poor girl, you are havin a hard time, aren't you

Yeah.

It's starting to look like it might be Crohn's Disease.

I hope somebody finds out somethin fast. This whole thing really sucks.

Is that one of those things that is ruled in when everything else is ruled out>?

Gall bladder was first on the list due to the symptoms and where the pain was located, but it was ruled out.

I'm having an endoscopy done on Friday, and I'm sure a colonoscopy will follow that shortly if they move the appointment up.

ok good, that might do it. Just reading on Crohn's and it sounds just horrible.

Crohn's is diagnosed by scoping, so... this is the logical next step.

Yeah, it's auto-immune. Which makes it extra fucking awful.

Have you tried looking into some herbal or holistic or naturalpathic type places for treatment in the menatime?

sometimes those places or people can do amazing things with extracts and stuff

homeopathic.. that's it.

Not covered under my insurance. At all.

And I simply cannot afford it.

crap.

can you even consult with a homeopath maybe? just to see? without having to pay a ton?

Nope.

consults cost money too.

I'm ok with waiting on my doctors. My primary physician's been nothing but amazing.

At this point, she's started referring me out of network (to places that accept my insurance, of course)

So I can get in to be seen faster.

ok sounds like you have a good doctor, which is great.

Yeah, she's actually communicating openly with other doctor networks (the competition, lol) in hopes of getting me the best care.

Isle, do you have skype?

I don't have it installed on this laptop right now

something keeps bugging it out and then I have to reinstall my OS so it is pretty bare

dont even have msn or gtalk... I can get later though.

Oh for fuck's sake.....you can't catch a fucking break can you??? Jesus christ......

that's sad, isle.

And yeah, I really can't catch a break lately. It's sucking.

Srsly!!!! This is totally bumming me out....everyone i know is getting fucking sick....bahhhgggh

I'm always sick with something, to be honest.

If it's not one thing, it's something else. Remember, I was diagnosed with a really nasty liver problem last year. >.<

I only wish i could give you something more than words of support

And my liver thing JUST went into remission. Like... two months ago.

And now I'm puking and hurting and whining. And... the support is great.

I feel like such a "debbie downer" lately, I'm surprised more people haven't unfollowed me yet.

I mean, I have been losing friends. I've lost five this week so far. But... hey. It's cool. I understand.

Well i know about the liver thing, but i doubt that anyone would've expected all this shit to happen :/

To put it into gamer-speak...

Whoever rolled my character sheet REALLY screwed up the health stats.

If someone's gonna unfollow you cause of all this....umm...well they're not real friends....

and yeah...your GM is an epic shitheel

Yeah.

Do a few more dungeons, kill some bosses, get geared

Yeah, I seem to be having some trouble with that part, Isle.

I keep wiping on the first boss.

and with that, I'm going to bed.

With a plastic bucket in case I have to puke again, I've had to run to the bathroom twice so far.

Ahh.....im tearing up like a guest on oprah.....well u kicked that liver rigamarole right in the ass....so you beat the shit outta this too

Ugh, it seems like the world started dumping all the bad things on you lately. But, I'm sure you can beat this.

crap, that's not good. Hope they are wrong.

Yeah, I'm hoping it's something simple. Like an ulcer.

You know life sucks when you're WISHING for an ulcer.

I've been dealing with gastritis off and on the past few years, and it's a bitch. afaik, no ulcers yet, just the general inflammation...

but I haven't had an endoscopy yet due to being uninsured before and not finding a doc yet since getting insured.

but I've been lucky that even when the episodes are more frequent I do get a little relief here and there, not constant pain/puking/etc...

so I'm really sorry you're going through worse, cos I know in my situation there've been episodes that made me want to die...

so if it were more relentless/constant I would be completely miserable. I hope you get some answers soon and can get relief.