symptom
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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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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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Piles of Files
BEFORE Just days ago I took a picture of my neat color-coded organized medical files…I smiled knowing that it was time to put them in the filing cabinet. I’d slugged these records around a tri-state area, but now it was time to let… Continue reading
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Wheezy Weturns – OR – Symptom Similes
I’ve have the wheezles again. It happens spontaneously, but often within about three minutes of ingesting sugar (pure cane sugar). For months I’ve avoided sugar, artificial sweeteners, honey and even fruit because of the side effects, but last week after… 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
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The Buddy The Elf Diet
This time of year fondly brings to mind the blood test that required me to eat carbs…lots of them! In preparation, for three days I had to eat at least 300 grams of carbs, and if one day was lower… Continue reading
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la misérable
It was mid-October: I was exhausted, worn, weary, weepy.On Friday afternoon I had lamented to a friend ad nauseum about my inability to: keep my home clean, do daily tasks, stay awake,stop crying,make a list for the cleaning gal I was overextended, exhausted, unorganized but… Continue reading
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All Revved Up
Since the beginning of August I’ve been highly symptomatic (stomach distress, nearly constant pounding heart, higher pulse, nausea, rolling eyes, twitching hands and eyelids, etc.). I kept wondering what had suddenly changed…my habits were still the same: every two hours,… Continue reading
