Comments on: Paging Dr. House

By: Dysautonomia? Part 1 — ChronicHealing.com

Dysautonomia? Part 1 — ChronicHealing.com — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:44:46 +0000

[...] So, let me start at the beginning. About six weeks ago, a troublesome set of symptoms began to emerge for me. The one that grabbed my attention the most was that I suddenly felt faint, to some degree, all day every day… with numerous near-misses throughout each day. Literally, one day this just became a huge problem. It was quite sudden. I blogged about how I was feeling near the beginning of these symptoms starting up here: Fun For Healing UPDATED. I also referenced it here: Paging Dr. House. [...]

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:35:45 +0000

Melissa,

I got a new server today… I swear I already replied to this comment before the switchover but maybe I’m remembering wrong. So, if you’re getting a duplicate reply, that’s why.

You’re right about the getting shuttled from doctor to doctor alright! Yes, I referenced House because of the whole ‘team approach to solve a medical mystery’ thing. I wasn’t referring to a specific episode.

Jeanne

By: Melissa Ralston

Melissa Ralston — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:25:02 +0000

I think that the point you were trying to make Jeanne, and correct me if I’m wrong here, wasn’t about the episode itself, but the fact that House has a team of doctors and they don’t stop until they have the answers as to what is wrong. This is a dream that many of us have since we’re often shuttled between doctors when dealing with multiple chronic illnesses and sometimes having no real answers in sight.

Take care,
M
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By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:11:35 +0000

Julie,

Thank you. I am resting a lot and looking forward to my doctor’s vacation to be over so I can get things straightened out as soon as possible.

Take care,

Jeanne
xo

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:55:10 +0000

Jeanne

Sorry to hear you are not feeling well..
Take care and get plenty of rest.

Julie xx

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:13:22 +0000

Alicia,

No need to apologize! I was very happy to see you take a break. You needed it!

Yes, me too. Between the alarmingly drastic fluctuation in blood pressure, the weird pulse rate, feeling faint, extreme fatigue (understatement!) and other symptoms… it has been interesting the last few weeks. Hopefully things will get straightened out soon. I have to admit I’m getting tired of feeling faint every day. Being afraid to drive is not helpful when I have so many places I need to be.

Jeanne

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:30:50 +0000

NeonRose,

Didn’t see that episode.

Jeanne

By: Yaya

Yaya — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:13:16 +0000

Sorry I’m just seeing this post now. I took a sorta bloggy break this past week.

I really hope they figure out what’s going on with you and that they are able to regulate your blood pressure.
.-= Yaya´s last blog ..Friday Fragments/Focus Friday =-.

By: NeonRose

NeonRose — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:34:48 +0000

Too bad Dr House screwed up the Diagnosis and the treatment of the one case of Endometriosis he had..

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:32:31 +0000

p1nkg0dess,

Thanks for the kind thoughts! I haven’t been online at all until about 5 minutes ago and it’s almost 2:30 pm. (This is very unusual for me). I just hopped on the computer for a really quick check and your comment happened to pop in right then. I truly have been resting a ton. Yeah, answers from doctors within an hour for the “medical mysteries” would be pretty amazing, huh? My primary care physician is on vacation and I’m just playing the waiting game until she gets back. (My medical history is very complicated and seeing one of her partners while she’s gone probably wouldn’t accomplish much other than frustrate me, cost me another copay, and cost me gas money to get to her office 45 minutes away). So, I’m just trying to avoid the emergency room her office tried sending me to Tuesday. So far so good.

Jeanne