laurabeth76

Open Gallstones

preparing for gall bladder surgery...UPDATE..11-07 I had my gb out and I had so many complications. Pneumonia,blood clot,and allergic to my stitches. 2 and a half months recovery!! and now when i eat no heartburn but food goes straight through me fast!! Nothing greesy allow and I had no fair warning of that!

Open Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

After a nurse busted 11 veins trying to fit a 20 gauge IV needle in my arms. So I could have a ct scan on my lungs to look for ironically enough 4 a blood clot.I developed a blood clot in one of the needle sites. It swelled up on my right wrist and hurt badly. They did an ultrasound. Luckily it was superfical which means not going to the lungs or heart. However the steroids they gave me and ibuprophens was a bad mix for a free bleeder it caused purpura. severe bruiseing. bad!!!

Treatments

Prednisone Working / Worked

already taking this for my pneumonia so they said to keep taking it for my wrist... well it seems to be getting worse! In less than a month I have gained 15 pounds!

Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

My doctor says that since I had extreme traumas one right after the other since birth that I have PTSD. I thought it was just for war vets. guess not. What else are they going to label me with. So far I got it all but AIDS yippy skippy hooray. Just not in a very smiling mood sorry.

Treatments

Art Working / Worked

I am a pretty great drawer I hope. They all say so. I tend to only draw when I get mad then I will work on that picture for days straight till it is perfect.

Music Working / Worked

I can play any instrument you hand me. Well, aint much good with the drums. But I will toot out mary had a little lamb on anything. At my home I have a flute,piano, gutiar, clarinet and recorder. It all helps to ease tension.

Seroquel Working / Worked

300mg a day. making me fat...er

Seroquel Working / Worked

making me fat

Open Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Probably doesnt shock you that I have this one too. How embarassing.

Treatments

Seroquel Working / Worked

making me fat but works. 300mg daily

Open Anxiety

Used to live on the daily basis of thinking everything was going to kill me or someone else. Car rides still scare me but at least I get in the car now. Panic attacks at least 2 daily that made me sweat,palapatate,dizzy, heart attack feeling and asthma attacks at the same time. Killer

Treatments

Seroquel Working / Worked

aside from the panic attack about my gall bladder surgery I havent experience any in about three months.

Open Acne

I am 30 years old and still got it. (all the time) Apparently, I havent finished going through puberty yet??!!! lol that means my chest still has a chance!

Open ADHD / ADD

Well, updating... my doctor told me on our last visit that she was sure I was ADD. I never even asked! She said she had been making notes about me on every appointment and came to that conclusion all on her own.

Treatments

Adderall Working / Worked

well, I have a little more energy. not much more.

Open Epilepsy & Seizures

An eeg revealed what I already knew. Grand mal seizures. I had several flashing light induced ones there. I have had many. Mostly while at work. I also had a scarey moment where my whole left side of my body froze for about 20 minutes!

Treatments

Topamax Working / Worked

this is what my one doctor suggested my other dr put me on but my other dr said to wait and let them do it.. ahh. neither will just do it.

Open Pneumonia

Sadly my new years res. this year was not to get pneumonia. Last year I had it twice. A couple years ago I got it three times! When I had my gallbladder out I got post op. pneumonia which gave me attelactsis.. arrgh

Open Anemia
Type: Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Percious spelling????

Open Endometriosis

Open Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

My best friends mother in law has CLL and I had a few questions.

Treatments

Bone Marrow Transplant Working / Worked