Well... I guess for anyone to make an educated guess on what might be wrong with me I should bring in some background information on my health. Please don't stop reading this though, I really want help and advice :-( !!!! I know its long and what not, but please please please!!!! I'm scared!
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About four years ago I was a freshman in highschool, I was inspired by the cross country coach and my brother to run cross country and track. The first year was great, I was the fastest girl on the cross country team and the fastest 400 runner in track.
But the following year, I remember I started to get a sore throat. I honestly didn't think anything of it, and I figured it would go away. I was really fatigued and everyone figured I had mono since that was going around. The soreness in my throat was really bad one time and I looked at my throat in the mirror and noticed something sticking out in the back of my throat and I didn't know what it was...since I never really looked at my throat before, I didn't know if that was normal or not, so I asked to see my brothers throat and when he didnt have it... it seriously frightened me! My Dad was stubborn to take me to the doctors, heck he didn't even look at my throat to see that it was beginning to enlarge, and he just got me sore throat spray. That did not do anything for me ... The soreness in my throat only lasted a few weeks, but the swelling was still there, but since I didn't feel pain I figured it was okay.
The next year (sophomore year) around the same time, it began to hurt again. I would get sharp pains in the side of my neck. My mom figured it was strep throat or tonsilitis, so she took me to the doctors. They put me on penicillin, and it began to work! I noticed that my tonsil began to get smaller, and it was to the size where I could barely notice it anymore by the time I finished with my prescription. My throat wasn't sore anymore, I had taken my prescription, so I thought I was good to go. Also, I was explained to that penicillin shouldn't be taken for very long, so since I thought I was better again, I just went on with my normal routines.
Little did I notice, my tonsil began to swell up again. When I went to the doctors this time, I was told it was being caused by allergies... they put me on allergy medication and that made me feel horrible!!! My throat and nose became dry and itchy and it made my throat feel worse, so I stopped taking it. At this point, my throat didn't hurt (or I was just used to the slight pains every now and than) that I just forgot about it until the following year...
This year, my exhaustion was very unbearable. I ran the slowest I had ever ran before in my life, seriously trying my hardest. I went from running 13:12 two miles, to running them in about 16 + minutes. I just couldn't seem to keep up! Coaches noticed and mentioned that possibly I have anemia. I didn't understand what that was and shrugged it off, though I did bring it up to my mom. Around the same time I had my sore throat again, and once again they were trying to tell me it was allergies...
So I just delt with my sore throat without medication and just pushed the pain off to the side. Finally it was track season and we started our practices. By this time my exhaustion was ... extremely bad. I would cry trying to run the shortest loops, being yelled at by my coaches to pick it up... but it just was so hard. I felt sluggish, heavy, slow, tired... I just felt like all the life was sucked out of me. One day I fell and was so determined to finish my last loop that I crawled in... I went home crying not knowing what was wrong with me. I told my mom that I was quiting track because I couldn't do it, and she got really mad at me. When I explained that I was crawling at the end of practice because I couldn't stand up... she remembered how I told her I might be anemic and she took me to the doctors.
Sure enough, I was extremely anemic. I am not a doctor so I am not sure what they were talking about, but I know they said something about my cells being shriveled and small, and something about if I was just .1 lower (I think they were talking about my iron levels or hemoglobin?) I would have had to get a blood transfusion. I was offered the choice to get a blood transfusion or take iron prescription. I went with the iron prescription and the doctor said that I couldn't run track... I needed to rest and get my iron back up.
When my senior year began, I thought I would be fine. I had gotten my iron levels (or hemoglobin, or something... I'm not a doctor :-P) back up to normal. So I ran cross country, but didn't run very well. I definately ran better than my junior year, but only ran around 14 minutes for my two mile races. Also, I got sick again with a sore throat. My mom was finally sick and tired of taking me to the doctor about it, and to have doctors just say it was allergies, so we went to see a nose and throat specialist. My left tonsil was so swollen, it was sticking way out to the middle of my throat, making it hard for me to swallow and he couldn't believe that doctors were telling me it was just allergies. He said that they needed to come out and that he also wanted to do a biopsy on them just to make sure it wasn't cancerous.?
mom didn't want me missing school so I spent my winter break (christmas break) going into my first surgey of my life, getting my tonsils removed. Honestly, getting tonsils removed is not too terribly bad! I was so scared ... lol! Anyways, I wasn't sick for a long time after that, no sore throats and that track season I ran my best 400s I have ever ran before in my life. I kept running 61 seconds, and I kept trying to break a minute :-P! I got second at regionals, qualifying individually to state =D! Man that felt soooo good to come back like that.
