finally taking control of my body
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JLStretton
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Good to hear a update, hope you have had a nice weekend.
elm
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So now that i have time to update everyone...
GBS - Guillain–Barré syndrome, is what they thought i had. One day i woke up with my hands and legs having a numb feeling, like they are falling asleep. Then, the tingling in my fingers and legs started too. 8 days later, it started becoming very painful. I went to the Urgent Care Center and they took out 4 tubes of blood and said to go see a different doctor because i needed more tests. So the next day i went to the doctor and they took out 4 tubes of blood. The doctor gave me pain meds to help with my nerves. The same day, 3 hours later, i get a call from a neurologist specialist saying they need to see me RIGHT NOW. So i go there, and they strap me onto this machine that shocks my nerves, they did this over 50 times and about half way in, i started crying because my whole body aches. The doctor said usually grown man are crying out loud in pain and mine was silent.
Next they stuck needles into me, i think 9 different places to listen to my muscles. They said if i become worse to go to the hospital right away.
There is no cure for GBS, they don't even know how it starts, that's how rare this disease is. Most cases, it goes away on its own within 6 months to a few years, some leave people paralyzed. 3 days later, it was a Monday, i was doing MUCH better. I went in that day to see a doctor again, they took 12 tubes of blood that time and wanted me to get an ultrasound of my heart and liver, but i refused that one because other doctors didn't think i should get it.
Next, i was very swollen because of the pills and my body was holding on to liquid, that she had to give me water pills to make me pee a lot, i have to take these for 30 days, i'm 10 days or so in so far. I have gained weight because of the pills, but i barely eat. The peeing pills have made the swelling go down and i have lost weight. They don't think i have GBS anymore, and i'm happy that it didn't go any further, it was so very painful. Seriously, for 2 days i couldn't barely move and all i could do was cry because of the pain, the meds only helped a bit back then.
But now i'm doing much better, i still have a bit of numbness around my thighs, stomach, and sometimes my arms. They took out 4 tubes of blood, again, last week. Everything looks good, this is why they are confused of whats going on with me.
The boyfriend and i are still together. 1 week before this disease started, i flew to California (1800 miles) to see him, then 2 weeks later, he flew to see me. Only for the weekend of course. He's pretty busy, the military has him always busy, his fault for wanting to be into bombs lol.
Last night at work, i got a phone call that my job there has ended because the company doesn't have enough money to keep me. Today i got 2 phone calls with 2 jobs offers and they pay AMAZING!!!!! One of the jobs i hope to really get because i would be making around $10,000 USD a month. So i hope i get that.
Tomorrow i am going to sign up for a gym membership and taking my little 13 year old brother, because he's starting to gain weight and i spoke to him saying its not healthy and he agreed to go. I'm really hoping everything turns out for the best.
Sorry this was so long, thanks for caring and reading everyone!
GBS - Guillain–Barré syndrome, is what they thought i had. One day i woke up with my hands and legs having a numb feeling, like they are falling asleep. Then, the tingling in my fingers and legs started too. 8 days later, it started becoming very painful. I went to the Urgent Care Center and they took out 4 tubes of blood and said to go see a different doctor because i needed more tests. So the next day i went to the doctor and they took out 4 tubes of blood. The doctor gave me pain meds to help with my nerves. The same day, 3 hours later, i get a call from a neurologist specialist saying they need to see me RIGHT NOW. So i go there, and they strap me onto this machine that shocks my nerves, they did this over 50 times and about half way in, i started crying because my whole body aches. The doctor said usually grown man are crying out loud in pain and mine was silent.
Next they stuck needles into me, i think 9 different places to listen to my muscles. They said if i become worse to go to the hospital right away.
There is no cure for GBS, they don't even know how it starts, that's how rare this disease is. Most cases, it goes away on its own within 6 months to a few years, some leave people paralyzed. 3 days later, it was a Monday, i was doing MUCH better. I went in that day to see a doctor again, they took 12 tubes of blood that time and wanted me to get an ultrasound of my heart and liver, but i refused that one because other doctors didn't think i should get it.
Next, i was very swollen because of the pills and my body was holding on to liquid, that she had to give me water pills to make me pee a lot, i have to take these for 30 days, i'm 10 days or so in so far. I have gained weight because of the pills, but i barely eat. The peeing pills have made the swelling go down and i have lost weight. They don't think i have GBS anymore, and i'm happy that it didn't go any further, it was so very painful. Seriously, for 2 days i couldn't barely move and all i could do was cry because of the pain, the meds only helped a bit back then.
But now i'm doing much better, i still have a bit of numbness around my thighs, stomach, and sometimes my arms. They took out 4 tubes of blood, again, last week. Everything looks good, this is why they are confused of whats going on with me.
The boyfriend and i are still together. 1 week before this disease started, i flew to California (1800 miles) to see him, then 2 weeks later, he flew to see me. Only for the weekend of course. He's pretty busy, the military has him always busy, his fault for wanting to be into bombs lol.
Last night at work, i got a phone call that my job there has ended because the company doesn't have enough money to keep me. Today i got 2 phone calls with 2 jobs offers and they pay AMAZING!!!!! One of the jobs i hope to really get because i would be making around $10,000 USD a month. So i hope i get that.
Tomorrow i am going to sign up for a gym membership and taking my little 13 year old brother, because he's starting to gain weight and i spoke to him saying its not healthy and he agreed to go. I'm really hoping everything turns out for the best.
Sorry this was so long, thanks for caring and reading everyone!
JLStretton
Choose Life.
Good to hear from you and great news they now think its not GBS 
JLStretton
Choose Life.
Hope you get the job and have a good week
