Mysterious Medical Issue
Jul. 24th, 2022 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unspeakablehorrorMedical testing has confirmed a definite problem, though details are sparse at the moment. I'm hoping I'll get more information with further testing. Am hoping the issue is from one of the less serious maladies that present with these symptoms than one of the more serious ones. There always seem to be such a staggering array of different possible causes for a given set of symptoms. Still, I find Dr. Search Engine helpful for giving me some sort of handle on what the possibilities are and why my doctors may want to do this or that test.
At least I've been able to greatly reduce the pain it causes through some combination of getting more sleep, getting more nutrients (maybe it was the ground flaxseed? Or pumpkin seeds? Walnuts? Almonds? I think I may have started eating all of those more frequently before I noticed improvements), or more low-intensity exercise outdoors. Given that I could barely do common tasks at home with the pain I was having, I suspect that the first two may have been more important than the last, but since I did also increase my exercise whenever I was feeling up to it, it could be contributing to my improved well-being, so I'm going to try to keep it up as well.
I'm really glad the pain improved so much because I had to take much more ibuprofen and acetaminophen than I wanted to before and my understanding is that those can cause problems if taken on a regular long-term basis, but the pain I was having was just utterly agonizing without them. And while it hasn't 100% gone away, it's greatly reduced so it's no longer difficult for me to carry out daily tasks or even to take a walk outside. It's just such a stark difference between being almost bedridden to having occassional localized pain flareups during the day that I can mostly ignore. I don't have to take acetaminophen or ibuprofen most days at all anymore.
At least I've been able to greatly reduce the pain it causes through some combination of getting more sleep, getting more nutrients (maybe it was the ground flaxseed? Or pumpkin seeds? Walnuts? Almonds? I think I may have started eating all of those more frequently before I noticed improvements), or more low-intensity exercise outdoors. Given that I could barely do common tasks at home with the pain I was having, I suspect that the first two may have been more important than the last, but since I did also increase my exercise whenever I was feeling up to it, it could be contributing to my improved well-being, so I'm going to try to keep it up as well.
I'm really glad the pain improved so much because I had to take much more ibuprofen and acetaminophen than I wanted to before and my understanding is that those can cause problems if taken on a regular long-term basis, but the pain I was having was just utterly agonizing without them. And while it hasn't 100% gone away, it's greatly reduced so it's no longer difficult for me to carry out daily tasks or even to take a walk outside. It's just such a stark difference between being almost bedridden to having occassional localized pain flareups during the day that I can mostly ignore. I don't have to take acetaminophen or ibuprofen most days at all anymore.