I got a running scholarship at a college for this year. It was for track but I ran cross country to be in shape, in which I became anemic again. This time since it had happened before, I caught the signs early and went to the doctors to get tested, and I got on prescription. College cross country is 3.1 miles (5K) for women, and I found that it was actually really fun, and I did pretty good. My best time was a 23:22 I believe. I was the number two girl on the team. I also was the most improved, due to my anemia :-) (because I started out pretty dragged out lol)!
Now to the issue at hand...
Now its indoor track season, and I am getting prepared for my 400...
But... I started having headaches really bad here recently, and I had a slight sore throat, but that only lasted a day. I also have been getting really fatigued and I feel like sleeping and sleeping. I have tried to change my sleeping patterns, hoping that would help, but even if I go to bed really early or late or whenever, Its hard for me to get up. I want to sleep and sleep. I have getting really bad rings under my eyes, and I don't know why since I have been sleeping... its not like I havent been lol. Here a few weeks ago I got sick pretty bad. It reminded me of allergies though (lol) because I was sneezing and sneezing, my eyes would water so bad and be all red and puffy, and I just felt like someone threw a brick at my head.
So now I am recovering from it, but I still am very very tired... and I still have these bags under my eyes.
I've also noticed that I have something on the side of my left cheek along my jaw line that was sticking out... my first thought was that I was getting a tumor. I pushed that thought aside, like usual, pushing my problems out of the way, trying to just live today. And then today my mom thought it was a really bad zit and she tried to squeeze it and I told her to stop, that it wasnt a zit. So than she looked again and noticed that when she tried to squeeze it she bruised it. So she was like okay so its not a zit, maybe its your lymph node swollen.
Honestly, I don't know whats wong with me, I have been meaning to see a doctor about it, but like I said, I am really bad about it and kinda push it aside :\ ... But now I am really worried so I just typed all this so that maybe someone out there cares to read it... omg its so long ... and tell me their opinion. : :'(
I've just had hell these past three years with my health and I sometimes get so depressed about it, and maybe thats extra stress that doesn't help with the way I feel. 8-|
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About four years ago I was a freshman in highschool, I was inspired by the cross country coach and my brother to run cross country and track. The first year was great, I was the fastest girl on the cross country team and the fastest 400 runner in track.
But the following year, I remember I started to get a sore throat. I honestly didn't think anything of it, and I figured it would go away. I was really fatigued and everyone figured I had mono since that was going around. The soreness in my throat was really bad one time and I looked at my throat in the mirror and noticed something sticking out in the back of my throat and I didn't know what it was...since I never really looked at my throat before, I didn't know if that was normal or not, so I asked to see my brothers throat and when he didnt have it... it seriously frightened me! My Dad was stubborn to take me to the doctors, heck he didn't even look at my throat to see that it was beginning to enlarge, and he just got me sore throat spray. That did not do anything for me ... The soreness in my throat only lasted a few weeks, but the swelling was still there, but since I didn't feel pain I figured it was okay.
The next year (sophomore year) around the same time, it began to hurt again. I would get sharp pains in the side of my neck. My mom figured it was strep throat or tonsilitis, so she took me to the doctors. They put me on penicillin, and it began to work! I noticed that my tonsil began to get smaller, and it was to the size where I could barely notice it anymore by the time I finished with my prescription. My throat wasn't sore anymore, I had taken my prescription, so I thought I was good to go. Also, I was explained to that penicillin shouldn't be taken for very long, so since I thought I was better again, I just went on with my normal routines.
Little did I notice, my tonsil began to swell up again. When I went to the doctors this time, I was told it was being caused by allergies... they put me on allergy medication and that made me feel horrible!!! My throat and nose became dry and itchy and it made my throat feel worse, so I stopped taking it. At this point, my throat didn't hurt (or I was just used to the slight pains every now and than) that I just forgot about it until the following year...
This year, my exhaustion was very unbearable. I ran the slowest I had ever ran before in my life, seriously trying my hardest. I went from running 13:12 two miles, to running them in about 16 + minutes. I just couldn't seem to keep up! Coaches noticed and mentioned that possibly I have anemia. I didn't understand what that was and shrugged it off, though I did bring it up to my mom. Around the same time I had my sore throat again, and once again they were trying to tell me it was allergies...
