"text book" case meaning i had every single symtom in
the book yet they couldn't figure out what the hell
was wrong with me....
i couldn't stand either- i had to crawl to pee and
that's the only time i got off the couch
couldn't brush my teeth or feed myself...wow it amazes
me that i was that sick.
when i read about the symtoms it makes me so angry
that my docters didn't know- i had every single one of
them....and for years before i finally went into
crisis...
i had migranes and stomach problems for years -from
about 15 to the age of 20 then it started to get bad
fast...my hair started falling out, lost a whole
eyebrow, didn't get my period, was dizzy all the time,
the salt cravings, the black outs, the weight loss, my
skin turned orange, i brused and scared very easily, i
couldn't eat- was starving but when i ate got terrible
diareaha...the room would spin- it was a nightmare and
my body has been slowly breaking down since i was 15
until finally it distroyed the whole organ and that's
when i went into crisis.
and get this- i have a first cousing with
addisons...she was diagnose 3 years before me...almost
died as well and they had NO idea what was wrong with
her...that's the only reason we knew to ask for that
test cause my symptoms were similar to hers
--- Kaz Richardson <kazy_baby2001@...> wrote:
>
> What do u mean a text book case?? It was hell for me
> becasue i was at collage and in the middle of my
> exams!!! and i was blacking out everywhere and stuff
> and being sick all over my work!! once one of the
> teachers had to carry me to the medical room!!! i
> just couldn't stand up what so ever!!!!
> Heather Bannister wrote:my docter said the exact
> same thing- unreal
> he said that it was all in my head and that i had an
> eating disorder and discharged me from the hospital
> when my body was shutting down
> my family had him do the test, which they said they
> didn't want to and there was no way that's what it
> was, even though i was blacking out, lost 20 pounds
> in
> 2 weeks, my skin was orange and my blood pressure
> was
> so bad and of coures worse when i tried to walk-
> because mostly all i could do was crawl- and only on
> special occasions like having to go the bathroom- it
> was really hard but god- its unreal how often this
> seems to happen to us...you think they'd start to
> pick
> up on it...i mean if i wasn't a text book case...
>
> --- Kaz Richardson <kazy_baby2001@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Oh no thats horrable!!!! I had the symptoms for
> > about 4 months the doctor thought it was all in my
> > head!!! u know all the being sick and not
> > eatting!!!! He thought I had some eatting
> > disorder!!!!!! it wasn't very nice!! anyway in the
> > end the doctor at the hosptail did the test and it
> > was possative!!!! which was nice in a way becasue
> it
> > meant i wasn't going mad!!!!
> >
> > Do u cope ok with it??
> >
> >
> > baileythewriter@... wrote:I had the symptoms
> of
> > addison's since I was a teenager and the doctors
> > told
> > me I was anemic and lots of other things. For all
> > of these years I had been
> > suffereing with it.
> >
> > In the last couple of months prior to my
> diagnosis,
> > I began blacking out.
> > That terrified my husband and myself and I decided
> > to find a new doctor.
> > When he read my blood pressure he said he was
> amazed
> > that I was actually up
> > walking and talking. It was something like 60/80.
>
> > He was pretty sure that I
> > had addison's then but went ahead and did the
> test.
> > It was the most painful
> > test I'd ever taken. When it came back positive I
> > was put on cortisone acet.
> > He said that there is an additional medication
> that
> > goes along with that
> > medication to help with iron levels but my iron
> was
> > at a good level and I
> > wouldn't have to take them. Isn't that funny, all
> > of these years (I'm 35
> > now)I thought I was anemic and then I find out
> that
> > I'm not.
> >
> > I guess the best thing for all of us is to make
> sure
> > we get a doctor we can
> > trust and who will be thorough.
> >
> > Blessings,
> >
> > April
> >
> >
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> > Kaz
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