The latest

     Lot's of you are coming to look at this to see the update of the past few months of my life. Well, I'm not sure if I will continue to write in this blog but for now, it's a place where hopefully all your questions will be answered.
     As some of you may know, my upper abdomen has been having unexplained pains since the end of December. I have been to doctors and they have run tests and there are no answers. They continue to put me on new medication hoping that it will have an affect, but they haven't done anything so far. Yesterday I went to my doctor who has been treating me for about a month and he again started me on some new medication (a stronger version of what I had been on for the past 3 weeks).
     I'm not sure if the stress of hearing there was again no answers for me, on top of the new medication, and also having my stomach hurt, but I started to have an anxiety attack. It got so bad my parents called the paramedics. Ha, 3 cop cars and a fire engine later, I found myself lying on the floor in my parents room trying to compose my breathing. I got it under control and the tingling sensation in my arms and legs went away. Once everyone cleared the room, things went back to normal. I always wanted to ride in an ambulance but I guess that it just wasn't meant to be. Better luck next time ;)
     So my next plan of attack is to go see a pain specialist. My mom was talking to a secretary at one of the schools she was at and found that this woman's daughter also has had similar stomach pains for the past 9 years. It turns out that this woman's daughter had carpal tunnel and her nerves were blocked in her hands so it sent the pain to another place in her body. Any way this woman told my mom about this pain specialist who found the nerves that were causing the problem. So I now have an appointment for Friday. I'll post on here about how it goes.
     It is very disappointing to hear over and over again that doctors have no answers. It's also very frustrating to go and have them tell me they are going to try new medications on me even though they have no idea what is wrong with me. But hopefully I'll get some answers soon. Until the next post, keep smiling :)