other stuff I was told

I had something that can't be found on

test (diffcult, thats me).

I  have IBS. Not to the point that

I had to take meds cause over a period

of time, it calmed down, only to have

short bouts every now and again....

 

Now it was a matter of waiting for the next

shoe to drop and see what would happen

next....

 

Since then~

High Cholesterol

High Blood Pressure

 

Yes, did you know that sleep apnea plays a part in

all that?

Not to say that I might not have gotten those but...

who knows.

 

2010 brought on skin lupus.

Not related to sleep apnea but

it does go hand in hand with Fibro.

 

This year so far, the year that I was hoping was

going to be turn around has brought me

High Blood Sugar,

actually, its been rising for a couple of years.

But, now I am a diabetic.

With a high heart rate that sent me to

a heart doc to find out that I do indeed have

a blip on my stress test. Could be

just from the rise in sugar or a small blockage.

We are watching that.

 

I have been having spells of being dizzy

and short of breath.

The dizzy we fixed with a nose spray since

my ears were stopped up also since having

the flu in Jan.

The small pain in my chest and the short of

breath got fixed when I felt my Hiatal Hernia

slide back in place.

 

During all this I was having an issue with

my legs feeling so heavy. So that brought

on more lab work.

 

Got a call yesterday from the lab work...

My Vit B level is off. It is within normal

but it is the low end of normal. So there

we add another pill.

Not only that my magnesim is low...yep

you got it, another pill.

Plus a function of my liver is

not working. But apparently

it is a function that is not a biggie so

we are watching that also!

 

I got the answer, come off all the meds and

go for no more labs!

 

Thanks for stopping in,

Pam