I have been struggeling with my illness for about the last 6 months now. It all began with some bloating in my stomach about 18 months ago that went away. I later developed the bloating again and began having abdominal and lower back pain. This seemed to have all come about shortly after stopping my Birth control pills which I had been taking for approximately 10 years.
No tests could confirm what was causing my abdominal pain, gyno, gastro, etc... I went in and had a laproscopy and they discovered that there was signifigant scarring on my intestine. The scar tissue had attached my intestine and bowel to the wall restricting movemet. They cut away the scar tissue and we thought all was solved. No reason could be given as to why the scar tissue had developed. I returned to work for 2 weeks until things got signifigantly worse. My pelvic pain returned, bloating returned and I began getting shooting pains through my whole body. I had tingling in my hands and feet and I developed severe joint pain without any swelling. My fingers are also swollen and red and I have had yeast infection for the last 5 months that no drug has been able to get rid of.
I have had a barage of tests including numerous chest xrays, colonoscopy, endoscopy, stool sample analysis, ekg's, cat scans, head MRI, Blood work, bone scan, etc... I have also been tested for lyme disease and it came back negative. I have seen a neurologist, rheumatologist, GI, and gyno doctors without any diagnosis. The only marker that is elevated is my esonophil white blood cell count, which had been elevated through numerous blood tests (about 5-6 times the normal range).
I have in recent weeks developed a burning pain in my throat and the occasional shortness of breathe. I feel like I cannot take a deep breath no matter what I do. This on top of all the other symptoms listed above. I feel it also worth mentioning that I have been diagnoses with episclerortis (2008) and rayneuds (1990).
Any advise on a next step would be greatly appreciated, all I want to do is get my life back to normal. Thanks so much for reading this :-)
No tests could confirm what was causing my abdominal pain, gyno, gastro, etc... I went in and had a laproscopy and they discovered that there was signifigant scarring on my intestine. The scar tissue had attached my intestine and bowel to the wall restricting movemet. They cut away the scar tissue and we thought all was solved. No reason could be given as to why the scar tissue had developed. I returned to work for 2 weeks until things got signifigantly worse. My pelvic pain returned, bloating returned and I began getting shooting pains through my whole body. I had tingling in my hands and feet and I developed severe joint pain without any swelling. My fingers are also swollen and red and I have had yeast infection for the last 5 months that no drug has been able to get rid of.
I have had a barage of tests including numerous chest xrays, colonoscopy, endoscopy, stool sample analysis, ekg's, cat scans, head MRI, Blood work, bone scan, etc... I have also been tested for lyme disease and it came back negative. I have seen a neurologist, rheumatologist, GI, and gyno doctors without any diagnosis. The only marker that is elevated is my esonophil white blood cell count, which had been elevated through numerous blood tests (about 5-6 times the normal range).
I have in recent weeks developed a burning pain in my throat and the occasional shortness of breathe. I feel like I cannot take a deep breath no matter what I do. This on top of all the other symptoms listed above. I feel it also worth mentioning that I have been diagnoses with episclerortis (2008) and rayneuds (1990).
Any advise on a next step would be greatly appreciated, all I want to do is get my life back to normal. Thanks so much for reading this :-)