I haven’t posted on a regular basis due to my several admissions via the ER for debilitating pain and unregulated high blood pressure. My whole body is in pain all the time, but my left side seems to be exacerbated a little more than the rest. From the extreme joint pain to the burning painful sensations in my left arm. And as of last night, my right arm is starting to have the same burning pain as well. I’ve spoken to my doctors about it and they look at me like I am crazy. One doctor went as far as ordering an xray and a vascular ultrasound of my left arm. He stated that the results came back normal. Now all those who battle incurable chronic diseases know that there is nothing normal about us. Also, I still haven’t received an answer about what is causing the pain in my left side, front to back, under the rib cage. My husband and I feel painful nodules in those areas.

I have totally lost faith in the medical community in reference to my care. I go to them for answers and don’t recieved any. The first thing they do is put pain meds in my i.v. So, now I have reached out to the Sarcoidosis clinic in Philadelphia and a group called “The Grand Rounds”, which is a group of doctors from across America for answers. I provided them with access to all of my medical records which included all films. Both have concluded that my medical care here in my state of Delaware has been inconsistent. Testing that should have been done, wasn’t. And the fact that my physician’s were not communicating with each other, my treatments were not cohesive.

So, as you now know, not only were my doctor’s not listening to me, but they were not really treating me as an unique individual that is very sick.

I have been battling my illness’s for almost 19 years and my health has seriously declined in the last two years. I rely on 24hr oxygen support and the use of a walker to get around. I’ve congestive heart failure twice and a series of ischemic stroke’s and a lacunar stroke. I have been diagnosed with steroid induced type 2 diabetes on top of Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid arthritis, Chronic Sarcoidosis, Periphial Neuropathy, anemia and Cushing’s. That’s a lot huh?
I am a person battling several auto immune, debilitating chronic diseases. I am fighting for my life. I am a Warrior.