good luck m3at, hope you hear there's a simple remedy for what's ailing you
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Gyp Rosetti
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m3at, good luck. I mean it. **** like this really brings us back to the reality of how fragile and precious life really is.
JAG
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Yeah, I was pretty young so I only really have fleeting memories but my family has been good about telling me about it. I asked my parents about it today actually and turns out I not only had fluid around my lung but around my heart as well. They had to remove the protective sac around my heart and scrap the membrane around my lung before they hooked up the draining tubes. They drained enough fluid to fill a 12 oz can of soda. I do have a significant amount of scar tissue around my lung because of it and it has prevented me from building up stellar respiratory endurance but other than that, I've been fine. As I said before, when it happened to me, they didn't really know what they were dealing with. They had researchers from U of U coming over to observe and take blood samples to try to figure out what it was and what caused it. Unfortunately, I had already been put on antibiotics as a treatment method the month before so those pretty much wiped my system of everything.
HeavenHarris
Banned
guys ive been having intermittent stomach pain for the past few weeks. first i just thought it was gas then thought it was food poisoning. last couple days its been getting worse, like really sharp pain every few minutes/hours. also had nothin but diarrhea during this time, sometimes w/ blood. think i have stomach ulcers or something maybe. im gonna see a doc monday but in the mean time what do you guys suggest.
Sounds like you have a bad case of parvo. The only answer is to have yourself put down.
HeavenHarris
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CONAN
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I've had walking pneumonia and the prob is that once you get it, you are more susceptable (sp?) to it from then on. And each time you get it those percentages go up. I used to just try to ride out the episodes but now I hit it with everything I can as soon as a feel even a little congestion. Nasal sprays (last resort cuz Afrin is bad), nasal rinses, muxinex, cough syrup, ibu, etc. Gargling with listerine helps some. Keep up on taking your vitamins.
The Thriller
Well-Known Member
Get this fixed... PRONTO.
A few years ago I had a really bad case of pneumonia. I went in for x-rays to see if there was still crap in my lungs. Luckily, there wasn't. But that kind of stuff can be serious.
It started out as a sore throat at the start of December 09. Around Christmas the sore throat was basically gone but the cough had settled it. It had probably morphed into Bronchittis by that time. On New Years Eve, I couldn't stand it anymore so I went to the doctor after I couldn't sleep that night and struggled to breathe just to walk from the bathroom and back.... That's when I found out that I had pneumonia and was breathing at like 30 percent of what I should.
It took until Mid-March/April before I was able to exercise fully without chest pain or fatigue. And I really am Chuck Norris. For normal humans it might take 3-5 years to recover.
Are you using a humidifier in your room?
A few years ago I had a really bad case of pneumonia. I went in for x-rays to see if there was still crap in my lungs. Luckily, there wasn't. But that kind of stuff can be serious.
It started out as a sore throat at the start of December 09. Around Christmas the sore throat was basically gone but the cough had settled it. It had probably morphed into Bronchittis by that time. On New Years Eve, I couldn't stand it anymore so I went to the doctor after I couldn't sleep that night and struggled to breathe just to walk from the bathroom and back.... That's when I found out that I had pneumonia and was breathing at like 30 percent of what I should.
It took until Mid-March/April before I was able to exercise fully without chest pain or fatigue. And I really am Chuck Norris. For normal humans it might take 3-5 years to recover.
Are you using a humidifier in your room?
About 8 years ago, I had a similar experience. The eventual diagnosis was adult-onset asthma. Not pleasant, but there are worse things to deal with. In my case, low-grade allergies took a jump in intensity, it seems.
m3at
Active Member
I'm not using a humidifier. I tried one, but it seemed to make it harder to breathe for me. I'm actually breathing really well now, but I still have a pleural effusion. I see the lung dr. tomorrow morning. Man, I hope there are alternative methods to draining the fluid...the needle in the lung doesn't sound too appealing.
m3at
Active Member
Update: my pleural effusion is pretty much gone, but I still have crap in my lungs. Did a bunch of blood tests for autoimmune, they came back positive. The lung doctor isn't sure what autoimmune disease I have so he's sending me to a rheumatologist next week.
I'm feeling much better in general but still have some limitations due to my lungs being full of crap.
Thanks everyone for all the support and kind words, I really appriciate it!
I'm feeling much better in general but still have some limitations due to my lungs being full of crap.
Thanks everyone for all the support and kind words, I really appriciate it!
Gyp Rosetti
Banned
I'm totally not trying to be a dick but did they test for HIV/AIDS?
m3at
Active Member
lol. I'm not sure whether they did or not. I'm not sure how I would get HIV/AIDS, I've been married for 14 years and my wife is the only person I've been intimate with and I'm the only person she's been intimate with.
edit: actually they did a cbc which came back normal.
Ever use a public restroom or have a gay thought. That **** will mess you up!
HeavenHarris
Banned
well i saw the doc today like i said earlier in the thread and got some tests done. doc said possibility of ulcerative colitis or chrons disease (wth is that even) or even cancer. sucks bros. sucks pretty bad.
So you went to the doctor, got tests done, and the doc reports, "well, you might have an ulcer .. or maybe chrons .. or it could also be cancer.... see ya!"
BS, or get a new doc.
HeavenHarris
Banned
well i got blood and stool tests done and yes that is what the doc told me. but not the "see ya" part. recommended i do a colonoscopy so we can get better samples and look at it up close and determine exactly what it is. so i did that today. turns out i have a rare form of ulcerative colitis. sucks. don't believe me if u want.