Multiple symptoms very confused

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Registered: 12-15-2005
Multiple symptoms very confused
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Thu, 12-15-2005 - 11:28am

I am a 42 year old female, I was diagnosed 16 years ago with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, so I have become used to the symptoms of this. My TSH levels have been really good for quite sometime now. But I have started having a number of other symptoms, I have had all of these symptoms at various other times over the past 3 years, but they would come and go and usually would only last for a few days to a week, very seldom ever lasting longer than that. I currently take Levoxyl for the Hypothyroidism, Lipitor for high cholesterol, and Nexium for heartburn.

Here are the symptoms that I am experiencing most of them on a daily basis, and these have been getting worse over a period of about 1½ months. My eyes jerk involuntarily, I have some occasional eye pain, and my eyes are usually dry. I have been having muscle weakness, muscle stiffness, muscle pain, and muscle twitches. I have moderate joint pain and stiffness. Sometimes my body jerks involuntarily usually at night. I sometimes have numbness in my arms and fingers. I seem to itch all over my body. My coordination has gotten worse I can’t hold my arm out to the side and touch my nose, I will usually end up touching my lip or chin, this seems to be a little worse with my right hand, which confuses me a little since I am right handed. I walk a little funny now, I have to keep my feet farther apart than normal to try and keep my balance, and my right foot seems to drag every once in a while, I also bump into things while walking. My hands shake when I am trying to do something, my writing has gotten terrible, sometimes it seems I have forgotten how to spell properly(thank goodness for spell checkers), I miss things that I reach for, I drop things more frequently, and my grip has gotten weaker. I have a hard time keeping my balance, and I can’t close my eyes and bow my head while standing without swaying. I get dizzy and light headed. Sometimes my speech is jumbled, and I sometimes don’t comprehend what is said to me, so far this does not happen too often. I am very forgetful, and it I have frequent trouble concentrating, or thinking. I get weird sensations sometimes it feels like a mild electric shock. I have some abdominal pain with minor bloating, and alternating constipation and diarrhea. I have started having more problems with nausea. I have started having some bladder control problems with approximately 12 “accidents” the past two days, I have also had two episodes of bowel control problems. If I don’t take the Nexium I get heartburn daily, but so far the Nexium is controlling that. I have frequent spells of getting slightly choked or strangled when swallowing. I seem to be sensitive to heat and cold, but my body feels cold most of the time. My hands turn pale and throb when they get cold. My palms have a reddish tint to them. I have a faint pink color that has come up on my cheeks and across my nose. I get frequent headaches, I stay tired no matter how much I rest. Over the past week my blood pressure has been higher than normal. I stay thirsty and my mouth usually seems dry. I have been having daily recurrent chest pain on my upper left side that seems to radiate down my arm sometimes. My menstrual cycle has changed or gotten irregular going from 3 to 6 weeks in between, I have currently been on my period for 10 days, normal for me has been being around 4 days.

I went to my general practitioner Monday, for some routine blood work and a follow up on the Nexium and Lipitor. I told him about some of these symptoms or at least the ones I thought of at the time. While I was there for my checkup, he checked my blood pressure and at the time it was 138/104, before that normal for me was around 110-115/60-70. He ordered a stress test which was done Wednesday. During my stress test they wanted my heart rate to get to 178, and I managed to get to that point, before the test started my blood pressure was 127/66, which I assumed was normal. At the end of the test my chest had started hurting mildly, I was somewhat short of breath, dizzy and light headed and my blood pressure was 166/28. The cardiologist said the EKG was normal, but that in a female that didn’t necessarily mean anything, that he wanted to do another test. So I now have a Persantine Nuclear Scan scheduled for next week. I have a gynecologist appointment next week, an upper GI next week, and a neurologist appointment scheduled in Jan. All of these were on the recommendation of my general practitioner.

I am sorry this was so long, but I feel like I am falling apart, my husband, my daughter and my parents are worried about me because they have noticed the changes in me, and I am beginning to get a little worried. I would greatly appreciate any advice or suggestions.

Thank you,

Kachasende

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 12-15-2005 - 2:02pm

Greetings and Welcome Kachasende,


Having Hashimoto��s Thyroiditis besides several other illnesses, I know about becoming use to symptoms.


See the doctors your GP recommended and let us know what they say.


cl-flowers

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 12-15-2005 - 11:29pm
((((((Kachasende))))))), I am so sorry all this is going on!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 12-26-2005 - 3:34pm

Kachasende what did you find out?


cl-flowers

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Registered: 12-15-2005
Mon, 12-26-2005 - 8:39pm

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.

Sorry I have not been back for a while. The doctors and tests have kept me fairly busy. My nuclear heart scan showed that blood flow to my heart muscle was adequate. My upper GI showed a hiatal hernia and I am not sure if anything else showed up, I have got to follow up with my GP, when he gets the results back from the heart tests and the upper GI. I go at the end of the week for a mammogram and a pelvic ultrasound because during my annual exam my gyn found a great deal of cysts in my breasts and she wants to be sure they they are all fibroids, and she found a mass in my uterus. My blood sugar was normal. My sodium was high and my bun was low in my blood work. I am still having chest pain, problems with coordination, joint pain, muscle pain and twitches etc. Here lately I am in pain every day, and I still have a few more dr. visits and tests before I know what is going on.

Everyone take care,
Kachasende

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Registered: 03-13-2001
Wed, 12-28-2005 - 12:18am
((((HUGS)))), I am so sorry to hear that you are still in so much pain, but so very glad that you are getting results and will find out soon what the heck is going on!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 12-28-2005 - 12:17pm

Kachasende,


Have a wonderful blessed and safe end to 2005 with a great and peaceful beginning for 2006.


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