So I just delt with my sore throat without medication and just pushed the pain off to the side. Finally it was track season and we started our practices. By this time my exhaustion was ... extremely bad. I would cry trying to run the shortest loops, being yelled at by my coaches to pick it up... but it just was so hard. I felt sluggish, heavy, slow, tired... I just felt like all the life was sucked out of me. One day I fell and was so determined to finish my last loop that I crawled in... I went home crying not knowing what was wrong with me. I told my mom that I was quiting track because I couldn't do it, and she got really mad at me. When I explained that I was crawling at the end of practice because I couldn't stand up... she remembered how I told her I might be anemic and she took me to the doctors.
Sure enough, I was extremely anemic. I am not a doctor so I am not sure what they were talking about, but I know they said something about my cells being shriveled and small, and something about if I was just .1 lower (I think they were talking about my iron levels or hemoglobin?) I would have had to get a blood transfusion. I was offered the choice to get a blood transfusion or take iron prescription. I went with the iron prescription and the doctor said that I couldn't run track... I needed to rest and get my iron back up.
When my senior year began, I thought I would be fine. I had gotten my iron levels (or hemoglobin, or something... I'm not a doctor :-P) back up to normal. So I ran cross country, but didn't run very well. I definately ran better than my junior year, but only ran around 14 minutes for my two mile races. Also, I got sick again with a sore throat. My mom was finally sick and tired of taking me to the doctor about it, and to have doctors just say it was allergies, so we went to see a nose and throat specialist. My left tonsil was so swollen, it was sticking way out to the middle of my throat, making it hard for me to swallow and he couldn't believe that doctors were telling me it was just allergies. He said that they needed to come out and that he also wanted to do a biopsy on them just to make sure it wasn't cancerous.?
mom didn't want me missing school so I spent my winter break (christmas break) going into my first surgey of my life, getting my tonsils removed. Honestly, getting tonsils removed is not too terribly bad! I was so scared ... lol! Anyways, I wasn't sick for a long time after that, no sore throats and that track season I ran my best 400s I have ever ran before in my life. I kept running 61 seconds, and I kept trying to break a minute :-P! I got second at regionals, qualifying individually to state =D! Man that felt soooo good to come back like that.
I got a running scholarship at a college for this year. It was for track but I ran cross country to be in shape, in which I became anemic again. This time since it had happened before, I caught the signs early and went to the doctors to get tested, and I got on prescription. College cross country is 3.1 miles (5K) for women, and I found that it was actually really fun, and I did pretty good. My best time was a 23:22 I believe. I was the number two girl on the team. I also was the most improved, due to my anemia :-) (because I started out pretty dragged out lol)!
Now to the issue at hand...
Now its indoor track season, and I am getting prepared for my 400...
But... I started having headaches really bad here recently, and I had a slight sore throat, but that only lasted a day. I also have been getting really fatigued and I feel like sleeping and sleeping. I have tried to change my sleeping patterns, hoping that would help, but even if I go to bed really early or late or whenever, Its hard for me to get up. I want to sleep and sleep. I have getting really bad rings under my eyes, and I don't know why since I have been sleeping... its not like I havent been lol. Here a few weeks ago I got sick pretty bad. It reminded me of allergies though (lol) because I was sneezing and sneezing, my eyes would water so bad and be all red and puffy, and I just felt like someone threw a brick at my head.
So now I am recovering from it, but I still am very very tired... and I still have these bags under my eyes.
I've also noticed that I have something on the side of my left cheek along my jaw line that was sticking out... my first thought was that I was getting a tumor. I pushed that thought aside, like usual, pushing my problems out of the way, trying to just live today. And then today my mom thought it was a really bad zit and she tried to squeeze it and I told her to stop, that it wasnt a zit. So than she looked again and noticed that when she tried to squeeze it she bruised it. So she was like okay so its not a zit, maybe its your lymph node swollen.
Honestly, I don't know whats wong with me, I have been meaning to see a doctor about it, but like I said, I am really bad about it and kinda push it aside :\ ... But now I am really worried so I just typed all this so that maybe someone out there cares to read it... omg its so long ... and tell me their opinion. : :'(
I've just had hell these past three years with my health and I sometimes get so depressed about it, and maybe thats extra stress that doesn't help with the way I feel. 8-|
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Make an appointment with your doctor and make sure you go. There's nothing so bad as worrying about the what-ifs. Forget past history. Deal with the here and now. Go for the check up. Ok? xx
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