Welcome to my health blog. I am a 29 year old living with a range of strange and confusing medical symptoms and conditions including various functional/neurological disorders, Endometriosis, PCOS, Raynaud's Disease
and seronegative Hughes Syndrome. This blog is to document my struggle with doctors and the impact these illnesses have on my life. I hope that in some small way, my experiences will give others who are in similar situations some sort of strength or some form of comfort. Thanks for visiting!

Some may question my choice of title but if you are ill constantly and seem to always have your brain on pain and discomfort that's making your life very difficult, you begin to feel that perhaps you are a hypochondriac or what's worse, that other people see you as one. Whether you are or not, you still feel pain, sadness, and dispair which brings me to this quote from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling:

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?" - Albus Dumbledore

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Monday - GP Dr S

Went to the yesterday after talking with her on the phone on Friday about the pain in my leg.

She said that most of the symptoms sound suggestive of something a 70 year old would have but its not likely that someone my age would get things like that. I think by now that we've assertained this is not normal for someone my age but it is happening.

She did however pick up on some things:
-Hyperreflex in the left leg and mobility problems in the toes.
-Skin not returning to the correct colour soon enough.
-Cold limbs
-Pulse is slower in the leg.

Yesterday I had intermittent facial droop, pains in the leg, shortness of breath and the jolts of gasping for air. Chest symptoms still worsen on laying down yet it seems to be more consistent that I get the facial droop after standing up and doing something active. Still getting the waves of a horrible feeling going down my body before the chest jolt.

Judging by the previous episodes (this is only a guess) they are worse on days that I've tried to do something more active than sitting down all day.

Today I have Mr ENT, should be interesting.


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