Restless13
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Not sure where to start. My name is Jenn. Still in the process in trying to find out what all is wrong with me. A few years ago I had a stroke.....which for whatever reason triggered a couple autoimmune responses. Pernicious anemia and Hashimotos Thyroiditis. Before all of that I worked 12-16 hours a day to keep me and my kids afloat. I went from being able to sleep 6 to 7 hours...sometimes less a night to sleeping insanely long hours and feeling like utter crap. My back had been hurting off and on for years, neck and shoulders, to trying to make it through out the day without crying because of pain. My legs burn, tingle, almost feel like they are on fire something fierce to the point I can't stand for anything to touch them. They feel weak and sometimes give out on me. And at times my whole body feels like that. Like my skin is just on fire. My joints hurt and throb....I can't always think straight....mix up my words...loose all train of thought....not sure if that is from the stroke or if its from something else.....Sometimes I get lost driving...or even forget how to do simple text...its like I know.....but its not there to grasp. On the rare occasions I have a good day....I find that I tend to do too much and pay for it for almost a week after. It depresses me because i can barely remember what it is like to live a week with peace...no pain... I have been to numerous doctors that just look at me like I am crazy...or just toss their hands up and say they don't know.....What do I do....where do I turn? I have had all sorts of test over the past 4 years and that is how the pernicious anemia came up and the Hashimotos did....Do I need to just ask my primary doctor to send me to a Rheumatoid doctor next? In hopes I could possibly get some answers to my misery?
Any help would be great. So glad I found this place. Btw, I am a 35 yr old woman.
Any help would be great. So glad I found this place. Btw, I am a 35 yr old woman.