today is so awesome

[sprinklethief]

i wonder what else can go wrong today. so far i got a call from the rheumatologists office saying they need more fluids from me because i have blood, protein and bacteria in my pee and my liver panel came back abnormal (again) so they want to retest to check for some kind of renal something or other and hep (again).

my tit is somehow infected. i get to go get poked to find out what the hell happened there.

i broke out in polkadots, which helps to support the sarcoidosis theory :P

i have some weird rash across my face that keeps coming and going (almost looks like sunburn from cheek to cheek)

my arm has a mind of its own now. it's been randomly bending then flying out to my side like i'm pretending to be a chicken. i threw a bag of butterfinger chocolate easter eggs at a customer the other night. it was actually pretty funny. i also threw a jug of milk in the cooler. i told them i dropped it.

apparently i'm having seizures in my sleep according to wyl (i'm asleep so i don't know).

and of course every joint in my body is screaming for mercy if i so much as breathe.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH ME AND WHY CAN'T ANYONE FIGURE IT OUT?!?!?

Comments

[joybeans.livejournal.com]

I have alien hand/arm too! I throw shit all the time.

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

i'm starting to find it amusing, except when driving or brushing my teeth

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

Dude, I have NO idea wtf is wrong with you, other than that thing with the arm sounds kinda like what I have. What medication are you taking now, and have you ever been on anti-psychotics or phenergan for a long time?

That weird rash, is it like this?

http://images.google.com/images?q=butterfly+rash&hl=en&client=opera&rls=en&hs=g82&um=1&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title

Could be anything from lupus, a drug reaction, or a weird kind of acne. Most often the weird acne, so don't freak. I've had it before, they give you tetracycline or something for the skin and it goes away.

It's also possibly seborrheic dermatitis, which can be caused by stress. One time after being stressed for days I had the shit get on my ears, they got batshit flaky and red and swollen and ITCHED. It was so bad that anything touching it was like being in hell, so I shaved my head.

If you want to do the hypochondriac thing and freak yourself out (one of my hobbies), here's a list of what it could be:

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/butterfly_rash.htm

You said sarcoidosis? I just read that the rash is associated with that, and inflammation, which can cause a high sed rate.

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/symptoms/butterfly_rash/common.htm

Of course, I'm obviously no doctor. If I were you I'd do some research and remember the weirder the disease, the less likely it is if you have it: if you hear hoofbeats, it's more likely to be a horse than a zebra.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrocyte_sedimentation_rate From your post after this one, an explanation of sed rate.

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

that does kinda look like the rash, just not nearly as severe as most of those.

i thought of your shoulder thing when the arm started going nuts. i've been on and off antipsychotics most of my life but i never could stick with them cuz of the sedation factor.

i could certainly see stress playing a factor too.

i love when you respond, you give me so many helpful things to read :)

[couchemal.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Yeah, they always go worst case scenario on pictures of something. Like OMG HERE IS THE WORST PICTURE OF IT EVARRRRR. Meanwhile you're like, okay, what would a mild case of it look like? NO ONE KNOWS.

[daliah.livejournal.com]

your infected boob thing got me thinking about some crazy kind of breast cancer thing i heard about on tv...its characterized by an infection on the outside of the breast..usually near the nipple or some sort...get it checked out, it sounded scary...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammatory_breast_cancer

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

yikes!!!

well so far they gave me some antibiotics and it seems to be taming down a bit. hopefully it stays that way.

[matafleur.livejournal.com]

re: the arm thing

it sounds like you got some misfires between neurons - I was having some issues with my nervous sytem and it caused that strange nearly constant twitch on my right side.

what does your joint pain feel like?

[paroxysm-cycle.livejournal.com]

i think my arm is possessed really.

the joint pain is kind of a burning feeling in the joints, thought sometimes it's kind of a sting.

[matafleur.livejournal.com]

burning is definitely a nerve issue

[matafleur.livejournal.com]

Well, I should say the burning sensation is defintely one of the things signifying nerve issues - not that it is most definitely a nerve issue. *sigh*

see if this helps

[matafleur.livejournal.com]