(nzc) Greetings FBO, ...and It's GOOD to be ALIVE!!!! (pssss VILMA)

[PajLvr@xxxxxxx]

As some of you know, I've been having some  health problems for well over a 
yr. now. It all started with a simple back  ache!

However it never went away, and eventually the pain moved  around to all 
parts of my body. I also lost about 25 lbs.  At times I was  bed fast and at 
times 
almost delirious. When my hands and legs began swelling  and my temperature 
rose, and I could not walk on my own, my husband loaded me up  and rushed me to 
ER.  The problem was found immediately. However I told  them what to check 
for. (that's explained later on)

After MANY Drs,  and MANY WRONG Diagnosis, a simple urine test determined it 
was a raging kidney  infection. (not to mention the $ spent, but I would have 
paid anything to just  feel better!)

I HAVE insurance and those Drs. told me it was anything  from stress to 
carpel tunnel, to it was all in my head!!!  In fact the last  Dr. told me it 
was 
depression. When I relayed this info. to my husband, he said  if I were to 
appear before his treatment team. They would definitely say I was  NOT 
depressed. 
Stressed and FRUSTRATED YES, but NOT depressed. So watch out for  those types 
of diagnosis!!!!!! They are VERY POPULAR amongst  Drs.


Moral of the story....sometimes a back ache is just a back ache.  Sometimes 
it can kill you, and the pain does NOT have to be from the affected  area of 
the body, as I found out the hard way!!!

Some of you will wonder,  why I did not know this was the problem. Well I can 
tell you this much. It never  hurt to urinate, and it was only recently that 
the pain in the lower back and  front abdomen began. The entire time, the pain 
was in the MIDDLE of my back and  in my CHEST. This I suspect,  is also why 
the Drs. NEVER could figure it  out. Who would have thought to check my kidneys?

Actually, out of  frustration, my husband got ahold of my mother and she is 
the one who said it  was a kidney infection, that as a very young child I 
suffered from them  frequently and had some sort of operation. She assumed the 
problem had returned,  because the Drs told her back then, that it COULD later 
in 
life. I was NOT aware  of any of this. SO GET YOUR  MEDICAL HISTORY if you 
don't know  it!!!!

The GOOD thing to come from all of this? I have been tested FOR  EVERYTHING 
and EVERY part of my body has been tested. I've had MRI's, EKG's, CT  Scans, 
Ultrasounds, Stress Test, XRays of my spine, my liver, pancreas, gall  bladder, 
digestive system have all been tested, mammogram, tons of various blood  tests 
etc..you name it, I've had it and basically I AM FINE..wahooo. Other than  
waiting on this last test ...which is because the infection went untreated so  
long, they are making sure everything is working properly. I pray that it  is.

Luckily AND THANK GOODNESS,  I quit drinking about 4-5 yrs. ago,  as I 
decided my body had probably had enough and it was just time to quit.   I drank 
heavily at times, and as many of you WILL REMEMBER...my first few yrs.  on FBO 
were usually in a drunken stupor.

SO there you have it. This is  why I've NOT been around much for the last yr 
and really the last 8-9 months.  Thru all this tho, I still worked, ran my 
home and took care of my pets,  fostered some newborns(kittens) for a week and 
still went out and tried to have  fun. WOMEN ARE A VERY STONG SPECIES! ;-)

Don't let that back ache  go!
Zeppelin FOREVER!
Von  
P.S. VILMA, I've tried to email you to let you know I'm ALIVE, but it keeps  
bouncing!!



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