NOT a brain tumor?

[alexmegami]

No, of course it's not a brain tumor. :P

So now she's doing blood tests (...couldn't she have done these before?) for H. pylori, liver enzymes, and something else that I don't recall. She's got me on Prevacid, which is totally useless for the morning vomiting but I guess which she is hoping will eventually calm down my stomach enough to affect my mornings as well?

No more Gravol (which actually seemed to help some), back to vomiting. But we'll see if it works. "If it doesn't work after two weeks, stop taking the Prevacid. We'll see you in a month and call if the blood tests turn up anything."

So yeah. :P Could be an ulcer, I guess (weekday ulcer?). We'll see how the Prevacid goes, I guess.

Comments

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you'd think she could have done the blood tests before.

There could be some relationship with the stress of getting up in the morning and commuting, even though you like your job. Please don't think I'm trying to trivialize the problem by suggesting that, because I'm not. It's just as real and just as miserable to deal with either way. I just wonder because I have a friend with stomach pain/vomiting issues who is helped somewhat by Valium, and I have had stomach problems in the past that I realized years later were probably a form of panic attack.

I hope you guys figure out the problem and solve it, whatever it is.

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

I should note that having to get up too early was also a factor with the stomach panic attacks I had. I was getting up super early for that summer camp we went to at the ROM (this was in 1995, I don't think you went that year), and at the same time I was starting to sleep with a night light instead of a dim lamp (I was afraid of the dark until a really late age, obviously). The combination was more than I could really handle. I tried medicine that didn't help a whole lot, but once I finished the ROM camp and went to the cottage I was fine.

[trenog.livejournal.com]

I would agree that your body is probably reacting in some way to the job schedule you got, regardless of how you feel about the job. I can't recall though, has this been a problem ever since you started work or did you start to vomit just before or after your first day?

[alexmegami]

It started about a month in to working, so there's no immediate correlation to point at.

[trenog.livejournal.com]

Such a confusing thing this problem. Whatever it may be I hope that the doctors can at least pin it down so that it could be treated in some way.

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[dysan27.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it's not a brain tumor, though I'm glad that the doctor crossed it off first, even though it might have scared you, because brain tumors are not to be messed around with. If there is a possibility that it could be one you need to find out NOW, cause because other wise there might not be a later.

Trust me on this one.

[alexmegami]

Yeah, I don't blame her for checking it out, but given that the blood tests she had me do didn't require fasting, it would have made more sense to do it all on the same day. Then she might have had all the results ready to look over rather than needing to bring me back in a third time...

[sae.livejournal.com]

Well, at least it's NOT a brain tumor! That's fantastic news (even though not knowing and more blood tests and still being sickly = not... at least your head doesn't need to be cut open!).

I'm crossing my fingers for you. Hopefully something turns up and it can be fixed :(

[alexmegami]

Yeah, I hope so. :) We'll see how the meds go, I guess.

[shugahkitty.livejournal.com]

whoah!! i am glad to hear its not the tumor thing!!!

i remember any waking up early caused you to be really sick?? plus the stress of not following your own sched and having the stress of work?

but doctors are evil for the testing and dragging things out etc

i hope you are okay!!
*hug*

[alexmegami]

Yeah, I was thinking back, and the last time it was this consistent was definitely our trip...! Early mornings make me sick, that's just got to be it! :P

*hug*

[uggoisme.livejournal.com]

Hey Chica:

I'm sorry that you're going through so much health yuckiness lately and I hope you get a chance to relax and de-stress!! Glad you're getting it all checked out by professionals and specialist. Hopefully it's not psychosomatic!

Get well!

[alexmegami]

Thank you! <3 Yeah, I'm wondering if it's not psychosomatic myself (ugh), if I was "actually" sick for the first week and then I just expected to be sick so it became a self-fulfilling prophecy... :/