True.
For some it isn't of course, one never knows when tomorrow stops being another day for you. You can be doing your thing, in the gym, at home, reading the newspaper, walking the dog and next thing you know it's over. Or you could have a nasty illness that is eating away at you, but still, you won't know until it's over. Unless you arrange the time of death yourself of course, but that would take away the element of surprise. But that was not what I wanted to write about.
I wanted to give an update my treatment plan and tomorrow I will add acupuncture to it. I will go and see a acupuncturist who is conveniently located down the street and over the hill. I will go on my own, with my scooter no husband accompanying me. This will be a first, I'm scared to death the scooter will stop working. Her batteries have been kind of off lately, she doesn't run as fast anymore as she used to and the last time W. had to push me up the hill.
I can already see myself stuck in the middle of the road and no way I can push that scooter by myself. What to do? Do I call the automobile club for assistance? The police? My husband? Do I leave the scooter standing there and attempt to walk home? W. says he took the scooter and the batteries to the battery shop and they checked out okay, so I guess I should put my trust in that. ;-)
The acupuncturist who I'm going to see said she had experience with people with CFS and they all improved greatly she said. We'll see, it's not the first time I try acupuncture. I mainly need it for my joints who are hurting so much as a side effect of the HGH injections. I'm hoping to get some relief and maybe even the numbness of my hands could be treated. That would be great.
I think combining eastern and western medicine is the way to go, getting the best of both worlds.
8 weeks ago I started a non systemic antibiotic treatment, which basically means the antibiotics are not being absorbed into your blood but stay in your intestines. My level of ammonia in my blood was high and dr. V. wanted to lower it. To be honest it is the worsted thing that has happened to me in a long time. It totally messed up my bowels, I never ever had a problems with my bowels before. I have had my share of constipation and diarrhea, but everyone has had that problem when using opioids as pain medication.
I also needed to take an awful tasting liquid called Generlac to make sure I would 'go' often enough to lead the bacteria out of the body.
Well I was in for a treat! Horrible stomach cramps, gas, bloating, nausea, more cramps 24/7. Really, I rather give a natural birth to a child than go through that again. Strangely enough when I got tested again after the first round of antibiotics my ammonia was UP instead of DOWN! What's up with that?
Dr. V. was clueless also, he had never seen that before. His answer to this phenomenon was a higher dose of antibiotics for another 3 weeks. Than a week rest and a new test to see what's up. Well I am in my rest week now and I can announce that not only are my intestines totally messed up, painful, sensitive, inflamed and crampy but my bladder is also inflamed. Feels like I need to pee all the time but it's a different feeling than having an UTI.
I did some research and the word is that yes, bacteria do leave your body but with the diarrhea and the sensitive thin wall of the intestines and the vagina it's very well possible that some escaped to my urethra. The walls have become thin and fragile because of menopause and illness and are thus less resistance for bacteria. Jay! As if I didn't have enough to worry about. Truly, every woman who had an UTI knows how horrible it feels. I have been drinking loads of cranberry juice, take cranberry pills and homeopathic solution called Solidago or Goldenrod. So far it doesn't work and I'm getting irritated with that gut awful painful feeling that you need to pee all the time.
Will do some home test to see if it's not an UTI and than let dr. V. decide what to do next.
The next course of action would have been the bacterial infections fight. It would take multiple rounds of antibiotics and I'm not looking forward to becoming so ill and herxing again.
Well, first lets wait and see what tomorrow will bring us. It's always a surprise isn't it? ;-)
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For some it isn't of course, one never knows when tomorrow stops being another day for you. You can be doing your thing, in the gym, at home, reading the newspaper, walking the dog and next thing you know it's over. Or you could have a nasty illness that is eating away at you, but still, you won't know until it's over. Unless you arrange the time of death yourself of course, but that would take away the element of surprise. But that was not what I wanted to write about.
I wanted to give an update my treatment plan and tomorrow I will add acupuncture to it. I will go and see a acupuncturist who is conveniently located down the street and over the hill. I will go on my own, with my scooter no husband accompanying me. This will be a first, I'm scared to death the scooter will stop working. Her batteries have been kind of off lately, she doesn't run as fast anymore as she used to and the last time W. had to push me up the hill.
I can already see myself stuck in the middle of the road and no way I can push that scooter by myself. What to do? Do I call the automobile club for assistance? The police? My husband? Do I leave the scooter standing there and attempt to walk home? W. says he took the scooter and the batteries to the battery shop and they checked out okay, so I guess I should put my trust in that. ;-)
The acupuncturist who I'm going to see said she had experience with people with CFS and they all improved greatly she said. We'll see, it's not the first time I try acupuncture. I mainly need it for my joints who are hurting so much as a side effect of the HGH injections. I'm hoping to get some relief and maybe even the numbness of my hands could be treated. That would be great.
I think combining eastern and western medicine is the way to go, getting the best of both worlds.
8 weeks ago I started a non systemic antibiotic treatment, which basically means the antibiotics are not being absorbed into your blood but stay in your intestines. My level of ammonia in my blood was high and dr. V. wanted to lower it. To be honest it is the worsted thing that has happened to me in a long time. It totally messed up my bowels, I never ever had a problems with my bowels before. I have had my share of constipation and diarrhea, but everyone has had that problem when using opioids as pain medication.
I also needed to take an awful tasting liquid called Generlac to make sure I would 'go' often enough to lead the bacteria out of the body.
Well I was in for a treat! Horrible stomach cramps, gas, bloating, nausea, more cramps 24/7. Really, I rather give a natural birth to a child than go through that again. Strangely enough when I got tested again after the first round of antibiotics my ammonia was UP instead of DOWN! What's up with that?
Dr. V. was clueless also, he had never seen that before. His answer to this phenomenon was a higher dose of antibiotics for another 3 weeks. Than a week rest and a new test to see what's up. Well I am in my rest week now and I can announce that not only are my intestines totally messed up, painful, sensitive, inflamed and crampy but my bladder is also inflamed. Feels like I need to pee all the time but it's a different feeling than having an UTI.
I did some research and the word is that yes, bacteria do leave your body but with the diarrhea and the sensitive thin wall of the intestines and the vagina it's very well possible that some escaped to my urethra. The walls have become thin and fragile because of menopause and illness and are thus less resistance for bacteria. Jay! As if I didn't have enough to worry about. Truly, every woman who had an UTI knows how horrible it feels. I have been drinking loads of cranberry juice, take cranberry pills and homeopathic solution called Solidago or Goldenrod. So far it doesn't work and I'm getting irritated with that gut awful painful feeling that you need to pee all the time.
Will do some home test to see if it's not an UTI and than let dr. V. decide what to do next.
The next course of action would have been the bacterial infections fight. It would take multiple rounds of antibiotics and I'm not looking forward to becoming so ill and herxing again.
Well, first lets wait and see what tomorrow will bring us. It's always a surprise isn't it? ;-)
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