After the disaster Wednesday, a day I can't remember much from but I obviously wrote my blog, I started to feel a bit better this evening.
Wednesday was horrible, I was doubled over from pain and shivering with fever. Strangely enough whenever I have a fever all my joints start to hurt immediately, like that inflammation has been dormant and they all of a sudden realize it's time to wake up and have some part of the fun and action. Thanks guys!(of course they're guys ;-))
Thank god for morphine, it lessen the pain a bit but mostly it shuts down my mind, I will float in blissful slumber in and out reality and have less pain that way.
We CFIDS/ME people have a problem with our opioid receptors, they are less sensitive to opioids and unlike other people we do not process the pain relief the same way as others do. There was actually a study done recently and it's encouraging more researchers are now looking into it.
A friend of mine who is a Eastern Physician gave me the tip to start drinking Cornsilk tea. Also known as Zea Mays. Corn silk works mainly in the urinary tract. It acts as an anti-inflammatory in the body and as a healing agent, it has a soothing effect to irritated tissues. The potassium balances out the diuretic effect of the herb, which useful in water retention. Corn silk is thought to have a beneficial effect on the kidneys, reducing kidney stone formation and relieving some of the symptoms of existing stones.
I send W. out into town to score me some of these herbs and he came back with a nice bag of fresh herbs bought at the Limbo store(thanks Carter!) so I could make tea. I have been drinking it faithfully and it does taste nice and smooth. Together with the pills dr.Shyui Dong, the acupuncturist gave me I think and hope it is improving. Tonight for the first time I had less sharp knives piercing my pelvis and bladder!
In my quest for find an additional general practioner I came across an interesting article about dr's making housecalls. Just what I needed and organization here in Portland that makes housecalls meant for people who can't leave their homes to visit a physician. I was very excited about it, I really can't visit a dr. who has a waiting time of 1.5 hours in his office. If you know how much energy it takes to only get washed up and dressed, you will know that leaving the house and sitting in a waiting room for 1.5 hours is not doable. I would have to pay for that for days to come.
So I applied to become a patient and was told on the phone immediately without they even questioning me who I was and why I wanted to become a patient that I didn't qualify. What was she psychic? Could she look through the phone ans see and diagnose me? No, the service was for older people only she said, well I am older I replied, but apparently not old enough. Ridiculous! They should have mentioned that on their web site! Chronic ill patients and under the age of 90 should not apply. Gheez!
Than in the end when I protested she wanted to know in a very humiliating way why I couldn't leave my home and I explained about the M.E and CFIDS. Well now I certainly did not qualify, they only treated people with real illnesses. EXCUSE ME?
Please walk a mile in my shoes, if I would be able to do that that is. Stupid &*&^%&^%$$! Anyone who's reading this in the Portland area and wants to have a peek here you go Housecall Providers Inc.
I could have protested and sent emails and become angry but I just decided to let it go, she has already made up her mind about me and my illness so it was a done deal. Can't spend any energy on people that ignorant.
So my search continues, somewhere there will be a physician who still makes housecalls and I will find him/her!
Time for bed, night night.
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Wednesday was horrible, I was doubled over from pain and shivering with fever. Strangely enough whenever I have a fever all my joints start to hurt immediately, like that inflammation has been dormant and they all of a sudden realize it's time to wake up and have some part of the fun and action. Thanks guys!(of course they're guys ;-))
Thank god for morphine, it lessen the pain a bit but mostly it shuts down my mind, I will float in blissful slumber in and out reality and have less pain that way.
We CFIDS/ME people have a problem with our opioid receptors, they are less sensitive to opioids and unlike other people we do not process the pain relief the same way as others do. There was actually a study done recently and it's encouraging more researchers are now looking into it.
A friend of mine who is a Eastern Physician gave me the tip to start drinking Cornsilk tea. Also known as Zea Mays. Corn silk works mainly in the urinary tract. It acts as an anti-inflammatory in the body and as a healing agent, it has a soothing effect to irritated tissues. The potassium balances out the diuretic effect of the herb, which useful in water retention. Corn silk is thought to have a beneficial effect on the kidneys, reducing kidney stone formation and relieving some of the symptoms of existing stones.
I send W. out into town to score me some of these herbs and he came back with a nice bag of fresh herbs bought at the Limbo store(thanks Carter!) so I could make tea. I have been drinking it faithfully and it does taste nice and smooth. Together with the pills dr.Shyui Dong, the acupuncturist gave me I think and hope it is improving. Tonight for the first time I had less sharp knives piercing my pelvis and bladder!
In my quest for find an additional general practioner I came across an interesting article about dr's making housecalls. Just what I needed and organization here in Portland that makes housecalls meant for people who can't leave their homes to visit a physician. I was very excited about it, I really can't visit a dr. who has a waiting time of 1.5 hours in his office. If you know how much energy it takes to only get washed up and dressed, you will know that leaving the house and sitting in a waiting room for 1.5 hours is not doable. I would have to pay for that for days to come.
So I applied to become a patient and was told on the phone immediately without they even questioning me who I was and why I wanted to become a patient that I didn't qualify. What was she psychic? Could she look through the phone ans see and diagnose me? No, the service was for older people only she said, well I am older I replied, but apparently not old enough. Ridiculous! They should have mentioned that on their web site! Chronic ill patients and under the age of 90 should not apply. Gheez!
Than in the end when I protested she wanted to know in a very humiliating way why I couldn't leave my home and I explained about the M.E and CFIDS. Well now I certainly did not qualify, they only treated people with real illnesses. EXCUSE ME?
Please walk a mile in my shoes, if I would be able to do that that is. Stupid &*&^%&^%$$! Anyone who's reading this in the Portland area and wants to have a peek here you go Housecall Providers Inc.
I could have protested and sent emails and become angry but I just decided to let it go, she has already made up her mind about me and my illness so it was a done deal. Can't spend any energy on people that ignorant.
So my search continues, somewhere there will be a physician who still makes housecalls and I will find him/her!
Time for bed, night night.
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