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Blood Test Results

July 8, 2004 |

I went out with the kids tonight for our haircuts and called to check in with Jeff and see what he wanted me to bring him for dinner. He told me that the Dr had called to talk with me and would be in his office for another 5 minutes and I should call him. So here I am on a pay phone at the local grocery store with 4 kids melting down while I?m dialing for my test results.

The news was good, I guess, in that there was nothing at all abnormal in any of the tests he ran. So he says that it tells him that there is no ?metabolic? reason for my blood pressure to be so high. Therefore it must be due to stress. I had stress 3 months ago when I went in, why the change? Not sure ? perhaps the culmination of stress over time was the answer I received.

So what about the pain and swelling in my neck and around my lymph nodes? He tells me to keep my appointment with the ENT and that if they decide to biopsy have them do a stain for Lyme Disease. *sigh* He also said that based on the blood tests that nothing serious would be found in a biopsy. My red and white blood cell counts were perfectly fine. This also means no signs of infection anywhere.

He again suggested that I was overtaxing myself physically and mentally. Over exercising and taking on too much and not refueling enough. So it?s all from being a mom and taking on too much and not having enough help. Well there?s a new tune right? Not!! We all suffer from it and my oldest child is 8 years old so this is not new to me. Why is my body revolting now?

I feel frustrated tonight. My dh?s intelligent answer was that I?m just getting old and my body can?t take the abuse anymore. All of this is great for explaining the blood pressure but what about all the other stuff? Well dh knows someone that had elevated thyroid levels and got lumps on her neck and they were nothing. Well my thyroid levels are fine. So I guess I just suck it up and go on at least until I see the ENT at the end of the month. So more wondering and waiting and googling my symptoms and feeling like I?m either dying or going crazy.

I know I should be happy for the good results and I am but I also want answers ? tangible answers and without those I feel no further ahead than where I was before. Well at least now I know a lot of things that it?s not.


Comments

8 Comments so far

  1. VJ on July 9, 2004 9:46 am

    I was having dizzy spells when I was trying to take two masters classes and teach in a classroom at the same time. Those spells were a couple dozen a day. I was concerned, so I went to the doctor, and he told me it was stress. I cut one class and life became much more bearable.

    Be happy for the good news and keep the appointment with the ENT.

    Remember also you’ve been on a successful diet and that also changes the way your body reacts.

  2. Marcia on July 9, 2004 6:28 pm

    Like you said, be gald for the good results but keep on searching for answers until YOU feel satisfied. Look out for yourself and take care!

  3. Anne-Marie on July 9, 2004 11:47 pm

    Check out a book called "Mother Nurture" by Rick Hanson (it’s cheapest used on Amazon.com). I found some of the advice helpful.

    Here’s the Amazon description:
    "Mothers today juggle more tasks, work longer hours, and sleep less than their own mothers did. Yet the self-healing revolution has overlooked the most significant issue in the lives of some twenty million women: how to cope with the relentless, sometimes overwhelming, stresses of raising young children in the twenty-first century. Psychologist Rick Hanson, acupuncturist and nutritionist Jan Hanson, and obsetrician/gynecologist Ricki Pollycove offer hundreds of practical ways a mother can lift her mood, stay energetic and healthy, build teamwork and intimacy with her partner, and be at her best for her family during the stressful and crucial first six years of her child’s life. They also explain how the strains of motherhood can literally deplete a woman’s body, draining it of important nutrients such as minerals and amino acids–sometimes so severely that she experiences Depleted Mother Syndrome (DMS). Covering everything from stress relief in the middle of a crazy day to gettting more sleep, eating better, balancing home and work, sharing the load fairly, and keeping a strong love alive with her partner, Mother Nurture is the first book to present a comprehensive program that helps a mom take care of herself while she takes care of her family.

  4. weebie on July 10, 2004 3:32 pm

    I am so glad for good results and am trusting and praying for only good news. You take care of yourself and MAKE time for you to relax. (hugs)

  5. Rachel Ann on July 11, 2004 3:52 pm

    My glands were all swollen at one point in my life, due to a virus, and they remained swollen for some time. Had you been ill before this? I apologize for I have just stumbled onto your blog.

    Glad for the good results and the advice from the other women is good; no need to repeat it. Refuah shelamah…have a complete healing.

  6. Kristine on July 11, 2004 9:53 pm

    Awesome about your good results! Sorry you don’t have the answer about why the symptoms, though. :( Keep your specialist appointments and keep after your doc to send you to more testing until the questions are answered. Thinking of you!

  7. Nancy on July 12, 2004 6:37 am

    I know the feeling, happy that the news is good ~ anxious because you still don’t have concrete answers. :satisfied:

  8. Rachel Ann on July 12, 2004 12:30 pm

    Did you have a recent bout with a virus? The lymph nodes may stay swollen long after; you may simply have not noticed when you were ill.

    I am glad the tests showed nothing, but I also agree with Marcia; keep searching for the answers.

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