Originally Posted by
CathyA
I've had fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis for a long time, but things began to deteriorate in November. I had tons more pain everywhere. Then I got several upper respiratory infections, then a supposed UTI treated with Keflex. But I keep feeling worse and worse. I haven't seen my Internal Medicine doc since February because he always blames everything on the Fibro and wants me on another SSRI. Yes, my main labs are normal, but we aren't all the same, right? And there are conditions that require a little more investigation.
Anyhow......I just feel sick a lot. Then a couple weeks ago I started having irregular heartbeats. I've always had them intermittently and my heart tests always checked out okay. I think I don't absorb the magnesium I take, but the E.R. and the doc weren't interested in giving me I.V. magnesium. I went to the E.R. several weeks ago for having so many irregular beats. They were so busy I was in a bed in the hallway and wasn't even on a monitor. But they did do an EKG and my Troponin was normal (It's up when you've had a heart attack). Last week I followed up with a cardiologist (who's supposedly very good). I was on a holter monitor for 2 days and am awaiting the results. But they couldn't get me in to have a stress echo for 3 weeks.
Anyone else have benign irregular heartbeats? They sure signal the body to worry about them. Some people have lots of them and don't feel a single one. I, unfortunately, feel every single one. It thumps me in the chest and takes my breath away. I think it has something to do with my esophagus/stomach..........but each specialist seems to know NOTHING beyond their specialty.
I think medicine is in a sorry state of affairs. And where's there ever any compassion?? Are all the docs just too busy now?
Sometimes I try to resign myself that I might drop dead, and try to be okay with that. I've been to several specialists now and feel like they really weren't very comprehensive.
Is it because I'm old? I know that anxiety and depression can do weird things to you, but I've never felt sick to my stomach and weak because of it. Maybe it's just taken on a different face?
Sorry for the whining...........but I feel like I'm falling through the cracks big time.