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Lost: Being sick and not knowing why wears on you

Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Mar 31, 2021 | Replies (16)
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@fortshaw

Sick & in pain for a year. Many tests. No answers

I am a 66 year old woman who has always been healthy until last March, 2020. I got a virus (covid negative). It took a while, but after a couple of months, I was back to 80-90% of normal. Suddenly, my b/p spiked 220/110, I was dizzy, my neck hurt, my blood sugar spiked. My thyroid went from hypo to hyper and back to hypo. It normalized with medication. My neck continued to hurt. I felt like I had a lump in my throat and my head had ocean sounds. I was on a high dose of 2 different b/p meds which leveled out the b/p, but I still had high spikes. I had several tests to find the underlying cause of the high b/p, but nothing was found. About 2 months ago, I started getting weakness in my legs. I felt like they were rubber. And then I couldn't stand up from a sitting position with pushing myself up. My hands started to tremble. Tests include: MRI of brain, lung x-ray, CT scan of thyroid and throat, neurologist did blood work testing for muscle disease, EGD. So much has happened in the past year, I'm not sure I've covered it all. Have I mentioned brain fog? And uncontrollable yawning 2-3 times a day? I've had 4 covid tests and antibody test. All negative. What is wrong with me!?

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lioness | @lioness | Mar 23, 2021

@fortshaw Welcome to connect.We are a caring group who try to help if we can.It sounds like you have gone through all the testing.I can only suggest environmental maybe.Any change in soaps,any new chemicals around you that you could breath in? Any new situation you have had ? I'm sorry you are going through this and perplexed by it Please let us know if you find anything out Blessings to you

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Erika | @erikas | Mar 23, 2021

@fortshaw Nice to meet you. Welcome to Connect.

I'm sorry to hear that you have fallen ill and there are still not answers despite all of the tests.

I have moved your question to another existing discussion. I did this so you could connect with people in similar situations and in the hopes of you finding a path forward.

Members like @toomanyoars @rashida @cherriann @marye2 @joey808 @smccarty1 @toothgirl @oldkarl @2011panc have discussed a similar topic.

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May I ask what your next steps are yet?

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marylcamp67 | @marylcamp67 | Mar 27, 2021

I pray for your healing. I pray that God's peace would fill you and flow out of you today. May God give you wisdom and grace to bring His peace to your difficult situations. I can relate to your post. I too am feeling sickly and going to numerous doctors to try and find out what is going on with me. The worse is nausea.

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