Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[fuzzi]

Home from dr and getting prescriptions and a couple of errands. Eating some lunch and going to the pasture..

Well, got a sinus infection, and some fluid on right ear... which I had already figured out... Some bronchitis and possible fluid in the lungs, sent me for an x-ray and she asked if I had ever had asthma... NOPE.... said my laying down and feeling like I couldn't breathe was typical of fluid in the lungs, but with the raspy noise from the bronchitis it was hard to be sure... hence the x-ray.
So I am on doxycycline again, and prednisone for 5 days.... if I don't feel some better by friday to call... if not feeling BETTER by Monday to call...
BUT
Turns out I tested positive to Alpha-gal... the tick disease that makes you allergic to red meat....AND.... other mammalian products like MILK, yogurt, etc.....
SO.... instead of calling me, the relied on my using that "my chart" crap online, that I have been locked out of twice...
AND... it can cause OTHER problems... like body aches, allergy type symptoms, suppressed immune system...

SO... real possible reason for the backache since shortly after I found the rash in June, that the back started to hurt.... constant aches.... the "not feeling good" but not really sick..... the worn out stuff... and then getting sick and not getting over it...

As of today, I am cutting out red meat for at least a month... that means beef, lamb, pork, venison on the list...
to see if the back ache improves at all.... FOR STARTERS.....

I don't know how to cut out milk that is like the staff of life to me.... I am NOT drinking all the fake milk products... plus butter, yogurt, cottage cheese all those things that are milk based...
There is no guarantee that they all will cause it to kick in... has to do with a sugar molecule in the tick saliva that is in most mammals but not humans........It makes you have an allergic reaction, and people who have had multiple tick bites over time are more susceptible... Chaching.....

Not everyone has the same reactions to the same things...

BUT, the shortness of breath, wheezing , the rash on my ankle, itchiness on my back, diarrhea, joint pain and other unexplained consistent pain; you can blame it on "getting old" but it just didn't set right with me... all are making sense now... I am constantly out of breath for no reason and get tired doing normal stuff I always did...

This coincides with all the "not feeling right" since I got bit by that tick, with the VERY OBVIOUS bullseye rash I had....

SUCKS , that's all I can say....

Start by cutting out as much as I can... especially the red meat as that was giving me diarrhea there early on....but not now.... cut way back, cut out as much dairy as I can deal with and see if there are obvious reactions at the times I do eat any of it....

Cleveland Clinic has a good website on the different things...

So I will try to get over this sinus stuff, and it could be partly why I was able to keep going since I had gone on the doxy for several weeks to offset the possibilities of the tick bite causing the tularemia that I thought I may have contracted...

Sadly, it all makes sense now...

I am glad someone finally did their jobs. Contacting you by MyChart is lazy. Our director used to strongly correct the residents for sloppy stuff like that, not following up with a call.

Not happy to hear the diagnosis, BUT glad they're finally addressing your issues.

PS: the is for them finally doing something.

 

[Mini Horses]

And Dr didn't want to listen!! . IMO that test result needed a phone call and apptmt to discuss it. I'd lace into that Dr for negligence. Just not right!!

Well, I'm thrilled you got meds & some attention to all of it. Isn't there treatment to lessen the effects of the tick crap?????

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Glad you got some answers! (and meds!)

 

[farmerjan]

And Dr didn't want to listen!! . IMO that test result needed a phone call and apptmt to discuss it. I'd lace into that Dr for negligence. Just not right!!

Well, I'm thrilled you got meds & some attention to all of it. Isn't there treatment to lessen the effects of the tick crap?????

There's some new stuff, but it is mostly to counter a severe reaction if exposed to it... nothing that is suggested as a regular treatment; antihistamines or epi-pen or epinephrine nasal spray if a reaction... Nothing to take to counter the symptoms ahead of time... avoidance... and trying some things a little bit at a time, to see if they trigger reactions...
Agree that it needed a phone call.....

 

[Ridgetop]

All this time tryng to deal with the symptoms and the doctor did not even call with the positive test results! Are they going to be able to do anything for you at this point?

 

[SageHill]

urns out I tested positive to Alpha-gal... the tick disease that makes you allergic to red meat....AND.... other mammalian products like MILK, yogurt, etc.....

You said this and knew it ages ago and told them so and they didn't listen don't know if it would've changed things but

 

[Mini Horses]

What's the current suggestion for snow in your area this coming weekend ???

Mine is bad. how dare this!

 

[murphysranch]

I think many of our medical staff are over worked and are bound by a money protocol , only for profit (even for a non profit) and could care less about their patients. Just ask me how I know for hubs dementia.

 

[fuzzi]

I think many of our medical staff are over worked and are bound by a money protocol , only for profit (even for a non profit) and could care less about their patients. Just ask me how I know for hubs dementia.

Yep. And I worked for a hospital.

 

[drstratton]

So glad you're finally getting some answers. I consider them not calling you malpractice. No excuse.

I'm sorry there isn't anything to help you get rid of it. Hopefully they are studying it and find something to counter it.

I hope your sinus infection starts to clear up quickly.