I thought I’d give a quick medical update – I hadn’t in some time, unless you count the insurance post the other day – which thankfully, has been resolved with much thanks to my awesome Dr. and a 3rd party imaging center.
Anyway – to update:
- My symptoms are becoming more acute. Liver disease/damage causes all sorts of nifty things you’d never think to attribute to liver disease/damage – things like itchy, itchy skin, lack of coordination, inability to concentrate and even the lack of ability to speak clearly (read: like stuttering or using the wrong words). It started with some coordination issues – itchy skin has been bothering me for a bit over a week and getting worse (like I am stopping every few words to scratch, it’s driving me nuts) and I think most anyone who has talked to me the last few days has picked up on my nifty speech issues. Even last night in bed, I was thinking about something and I couldn’t use the correct word – it’s like I knew what I wanted to say, but another word was coming out – like trying to say hot dog but you say sandwich – then you try to correct yourself, except you STILL say sandwich. I don’t think I have to tell you how frustrating THAT is.
- I’m especially worried about the speech/talking thing – because this is the ‘one to watch for’ when you have issues with your liver – disorientation is a big red flag – and apparently, the speech/talking thing is one of the first signs that disorientation is starting. I’m a little scared about driving to work…and I was shaking so bad yesterday afternoon, that I decided to come on home…where I relaxed and slept some, but didn’t start feeling better.
- I have some tests on Monday – which I’m looking forward to.
- People keep asking me what they have to do to get tested to see if they are a possible liver donor – I am touched, but at this point, I’m still trying to figure it all out.
- I hate that my Hepatologist can only see me every few weeks or so…I’m more of a ‘identify the problem and get it fixed’ kind of person – it is taking to long to ID the problem, in my opinion…but apparently, the Dr. I’m seeing is one of the best and honestly, seeing someone who is slow, but fantastic is better than seeing someone who is fast and mediocre – at least, that’s what I hear
Right now, my biggest concern is driving – it shouldn’t be, ya know? I worry that I’ll suddenly get all confuse and end up in Tucumcari, New Mexico or some other off the wall place before I realize what I’m doing. Wouldn’t that be fun?!
I feel like I’ve been kicked in the gut – or laughed to hard for an extended period of time. To the best of my recollection, I don’t believe either has happened.
At any rate – no good news – but then again, the news isn’t horrible – except I think the main reason why that is might be because I haven’t seen my Dr. recently – so I guess, it’s more of a ‘no news’ type thing.
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