I’m a 42 year old female, I have been diagnosed with Chronic Daily Headaches from Migraines for years now. As I have gotten older I have began to feel worse in more ways. I am tired all the time, & overwhelmed easy. I have all the classic heart attack symptoms, been to the ER twice but everything is normal. I have at least 6 other times but didn’t go because they aren’t going to do anything, I even have the tingling toes before/during, hurt elbow after, jaw pain before, cold sweats, nausea. A lot of times it seems to come over from the right side under my ribs and move up to my heart, my chest will actually be sore afterwards, like a bruise. I cough when yelling or out of breath, abdomen is tender all the time below ribs on both sides and in the middle below sternum, as well as the mid abdomen hurts if touched or laid on and my stomach bloats, gallbladder removed 7 years ago, diarrhea every time I eat (it’s bad), & low appetite, but still have gained a few pounds. I have a sore, painful lymph node under my arm pit on the left side, it hurts to lift my arm up and forward, it almost feels like a pulled muscle. I have a MRI scheduled for that in 2 weeks along with a mammogram. My lymph nodes on the back of my neck have been swollen last summer, my chiropractor found, also have a bone skull protrudious show up summer of 2017, still there and has not grown, had a CT for it nothing showed up. Have had two MRI’s of my brain for my headaches/Migraines (2011/2016) showed a Chronic lacunar infarct in the cerebellum, minimal bilateral maxillary sinus mucosal disease and mild red marrow reactivation in the Clivus. I’m not a smoker, never have been, not anemic, never have been.
My eyes twitch, and now don’t converge together. I also have nystagmus and lights dim or get brighter on me (could be my Aura’s). My muscles twitch, extremities are always cold but I can’t tell unless it’s extreme (people tell me when I touch them) and I think my feeling in them has diminished, I also get sharp pains in my fingers that make me drop things. My right leg aches and I can’t lay on that side because it’s too painful - it’s not sciatic, I’ve had that.
My ALT (11-12) and AST (14-18) are always on the lower end
chloride is on higher end 106-109
RBC were 4.05 this time but normally 4.21-4.73
Platelets now 273 range 218-359
bilirubin .4 was 1.5 in Jan 2018
WBC 7.4 (norm 7.8- 8.1 was 10 in Jan 2018) - Basophils are a little high.
blood coagulation PT 9.4, INR .9, APTT 22.8
Creatine .6 - .72
Calcium 8.8 - 9.3
Anion Gap 14 in Jan 2018, now 10
All numbers are usually in norms or right on the high or low limits, so nothing ever sets off an alarm.
I don’t feel good and it’s been getting worse over the last few years. Nothing significant has been found in my abdomen, my heart, or my brain. I know something isn’t right with me and I shouldn’t be in pain.
It’s worth mentioning, since I can’t find any information on research done, that I was a child that had a reaction to the MMR shot In 1977 that I received in NJ near Toms River area. I had a petit mal seizure within a day or two of getting it. I had several more after that. I finally “grew” out of them, then at age 11 I had a grand mal seizure brought on by scar tissue in the brain, so the doctors said at the time. After that last seizure is when my daily headaches started. I Have had 2 EEG’s in my adult years and they have been normal. I have had irregular heartbeats looking through old medical information, after seizures and on a holter monitor 14 years ago, but not told.
I know this is ALOT of information, but I am seriously losing my faith in doctors, radiologist, hospitals, etc.
I believe turnaround time is more important than the patient, at least where I live.
And if it’s hereditary I need to know because I have two girls.
And suggestions, especially out of the ordinary suggestions would be great!
Thank you!