Complications
from living with HIV and the Effects it is having on my body.
06/30/2017
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What a
week this past week!!! I ended up in the hospital ER around 1am on 6/26/2017 so
sick. I was having major abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. I had to give a
lot of blood for the many tests they were about to run. I was given Morphine,
which I had an allergic reaction too and almost gave me a heart attack. Thank
God the nurse came in just in time to see the whites of my eyes as they rolled
to the back of my head. She gave me a shot of Dilaudid so my heart
rate slowed back down. I
also had a CT scan that the ER Doctor finally came in around 6:00am to say
looked fine; I just seemed to have a little panniculitis. I was sent home with scripts to fill and no
clear answers to why I was so sick and hurting. On the way out of the hospital
the nurse had to stop so I could throw up. I spent the rest of the day throwing
up everything that went into my mouth. I ended up back in the ER so they could
hydrate me, do more blood work some of which is not in at this time because it
was blood cultures.
At
4:15am 06/27/2017 I was transported to the main hospital from the HealthPlex
where I was to be observed until I saw another Doctor. The new Doctor came in
around 7am softly touched my stomach and said there was nothing wrong with me;
however keep pumping him full of fluid and antibiotics and oh yeah go ahead and
admit him for observation for a few days. I got really sick and started throwing
up again after the Doctor left. At this point I was so frustrated and I asked
the nurse for medicine to keep me from vomiting. The nurse was rude, we fought
and I left the hospital after putting her in her place and forcing her to
remove the IV. So I left the hospital around
8:30am had my Mom taking me to the pharmacy to fill meds and came home
to take care of myself. By the time my husband got home from work at 6pm I was
already feeling better. I actually had slept most of the day because I had not
slept in over 48 hours.
My PCP
was concerned with the CT scan that was taken at the hospital the first night
so I went in to see her on 06/29/2017. Before I went in I made sure to look
over the CT results so I knew what to expect. My PCP did blood work and
contacted me later that day to tell me I had to come back in today 06/30/2017 for more blood work. Thank God the
Kidney/Liver Scare from the day before was gone and all the blood work was back
to normal.
So let
me go back and talk for a moment about my visit with my PCP. Yes, I was
prepared and I had prepared my Mom who went with me of what she was going to
discuss with me. Of course I was right and we had an open honest discussion and
put a game plan into place. This is really hard to talk about right now until I
get my next CT scan in the middle of July, but I feel I need to share because
it is part of my journey living with HIV and what it does to the body.
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| I May Have HIV - HIV will NEVER Have ME!!! |
I will preference
the CT results with this; currently my CD4 Count is 2460, my CD4% is 55% and I
am undetectable. The results from the CT scan, that NO DOCTOR and I saw THREE
different ones while in the hospital, would tell me was that it showed up that
I more than likely have lymphoma. I already knew something was wrong because I
have been so sick lately and so drained. At this time we are NOT going to focus
on the pocket of liquid on the right side of my esophagus because it is more
than likely a metastasized
nodule from the lymphoma. We are going
to do another CT scan in July like I said to hopefully RULE OUT or CONFIRM I
actually have lymphoma.
At this time I just want everyone to know that I
fully trust God with my life, my health and my happiness. I will NOT let SATAN
take my joy over something like lymphoma. I serve a BIG GOD who is in the HEALING
business and I fully TRUST HIM.
So that
was my eventful week. Now let’s just praise the LORD that my liver and kidneys
are great. I pray that each of you have a wonderful 4th of July.
Always
REMEMBER – GOD LOVES YOU just as HE CREATED YOU – SO CELEBRATE your FREEDOM
through JESUS to be the BEST YOU EVER!!!
Blessings
and Peace,
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