Gina
07-07-06, 19:51
I have today come out of hospital following admission due to passing out on the way to the out of hours GP.
I have had what I thought was panic attacks since christmas day 05. The symptoms increased until a few days before going to hosp I was constantly being sick along with the other symptoms that sadly I had become used to (probably like lots of other folk ) my hands and feet were freezing, the sweats were more then a hot flush ( and Im not on the change as of yet) I then started passing out.. sometimes up to 5 - 6 times a hour.. was unable to go to work and was dehydrated.
As I thought it was panic attack symptoms I didnt do anything about it.. howver my sisters and best friend for once ignored me... !!! hence being on the way to emergency gp.
After being put on a drip, loads of blood tests, and other tests including ECG's ultrasounds, CT scans, 3 lots of 24 hour urine collections.. they saw that I had a tumour on my adrenal gland... and all my previous meds (yep anti depressants!) were stopped.. they then gave me a 123migb scan.
Joy of joy it showed that I do only have the orginal tumour... and after having breast cancer twice, you can only imagine the relief!!!
I was anxious about posting this as I would hate for folk to think en masse that they all have pheochromocytoma's as they are rare... in fact on average there are only two people a year that present at the hospital in Plymouth UK with this tumour.
I am on meds to block it and will continue until it is completely blocked then have surgery to remove.. I understand that this is a dangerous time but necessary...
my blood pressure and pulse rate were off the scale and BP continues to be raised... there are still waves of symptoms but on a 1 - 10 scale compared to before my admission.. where I would have said 10.. these are a 1 -2... so a lot more manageable..
A lot of people tell me how their PA's... stop or ebb away... my wish is that everyones would...
Please do not add to your panic thinking you may have a pheochromocytoma.
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
by Portia Nelson
I. I walk down the street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost.....I am helpless;
it isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
II. I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place;
but it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
III. I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in....it's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
IV. I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
V. I walk down a different street.
I have had what I thought was panic attacks since christmas day 05. The symptoms increased until a few days before going to hosp I was constantly being sick along with the other symptoms that sadly I had become used to (probably like lots of other folk ) my hands and feet were freezing, the sweats were more then a hot flush ( and Im not on the change as of yet) I then started passing out.. sometimes up to 5 - 6 times a hour.. was unable to go to work and was dehydrated.
As I thought it was panic attack symptoms I didnt do anything about it.. howver my sisters and best friend for once ignored me... !!! hence being on the way to emergency gp.
After being put on a drip, loads of blood tests, and other tests including ECG's ultrasounds, CT scans, 3 lots of 24 hour urine collections.. they saw that I had a tumour on my adrenal gland... and all my previous meds (yep anti depressants!) were stopped.. they then gave me a 123migb scan.
Joy of joy it showed that I do only have the orginal tumour... and after having breast cancer twice, you can only imagine the relief!!!
I was anxious about posting this as I would hate for folk to think en masse that they all have pheochromocytoma's as they are rare... in fact on average there are only two people a year that present at the hospital in Plymouth UK with this tumour.
I am on meds to block it and will continue until it is completely blocked then have surgery to remove.. I understand that this is a dangerous time but necessary...
my blood pressure and pulse rate were off the scale and BP continues to be raised... there are still waves of symptoms but on a 1 - 10 scale compared to before my admission.. where I would have said 10.. these are a 1 -2... so a lot more manageable..
A lot of people tell me how their PA's... stop or ebb away... my wish is that everyones would...
Please do not add to your panic thinking you may have a pheochromocytoma.
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
by Portia Nelson
I. I walk down the street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost.....I am helpless;
it isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
II. I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place;
but it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
III. I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in....it's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
IV. I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
V. I walk down a different street.