ed from the mitral valve prolapse yahoo group has posted this link for a video on mvp ... it's actually very informative and gives a good explanation on this condition -
totally unrelated to the video - i've been doing okay right now ... the pain on my neck is gone and i sure hope it won't go back - ever ... i had an appointment with a breast surgeon who asked me to have another sonogram ... i've yet to get the results but the surgeon did say that he thinks it's benign ...
keeping my fingers crossed - as always ...
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Sunday, December 10, 2006
back to square one
i'm feeling under the weather yet again ... for almost 3 weeks now ... it all started with some swollen lymph nodes on the left side of my neck ... it triggered on-and-off shooting pains ... the pains don't last long ... but they were painful enough to make me stop and wince every time ....
i decided to go back to my endocrinologist ... i was subjected to several blood tests - to check for any infection and to check my tsh levels as well ... it was funny because i first complained about painful and swollen lymph nodes as early as september - to two different doctors ... i was never told to have any blood test ... i felt a sigh of relief when everything came back normal ... my endocrinologist told me that it might just be a viral infection ... so i have to sort of, ride it out since there's really no medicine for it ... but he also decided to give me some anti-inflammatory drugs ...
and then early last week, my chest pains came back .... and i have a mass somewhere in my chest ... not knowing what kind of doctor to see, i decided to go to a general practitioner last friday ... i was looking for some medical explanation and maybe, some ounce of comfort ... but what i got instead was a lecture - on my inability to speak great Chinese .... i was scolded in Chinese ... but i understood ... i was told that this country is not US and it's not the Philippines ... that when he goes to the Philippines, he's kinda expected to learn the language ... i told him - "no, because in the Philippines, we can speak english" ...
but i'm digressing ...
the "lecturer" made me take an EKG ... everything normal ... i showed him the mass ... i was referred to a surgeon ... when i walked out of the GP's office, i vowed never to consult that him again ...
and so, the search for an answer continues with a surgeon appointment tomorrow ...
until yesterday, i was borderding on hopelessness, depression, frustration and anger ... this is one heck of a roller-coaster ride - and i'm definitely not enjoying it ... but earlier today, while walking around the park, i decided to gain a new perspective ... and thankfully, i did ... it was more of acceptance ... i'll do my best to find out if there's anything wrong ... if i really can't, then that's that.
i decided to go back to my endocrinologist ... i was subjected to several blood tests - to check for any infection and to check my tsh levels as well ... it was funny because i first complained about painful and swollen lymph nodes as early as september - to two different doctors ... i was never told to have any blood test ... i felt a sigh of relief when everything came back normal ... my endocrinologist told me that it might just be a viral infection ... so i have to sort of, ride it out since there's really no medicine for it ... but he also decided to give me some anti-inflammatory drugs ...
and then early last week, my chest pains came back .... and i have a mass somewhere in my chest ... not knowing what kind of doctor to see, i decided to go to a general practitioner last friday ... i was looking for some medical explanation and maybe, some ounce of comfort ... but what i got instead was a lecture - on my inability to speak great Chinese .... i was scolded in Chinese ... but i understood ... i was told that this country is not US and it's not the Philippines ... that when he goes to the Philippines, he's kinda expected to learn the language ... i told him - "no, because in the Philippines, we can speak english" ...
but i'm digressing ...
the "lecturer" made me take an EKG ... everything normal ... i showed him the mass ... i was referred to a surgeon ... when i walked out of the GP's office, i vowed never to consult that him again ...
and so, the search for an answer continues with a surgeon appointment tomorrow ...
until yesterday, i was borderding on hopelessness, depression, frustration and anger ... this is one heck of a roller-coaster ride - and i'm definitely not enjoying it ... but earlier today, while walking around the park, i decided to gain a new perspective ... and thankfully, i did ... it was more of acceptance ... i'll do my best to find out if there's anything wrong ... if i really can't, then that's that.
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