not be sick anymore

technically, i believe i’ve met this goal. i haven’t had any treatment for my ITP since november of 2005. is that good enough for health insurance? apparently not.

i got married a month ago and we applied for health insurance together. they denied us because i had ITP. two years ago. ridiculous. so we’re fighting it, but until then, we have temporary insurance that only works in emergencies. thank goodness for walmart’s $4 prescriptions and stocking up on things before we got married. this is pretty frustrating.

so until an insurance company believes i’m not sick, i guess i still am. bleh.

I have asked the doctor if I need bloods taken to check my immune system but he says I’m fine and flu is just the luck of the draw… last flu had an infection too so had a dose of antibiotics to get rid of that – wish i was better – I miss running but i don’t have the energy to do too much and horse riding is taking all my energy away 2 – 3 times a week…. hopefully all the vitamins, omega 3 fish oils and echinacea is going me good and I’ll get over it soon!

I think I am back.
I am still coughing, but the congestion is pretty much gone and I am starting to get some energy back.
Finally!

I was up a whole two hours before I had to blow my nose today!! yeah! I think I am getting better!

Still coughing and sniffling!! Ick!!

Ok, so I got sick last week. Just a little cold/flu type thing. No problem right? Well, I snuffled and coughed my way though last week only to wake up on the weekend with my first ever case of pink eye!! Ugh. So got eye drops.
Then I lost my voice and started coughing more.
Now my voice is finally back and I am not coughing quite as much, though now I think I may be getting another sinus infection. Blegh.

Bitch and moan I know. There is nothing like a little illness that you will eventually go away to make you treasure your health!

I am blessed. (just not right now:()

technically, i’m getting over the flu right now. but whatev. i’m healthy otherwise.

i’ve been back in the states about 10 months with no more kidney stones, and no more platelet troubles. i’ve had the flu recently, but its nothing compared to what’s gone on before. the antibody seems to be gone and i’m feeling better.

now i’m getting married in five months, so i’m whipping my body into shape again. it’s been two years since i was in any shape to run or lift weights consistently. so i’ve got a membership to the gym and some great motivation with a beautiful dress i get to wear soon. i’m happy, healthy, and in love! what more can i ask for? i’m thankful.

I’ve had swollen lymph nodes in my neck since last march. At the time the doctor just put me on antibiotics and said I was ok. Since then I’ve had intense fatigue and recently intense discomfort after I eat anything. Last week I thought my spleen might be swollen(it looked like it/hurt all over that area) so I went back to the doctor and this was the conversation
“does this hurt?”
“aw oh yes it does, definately”
“ok I think it’s probably fine”
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I think I need a new doctor. But luckily I did get a blood test and the results should come in soon. I couldn’t tell if he was joking or what seriously. Don’t tell me I’m fine to make me feel better(I was crying at the time). I mean I go to the doctor for a reason. fucker.

So, the good news is that cutting out caffeine from my diet (I only drink green tea now, hoping to break even that eventually) has significantly reduced my fatigue. Amazing!! The bad news is that it’s been two months of slowly cutting back the amount of caffeine in my body and while this never happened when I quit cigarettes, I am still not totally recovered from the mood swings. They are intense and I’ve been very depressed at times for absolutely no reason. I’m actually really happy with my life, but feel awful. So, it has to be totally chemical. I’m glad that this is getting better, but I’m totally freaked out about the things that foods and such are doing to my body now! I can’t be a total puritan, where’s the fun in that?

i complained 3 months ago about being lactose intolerant. ohhh wow. too bad i ended up having kidney stones. that’s way worse.

but i think the lactose intolerance was in part due to the build up of calcium for the kidney stones. sooo i’m not lactose intolerant anymore. i just stopped needing my pills… so i haven’t taken them for almost 2 months. and now i’m on my way to being healthy!

i’m exercising more regularly, and i’m not on any drugs except the ones i choose to take (vitamins and painkillers and such). it’s wonderful! i’ll be keeping this goal until i go to the doctor again back in the states. i’d like to know if the antibody attacking my platelets has chilled out… anyway, feeling good these days!