The Land of the Undiagnosed
I keep rewriting the beginning of this post. The reason is that I don’t really want to say what I’m about to say. Lately some things have been going wrong with my body. For awhile I assumed that it was just in connection to my fibromyalgia but it soon became apparent that something else was wrong.
So I went to my doctor, who was rather concerned. She took a whole lot of blood to run various tests on, and I am going back in a week to get the results. What is making me nervous is that my doctor suspects that my fibromyalgia diagnosis may have just been an interim diagnosis. She believes that I may have a more serious illness which is starting to develop now. Clearly I am freaking out a little bit.
The good news though is that if there is something else wrong, figuring out what it is will be an important step. It also means that I can start treatment. The hard part is that now I am once again trying to live normally while having no idea what sort of illness is waging war against my body. Anyone who has experienced this situation knows how frightening and frustrating the process can be.
So right now I am super, duper medicated to get me through the week. We’ll see how my appointment on Friday goes… Okay, time for rest and sleep – my body is WORN OUT!
Hang in there – you managed things this far so you’ll be able to handle and get through whatever is thrown at you. Thinking of you.
I think that if you find out something that can be treated, then it’s better than in limbo and guessing. Hang in there the rest of the week – I know you can do it!