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This isn't heart-related, but is still relevant. When I turned 30 my health suddenly went down the toilet for no apparent reason. I spent - literally - 4 months going to the doctor every week to two weeks, getting stabbed and prodded and subjected to every test imaginable. My symptoms all pointed to gallbladder problems. Not gall STONES, but a non-functioning gallbladder. Since I didn't have gallstones, my doctor very quickly decided that was NOT the problem. I then got 3 months of kidney tests and liver tests... IVP, nuclear medicine, MRIs, you name it.
Finally, when everything kept coming back negative and I'm sure everyone in the medical community thought I was just plain crazy, my doc agreed to order a gallbladder function test. Guess what? My gallbladder was functioning at 8%. She told me the threshold for surgery was 30%. I was so freaking relieved that I burst into tears. Never in my life could I have imagined I would be so happy to hear I needed surgery!
4 months and god knows how much money in tests, and I was right all along.
THANK GOD I never quit insisting.
__________________ Being aware of your crap and actually overcoming your crap are two very different things. ~ Sober since October 1, 2008 |