Hi Guys,
I have logged in here and whined about how I'm tired and feel sick/lousy and have gained weight probably since fall of 2006. I used to run 5 miles a day several days a week and lift regularly and that slowly came to a stand still. About a week or two ago, I could barely climb a flight of stairs without feeling sick from exhaustion. Well, now I know why.
In 2007 I developed a rash that was very itchy on my neck and chest and a few weeks ago it was particularly flared so I started researching things. I thought it might be candida overgrowth, so I went to the doctor. They referred me to a specialist. This guy is an allergy/immunologist specialist. He ran allergy tests on me (the pin pricks on your back things)...and ironically, all I reacted to was mold and just a little...nothing major. So he had me get blood work. They tested for anything and every thing.
I went back this past tuesday, and he had the results. The first thing he said was I have an autoimmune thing going on where my body is beating up my thyroid, but thankfully, the hormones are okay for now. I also had a positive rheumatoid indicator, but not the arthritis. Then he said my vitamin D was very low, which could explain the skin issues. Normal range was something like 32 to maybe 1000 and I'm at 24.5. So now I have to take 50K of vitamin D a week for 8 weeks.
The most important thing he found was Epstein Barr. He said that it's measured in titers? (I won't do this justice I know...) he said there are four titers; the first two indicate accute infection of the virus and the last two indicate that you have had it and your body is getting it under control. Well, my test came back positive on ALL FOUR TITERS. So he said I'm sick. That's why I"ve been exhausted and feel so lousy. So, now I'm taking meds for that too. I'm hoping I'll feel better soon. I've only been on the meds for two days now, and I can't say I see a huge improvement. But, I'm trying to keep my hopes up!
I'm not happy to be sick, but I'm happy I finally know what the heck is wrong with me. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to someone telling them my symptoms and they want to toss me some antidepressants and all along I've been sick...so annoying!
So, at least now I know!
I have logged in here and whined about how I'm tired and feel sick/lousy and have gained weight probably since fall of 2006. I used to run 5 miles a day several days a week and lift regularly and that slowly came to a stand still. About a week or two ago, I could barely climb a flight of stairs without feeling sick from exhaustion. Well, now I know why.
In 2007 I developed a rash that was very itchy on my neck and chest and a few weeks ago it was particularly flared so I started researching things. I thought it might be candida overgrowth, so I went to the doctor. They referred me to a specialist. This guy is an allergy/immunologist specialist. He ran allergy tests on me (the pin pricks on your back things)...and ironically, all I reacted to was mold and just a little...nothing major. So he had me get blood work. They tested for anything and every thing.
I went back this past tuesday, and he had the results. The first thing he said was I have an autoimmune thing going on where my body is beating up my thyroid, but thankfully, the hormones are okay for now. I also had a positive rheumatoid indicator, but not the arthritis. Then he said my vitamin D was very low, which could explain the skin issues. Normal range was something like 32 to maybe 1000 and I'm at 24.5. So now I have to take 50K of vitamin D a week for 8 weeks.
The most important thing he found was Epstein Barr. He said that it's measured in titers? (I won't do this justice I know...) he said there are four titers; the first two indicate accute infection of the virus and the last two indicate that you have had it and your body is getting it under control. Well, my test came back positive on ALL FOUR TITERS. So he said I'm sick. That's why I"ve been exhausted and feel so lousy. So, now I'm taking meds for that too. I'm hoping I'll feel better soon. I've only been on the meds for two days now, and I can't say I see a huge improvement. But, I'm trying to keep my hopes up!
I'm not happy to be sick, but I'm happy I finally know what the heck is wrong with me. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to someone telling them my symptoms and they want to toss me some antidepressants and all along I've been sick...so annoying!
So, at least now I know!
