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Emergency Room?
You might need to go to the Emergency Room if:…your stomach and intestines have locked up and you haven’t been able to eat or drink anything for over 24 hours …ingesting a sip of water causes you to be more nauseous and you… Continue reading
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Histamean and The Seven Symptoms
itchy twitchy sneezy wheezy flushy darty and hive* The ‘Seven Symptoms’ were not the way I wanted to wake up on my day off, especially because they hadn’t hit me that hard in over a year–and intensely wheezing for hours… Continue reading
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Memorable Day
Memorial Day started like any other holiday, and then: My uncle died unexpectedly. A long-time friend visited from out-of-state. My gastrointestinal system locked down (like never before). Throughout the day I had grown increasingly nauseous…I took the pills and… Continue reading
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Right Around The Corner
On Easter Sunday in 2012, I ran into a long-time friend at the grocery store and quickly updated her. She was a bit dismayed to learn that I would be in a clinical trial for rare cancer (no tumors) and seemed… Continue reading
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20 Year Easterversary
The Easter lily signifies rebirth and a new beginning. Easter Sunday — twenty years ago — my first ER visit My heart had been pounding–racing during and after church; I called my parents in bewilderment. Mom said she didn’t want me driving in… Continue reading
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Birthday Blessing
God answered our prayers!! Not how I’d expected, or imagined–I was hoping doctors’ offices were equipped with confetti cannons for moments like this. For years I’ve prayed for: a Cure, Healing, a Root Cause and Clarity* …tucked away in my… Continue reading
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Initial Consultation – again
The initial consultation with a doctor is the hardest…to condense 20+ years of symptoms allows for about 1.5minutes per year. Some years were worse than others; some weekends were worse than entire years.[Thursday, March 15] I found myself once again… Continue reading
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Heart Matters
I’m dragging. I have been since the beginning of the year. No umption in my gumption. Jan 12th: I couldn’t stand for very long because my blood pressure would drop and pulse would increase (higher that 130bpm). I stayed home… Continue reading
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How Are You Feeling? II
I’m feeling better than I did a year ago and it’s not because of Christmas break and snow days It was still a rough year with symptom bursts, medication reactions hope deferred perplexed doctors A year ago Dr. Endo reminded:… Continue reading
