After many doctors and failed attempts to treat and help my medical conditions, I decided to try Chinese medicine. I received accupunture on the first visit, which helped my inflammation a little. He also gave me herbs to boil and drink twice a day. His idea was that the cause of all my issues was due to too much water being held in my stomach. The herbs are supposed to dry out my stomach and help try to distribute the water and other nutrients throughout my body's systems.
I have been on these herbs for 2 weeks and really havent felt the difference I was told was going to happen. I understand that I have been going through these issues for many years and a fix isn't going to happen overnight, but the price of these methods is high and if i dont start seeing something I will have to stop. I have a procedure to look at my stomach and monitor the polyps/dysplasia in 2 weeks and I am giving the herbs til then. I figure if it is helping then there should be some sort of change for the better in my stomach.
Another method that I am thinking of trying is Dream Tree water. I found out about it from an old friend. This water changed his life and got him off dialysis, so it has to be good. I have read the website and all the testimonials, there are even people that have some of the same illnesses I do that have been helped dramatically. I am getting to the point of trying anything, the meds that my doctors have me to "mask" my symptoms are affecting all parts of my life. I really need to come off of the steroids and pain meds so i can focus on life and get my energy back. The fact that my moods are uncontrolable sometimes and I can't explain them are killing me. I am noramlly very sociable and want to do things, but after months of these meds I have become more reserved and "boring" :( I NEED to come off all this stuff and find something that works without messing with me internally!
I hope that something works soon, so i can reallly get back to the person I really am and want to be. Its been a rough few years and I am just ready to have a break in all the issues for a while. We need to get to just maintaince soon....
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Short History..
I am 25 years old and have been through alot in those years, medically speaking. Alot of people can go through life and its stages with little issues/complications, but that has never been my life. I was really sick when I was a baby after a severe reaction to the Pertussis part of the DPT shot all kids get when they are born. After that, I was ok til about 11 years old when everything went crazy.
At that point I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) and Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID). Soon after that I ended up really sick in the hospital for 3 weeks. All this while starting a new school in a new town. I had great family support and got through everything that year, even ended up making a bunch of friends that I am still friends with today. Once the diagnoses started, they continued at the rate of one every year. I soon added osteoporosis, anemia, diabetes (type 1), gastritis, and colitis. With all of this, I spent at least one week a year in the hospital and had to grow up alot quicker than most kids my age. Between all the doctors and getting IV treatments every 4-6 weeks, my life was very different than most.
I have learned patience and the ability to deal with very tough situations through everything. I feel like everything that happened has shaped me into the caring and loving person I am today. Even with all the medical and trials, I graduated high school, received an AA and also wen to the University of Florida and graduated with a BS in Animal Biology. I pay all my own bills and try to deal with most things on my own. My parents are always there to help with medical expenses, which I appreciate immensely, but being self sufficient is always a goal of mine.
Since graduating college, medical has been up and down, but I am finally getting to a point where I can be back to being self sufficient. I can no longer work due to my JRA and random hospital stays. I lost my first full-time job last year due to my illnesses and decided that working full time was going to make me worse in the long run. I received SSDI after only 5 months of fighting and now have Medicaid which has taken a huge burden off of myself and my family. Health insurance was a major issue and knowing that I will always have insurance feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
My life has its ups and downs, but I always try to look at the positive out of things. This blog is just for me to document my life trials and medical complications, showing people that you can get through anything and live the life you want if you believe hard enough. No body can tell me what I can't do in the life or what kind of future I can have for myself, only I can make the future I want and deserve.
At that point I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) and Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID). Soon after that I ended up really sick in the hospital for 3 weeks. All this while starting a new school in a new town. I had great family support and got through everything that year, even ended up making a bunch of friends that I am still friends with today. Once the diagnoses started, they continued at the rate of one every year. I soon added osteoporosis, anemia, diabetes (type 1), gastritis, and colitis. With all of this, I spent at least one week a year in the hospital and had to grow up alot quicker than most kids my age. Between all the doctors and getting IV treatments every 4-6 weeks, my life was very different than most.
I have learned patience and the ability to deal with very tough situations through everything. I feel like everything that happened has shaped me into the caring and loving person I am today. Even with all the medical and trials, I graduated high school, received an AA and also wen to the University of Florida and graduated with a BS in Animal Biology. I pay all my own bills and try to deal with most things on my own. My parents are always there to help with medical expenses, which I appreciate immensely, but being self sufficient is always a goal of mine.
Since graduating college, medical has been up and down, but I am finally getting to a point where I can be back to being self sufficient. I can no longer work due to my JRA and random hospital stays. I lost my first full-time job last year due to my illnesses and decided that working full time was going to make me worse in the long run. I received SSDI after only 5 months of fighting and now have Medicaid which has taken a huge burden off of myself and my family. Health insurance was a major issue and knowing that I will always have insurance feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.
My life has its ups and downs, but I always try to look at the positive out of things. This blog is just for me to document my life trials and medical complications, showing people that you can get through anything and live the life you want if you believe hard enough. No body can tell me what I can't do in the life or what kind of future I can have for myself, only I can make the future I want and deserve.
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