So the past couple days, I have been having some really bad pain behind my belly button. I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night because of the pain, and I was worried about appendicitis, so I called the doctor early this morning, and after seeing him, he sent me to the hospital for a CT scan of my abdomen (I was feeling so weak by this point, I hadnt eaten since dinner the night before, and to top it off I had to drink a huge barium smoothie before the test, yum).
After the test, I went home and had to wait several hours for the phone call. Thank goodness, all my tests looked good, but I’m still dealing with this pain (I guess I just have to wait it out, or go in again if it gets worse). At least now I know that there are no problems with my organs in my abdomen!
It just seems like, though, that I have had so many things like this come up since I got MAV. Before my first vertigo attack 3 years ago, I was totally healthy and happy, not even a broken bone ever. Now I have thyroid disease, tendonitis in my foot, a trip to the ER from waking up with panic attacks, an unexplained pain in my left arm (tests were normal, but the pain has been there a long time), and other unexplained pains like this one today. It just seems like it never ends, and I’m only 24! Sometimes I just wonder what the heck else I am going to have to deal with in my life. My husband tries to be understanding (he came with to the hospital today), but he constantly comments that he thinks I should be studied, with all these weird things going on with me!
My vertigo has been better these past few weeks than it has been all summer (I had a horrible June and July), and I just hate that the pain I’m feeling now has to ruin that. It’s like I can never have just a week, or even a day, when I feel totally normal. Why do I have to experience all these symptoms, while my husband and friends are always healthy?
Anyone else ever feel that way?