I got back a couple of hours ago and composed the most wonderful, Nobel prize winning response to you all, but after I clicked on 'send post' it disappeared into cyber world! It was wonderful, too! :)
First of all, thanks for all of your prayers and well wishes. They really mean a lot and they have brought me to tears. I'm sure my BP was way up from being stressed by other health problems that I've been quietly dealing with and can't seem to get answers too. MAYBE (please cross your fingers!) I'll get a few answers within the next few days. I'll do my best to describe what's going on and, hopefully, it will be a lot shorter than the novella I typed earlier.
I know I haven't been such an active member of TDK in the past few months, but there was a lot of pressure at school because of low math test scores last year and I've been going home everyday and plopping on the couch with ice on my leg just so I could get through the next day. My leg has been hurting for quite some time (I'll never admit to just how long). I finally reached my limit (and my mother will attest to how high my pain tolerance is) and scheduled a doctor's appt. After a month and a half, MANY doctors and tests that I feel had nothing to do with my painful lower leg, and well over $1000.00 out of my pocket (thank God I've padded my savings lately!) I woke up this morning in, basically, the same scenario I was in a month and a half ago. I even had to cancel the original doctor's appt. I had this morning (he--sports med. doctor--was running 2 hrs. late by 10:40????) so that I wouldn't miss the appt. about my blood pressure. I was able to get a sonogram of my leg done today, so maybe we're on the right track.
My blood pressure was up last month when I saw the doctor for an eye infection. She told me to just keep an eye on it. Well, I was grocery shopping on Sunday and I just felt wierd. My arms felt sort of tingly and I can't really explain it, but I KNEW my blood pressure was sky high--I could feel it. I took my blood pressure on the machine by the pharmacy and the numbers were a lot higher than what they were today. :( I didn't even expect to be coming home tonight, to be honest with you. She put me on BP meds., I went and bought a blood pressure monitor, and I have to get some bloodwork done within the next couple of days. I'll be seeing her again in a couple of weeks and we'll go from there.
On a silly note, when she came in my room (after my BP was just taken by the nurse and I had texted HM) I had my cell phone out looking at pictures of my babies and I justified having my cell phone on (there were notes everywhere to turn them off) by stating that studies show that animals can lower your BP. She asked to see my kitty pictures! :)
Again, thank you all for thinking about me. One of my, hmmmm, character flaws is putting up the 'fence' when things get tough and pretty much pretending that everything is ok even if it isn't. I just shut out everyone and hope that everything will be ok. My mother didn't even know my leg was bothering me until I finally went to the doctor. Then, she knew it must be bad.
You all will never know just how much this meant to me to come home and see all of your prayers and well wishes. Plus, Mommy :) is out of town so I couldn't vent to her!
This isn't half as good as what I wrote earlier (it really isn't) but I hope it at least conveys how much love I feel for my TDK family right now. {{{hugs}}}
