It's an eventful week...

 This week has been an adventure. My cousin who is 11 is staying with us until her mother recovers from a real severe infection in her leg. The antibiotics that she was on was not helping and did not clear it all the way. Her left leg got better but the right leg did not. 

They had to switch her antibiotics to something stronger hoping it helps but she has to be on it for a week and has to stay in the hospital. This is stressful for everyone. 

No one was really prepared for this. She has been switched to another antibiotic trying to clear the infection and they are putting creams on it to help the blisters so that it can drain and pop them. Right now her leg does look a little better but it looks like one giant blister and it looks like she got burned but she did not its just the infection. They have done 2 Ct scans and it is just waiting to be read. 

They have an advanced infection specialist coming in trying to figure out what to do next because no one is sure what to do. 

They may have to drain it and other things just not sure. 

Now my cousins brother is going to end up having to go to the hospital for his foot because it is too infected.

About me

 

A little about me, I am a college dropout due to not having $7000 to finish my courses.

 I did complete medical coding and billing certificate though but I was trying to go back and finish my BS: medical administration degree and I only have 6 courses left but due to funding I could not complete it.

 I am a mother of three and one has autism the other one we suspect has ADHD and a touch of autism but unsure yet. 

I have gastro diseases such as chronic Gerd, and suspected of having microscopic colitis, diverticulitis and a few others that we are trying to diagnose. It could be missed diagnosed somewhere down the line.  The symptoms were nausea, vomiting and diarrhea and pain on the lower left abdomen for about 3 years. It has now blossomed into something so much more that causes me pain every time I eat along with making me nauseated. I also suffer with PCOS and now throbbing pains in my legs when I am trying to rest which leads to insomnia. 

I go in and out of remission and a lot of days are harder than most. I pretty much don't have any kind of medication for it except for bentyl and Zofran. I am bouncing around from doctor to doctor trying to get treatment and relief due to being told there's nothing they can do. 

I am a blogger and affiliate marketer. I also wrote a book called The Hallow Veil in which the second book The Curse of Blackmere is in the works of being wrote and is planned ok coming out between August and September not sure yet which. 

You can buy my books here: Paperback, Ebook, Hardcover

My review blog: https://www.lovelyreviews.blog

My Affiliate Links: https://www.lovelyreviews.blog/my-affiliate-links

My spreadshirt: https://tainted-co.myspreadshop.com

My teespring: https://lovely-grizzly-merch.creator-spring.com

Pneumonia

 Pneumonia is nothing to play with. It felt as if we had covid or a cold and then it got worst and nothing helped it. We were taking over the counter cold medications to try to help alleviate the coughing, runny nose, sneezing the muscle aches, the congestion but after a while that did not help.

 It feel like it only got worse. Shortness of breath, the uncontrollable coughing whether it was wet or dry the tossing the turning the mouth pain, the head pain, the chest pains, wheezing. It is a horrible experience of loss of appetite, feeling fatigue, tossing and turning at night, cannot sleep, cannot get comfortable. You can also get nausea, vomiting and diarrhea in which it is horrible because you cannot keep nothing down. Another thing is feeling weak and weakness. 

It sometimes feels like there is an elephant or something on your chest and coughing hurts your ribs and back. You can also be hot cold hot cold or run a 3 hour long fever even if you took something for it or you can end up running a back to back fever and then it suddenly break off. 

I was using the congestion vapor rubs trying to alleviate it and then I was taking a hot shower in which it helped some but not a whole lot, it just made me more cold than anything. I was also using the vapor sticks, Flonase, and pretty much anything thing else I could to try to help and it did a little bit. I also ate some soup and drunk Gatorades and power aids to keep me hydrated. If you cannot eat, eat a little bit of crackers and drink something with electrolytes in it to help you. 

Pneumonia, is an infection where the lungs become inflamed and fluid and or pus gets into the lungs and makes it extremely difficult to breathe. It is caused by having illness going untreated such as the Flu, COVID, RSV, cytomegalovirus and fungi. If you go to the hospital, they will run CT or x-ray to look at your lungs to determine what it is and then the treatment plan if antibiotics and they can prescribe you some cough syrup that works 10x better than the OTC ones. 

MY husband and I both have Pneumonia, only difference is his is more severe because he has RA and is on Humira where mine is not as serve and do not have as many symptoms.  Humira weakens the immune system until it can level out the RA and it means that the person that is taking it can attract illnesses quickly and it can be a while for them to be able to get rid of it with out going to the doctors. 

Pneumonia is contagious for about 48 hours so that explains how I got it. 

There are three different types of Pneumonia

Bacterial: Contagious for about 48 hours after starting antibiotics and the fever is going away. No longer contagious when the fever is gone and been antibiotics for two days. 

Fungal: is not contagious

Viral: is contagious until symptoms such as fever improves. Consider contagious until you feel better and fever free for several days. 

It is best to consult your doctor if you do not feel good. It will save you in the long run and you will not have to do through this and suffer like we did. 

Digestive issues with no gallbladder

 I am sick. I feel like I am not being listened to or heard. I keep explaining everything including how I feel but its like it does not matter. I went to multiple different doctors for diagnoses but its like what is the point of it? I feel like they are not listening nor are trying to help me. They keep pushing medications after medications and it is not helping only making it worst. I have chronic pancreatitis  that flares up occasionally and I have fatty liver disease. 

The hospital would not do anything for my pancreas. They gave me IV and nausea medications and sent me home. I have been taking Physicians Choice Digestive enzymes and  OX bile and it seems to be helping break down the foods that my body cannot due to a missing gallbladder that I had to get out. It also

is not causing pain as bad in my pancreas and I am less bloated than I was.

My liver and pancreas took over and was doing all the work and no one told me that it was going to be harder for the body. No one explained anything to me and it took me until now since I have a medical knowledge and went to college for parts of it that it is going to cause this. 

I spent 3 years suffering with pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and I am still suffering with the pain trying to get it diagnosed but its like everywhere I go, no one is listening and is only making assumptions and playing a guessing game so I decided to self treat.