Showing posts with label From the Beginning when 1st started symptoms to diagnosis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label From the Beginning when 1st started symptoms to diagnosis. Show all posts

Monday, July 19, 2010

Starting from the beginning - Before I was Diagnosed

July 2009- Sick Nausea/Dizzy for a week-went to Doctor- Blood test done-nothing wrong
August 2009- out of breath climbing small flight of stairs, never felt before, went to doctor had stress test at Cardiologist-all ok, took X-rays of lungs-all okay, Blood Anemia-all okay, Thyroid checked-okay, cholesterol-ok at 150 very good, said I had a low immune system doctor checking why
September 2009-more blood- went to see Specialist Rheumatologist- said I have an autoimmune disease-Lupus SLE- ANA test positive- only Good News, all organs are OK

December 2009 Prescribed Naproxen 500 mg 2 per day for joint pain felt all over legs, hands, fingers, shoulder, upper and lower back. I also had my eyes tested and dilated for a baseline on my current eye status to start taking Plaquenil January 2010. I went to get the H1n1 Swine flu shot-6 hours later I got a really high fever, faint, nausea,but later felt better. I drank lots of water. I woke up with a sudden pain on my back shoulder blade on my right side, put an ice pack, took Naproxen and felt sore the next day. I started getting warm sensations in my shoulders and upper back, had neck pain, rapid heartbeat and dry cough. I just slept all day. For the rest of the month, I had sore joints and felt really tired and had no energy.