Angelai
27-05-10, 15:44
Hi, just after any thoughts on this (rather long, sorry)...
In November I was really poorly for about 2 weeks, tired, upset stomach, swollen and spot covered tonsiltis, general felt pretty dreadful. I waited 10 days before giving in and seeing the doctor (I HATE antibiotics), and when I did he said it was probably viral, that he's seen quite a lot of it, that it was probably coming to the end of it's run etc. Basically, go home and drink lots of fluids. I never really got back to 100% after that though, and in February was back there again with raging tonsilits. I saw a different doctor and she was sure it was bacterial - course of penicillin. It cleared up, but again I never got fully better. 3 wees ago it was back, but with unbelievable pain all over my body. It was absolute agony. I just wanted to die, the pain was so bad. EVERYWHERE hurt. I physically couldn't get to the doctor, and called for a house visit. The doctor (a different one again) phoned me when he finished surgery, listened to my symptoms, and decided it was strep thoat (which can cause this awful pain all over the body, apparently.) He faxed another prescription for penicillin to my local pharmacy. So, I finished that course a week and half ago. Yesterday, I woke up feeling like I'd been hit by a truck (quite common for me, and NO, I don't drink!). Within an hour, the all-over body pain had started again. Absolute agony. No sore throat, no swollen tonsils or any thing else. Just this pain. Everywhere. I went to see the same doctor I saw in November, he checked temp (ok), blood pressure (low) and felt all around my stomach and back. Everything normal. Probably some sort of virus. Go home, take pain killers and plenty of fluids. How can this amount of pain be NORMAL???
I do feel much better today, just tired and generally unwell (getting pretty used to that now). So, doctor thinks it's all viruses, mum thinks it's stress, and I'm beginning to wonder if it's something chronic? Fibromyalgia keeps coming up in my google searches (NOT a good place to be looking, I know!) and has done for about 2 years. I have bad anxiety, depression on and off, panic attacks, IBS, always tired (blood test 5 weeks ago normal) and these repeated infections. I need to be well, I'm on the waiting list for a hysterectomy and can't afford for it to be put of due to illness (won't go into detail about my problems down there, on top of everything else.)
Sorry for the essay, I'm just soooo fed up with it all. Any thougths would be great. Thanks
In November I was really poorly for about 2 weeks, tired, upset stomach, swollen and spot covered tonsiltis, general felt pretty dreadful. I waited 10 days before giving in and seeing the doctor (I HATE antibiotics), and when I did he said it was probably viral, that he's seen quite a lot of it, that it was probably coming to the end of it's run etc. Basically, go home and drink lots of fluids. I never really got back to 100% after that though, and in February was back there again with raging tonsilits. I saw a different doctor and she was sure it was bacterial - course of penicillin. It cleared up, but again I never got fully better. 3 wees ago it was back, but with unbelievable pain all over my body. It was absolute agony. I just wanted to die, the pain was so bad. EVERYWHERE hurt. I physically couldn't get to the doctor, and called for a house visit. The doctor (a different one again) phoned me when he finished surgery, listened to my symptoms, and decided it was strep thoat (which can cause this awful pain all over the body, apparently.) He faxed another prescription for penicillin to my local pharmacy. So, I finished that course a week and half ago. Yesterday, I woke up feeling like I'd been hit by a truck (quite common for me, and NO, I don't drink!). Within an hour, the all-over body pain had started again. Absolute agony. No sore throat, no swollen tonsils or any thing else. Just this pain. Everywhere. I went to see the same doctor I saw in November, he checked temp (ok), blood pressure (low) and felt all around my stomach and back. Everything normal. Probably some sort of virus. Go home, take pain killers and plenty of fluids. How can this amount of pain be NORMAL???
I do feel much better today, just tired and generally unwell (getting pretty used to that now). So, doctor thinks it's all viruses, mum thinks it's stress, and I'm beginning to wonder if it's something chronic? Fibromyalgia keeps coming up in my google searches (NOT a good place to be looking, I know!) and has done for about 2 years. I have bad anxiety, depression on and off, panic attacks, IBS, always tired (blood test 5 weeks ago normal) and these repeated infections. I need to be well, I'm on the waiting list for a hysterectomy and can't afford for it to be put of due to illness (won't go into detail about my problems down there, on top of everything else.)
Sorry for the essay, I'm just soooo fed up with it all. Any thougths would be great. Thanks