HI, sorry no posts for a while.
My poor husband has been so sick these past 3 weeks now that I have had no time to do anything but take him to ER, Doctors, ER in that order.
The worst part is none of these "specialists" can tell me what is wrong with my normally healthy active 48 year old husband who has always been in great shape.
The man was bed ridden, couldn't move, eat, stand or sit, stay awake or anything we might normally take for granted.
He had more blood taken then I think is allowed and still nothing "conclusive" is what we are told.
I know we should have gone back to the Bronx where he is from or Manhattan where the "real" doctors are but he couldn't even handle a 5 minute ride to the ER without crying in pain for every bump I hit.
Finally he lost his ability to urinate and had to be fit with a catheter,the ER that did that procedure sends us home with instructions on how to care for it - are you freaking kidding me.
The next morning (this part is a little gross), the catheter is full of blood so I call Jeannie and break down sobbing and she (the rock) tells me to get back to the hosptial and demand they admit him, so I do and they do.
Long story short he is home now cahteter has been removed but no sign of anything that caused this whole nasty chain of events to begin with.
Oh and he did lose 35 pounds - which isn't good because he wouldn't eat but he was ok losing the weight because we both want to but not that way..
So this ordeal seems to be coming to a close, I have kept a diary of all these events because I have a feeling somewhere someone dropped the ball and I worry about the future for him.
I hope you all have a good weekend, I intend to sleep mine away.
Peace Out, Janet
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omg Janet! They never diagnosed him?? I would put all the symptoms into Web MD and try to do some research. I would sure as hell want to know what this was even if he seems ok now.
I am telling you, it was horrible.
They kept looking for something obvious. We were told he had hepatitis, lyme, acute anemia - he was so sick of being poked and prodded.
I am going to try that Web MD and see what shows up..
I would go to Montifore Hospital in the Bronx and/or Peekskill Hospital. When I lived in Garrison, Peekskill hospital was the best...small but very knowledgable! I had lyme disease, it was so painful you want to kill myself, it's a simple blood test so if that was it, it would have come up. I also had disease very similar to Hepatitis, which was also very painful. I suffered for 3weeks, was admitted to the hospital for 2weeks with 5 different infections, enlarged spleen, and an immune system that nearly shut down. I had infectious mononucleous..not sure if it's spelled right. Anyway, what I learned is anything the doctors tell you question it and bring a pen and paper and write it down and look it up for yourself!
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