October 27th 2023 Medical Mutterings

Now that I’m home, so have access to my laptop – which makeswriting blog posts a lot easier – I’ll update you on my most recent medicaladventures.

 

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On September 27th I went to A&E complainingof abdominal pain, with my stomach feeling more bloated than usual.  I spent the entire day there, only to bebarely examined and told I needed to drink more liquid (ironic considering I’dspent the whole day there with nothing much to drink) and told I needed to losesome weight, and then sent home.  Mycomment about having lost another kilo (just over 2lbs) since July, despitehaving not done anything to try and lose any, was dismissed as not being goodenough.

 

Then, late on the night of September 30th, wecalled the number for non-life-threatening urgent medical care, because my painand the bloating were worse, and I was starting to have trouble keeping food down.  The out ofhours doctor came to see me in the early hours of the morning of October 1st,and then arranged for an ambulance ride for me to the hospital, because shethought I might have some kind of abdominal issue and should at least bescanned.

 

Long story short, I’ve been in and out of hospital eversince (mostly in) and it turns out what I have is liver problems.

 

I’m now on medication to try and help with that.

 

I've also got some new rules for eating, a special meal replacement shake to have as one of my meals each day to ensure my body gets what it needs each day even if I don't manage to eat much, along with some medication to help me actually keep food down, which is something I'm still struggling with.

 

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In other medical news:

 

I’m still waiting to find out about the sleep study thing.

 

And, as for my back, I had my MRI, and it turns out I have asyrinx (air bubble) on my lower spine, which is the cause of the problems I’vebeen having with my back.  Apparently usuallyair bubbles form and burst as you go through life, but sometimes they don’tburst, and put pressure on the spine, causing pain and other issues, which iswhat’s happened with me.  So, I was rightthat it wasn’t weight related.  But itwasn’t nerve-damage either, which is why the physio exercises weren’t helping.