Any advice?

[Soundthealarm21]

@SOC

Well i'm obviously not the only person that read it that way given the context. @Misfit Toy read it the same way that I did.

"And having a nasty virus, or multiple nasty viruses, replicating uncontrolled in your body is not scary and seriously bad for your health?"

"And living your life the way you are now doesn't scare the hell out if you? NOT taking necessary meds has scary consequences also.

I'm not suggesting you should take Valcyte. If you don't have chronic hhv6 or CMV, then you probably don't need Valcyte and the risks clearly outweigh the benefits. Also, some people with MCS-type symptoms can't take much of anything."

I don't possibly see how you can assume that after making statements directly addressing me and then going into anecdotes about you and your daughter that I would not think you were drawing parallels to me. Do you not see how I could have interpreted it that way? I'm not a selfish person so of course it's not always about me.

Either way I don't want to get into an argument over something so frivolous. I'm sorry there was a miscommunication between us.

 

[Allyson]

Here is a site for Aussies to ask for helpful doctors



good Australian Doctors

https://www.facebook.com/groups/287952358017187/

Ally

 

[Allyson]

and here is a site for North Americans to ask for docrs near them

good Norht American Doctors

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1438285386415297/

GOOD luck

Ally

 

[Allyson]

Sorry, I'm not sure what that is - do you mean Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency?

yes that is what I mean please - just been tested for it but not sure what it means

thanks

ALlly

 

[Allyson]

Thanks alot Ally, very kind of you. I will look into these things with my GP. Have been checked many times for Lyme and been negative, looking through my blood tests my calcium and albumin are always high, and my random blood glucose is always slightly less than 4 so maybe thats somewhere to start. My TSH is also always sub 1 so will check that out. Hopefully will lead to something.

Thanks,
Tom

good luck - the GP may need some info on POTS tho - it is a very common ME symptoms but few are tested for it and even fewer docs seem to know anything about it

here are some sites to ask for a POTS doctor near you

good North American Doctors for ME etc

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1438285386415297/

good Australian Doctors

https://www.facebook.com/groups/287952358017187/

 

[caledonia]

yes that is what I mean please - just been tested for it but not sure what it means

thanks

ALlly

I found this website that explains things well. https://www.alpha1.org/newly-diagnosed/what-is-alpha-1

How many copies of the gene mutation do you have, and are you experiencing lung or other symptoms? Is your doctor being helpful?

 

[Allyson]

I found this website that explains things well. https://www.alpha1.org/newly-diagnosed/what-is-alpha-1

How many copies of the gene mutation do you have, and are you experiencing lung or other symptoms? Is your doctor being helpful?

THanks for that Caledonia - I have just had the test go for results next week
doc actually know a bit about it and said my parents - as they were smokers would have had serious issues e to the combo of smoking and Alpha I . will let you know when I have the result.


Thanks again for the link - super!

ALlly

 

[Allyson]

I found this website that explains things well. https://www.alpha1.org/newly-diagnosed/what-is-alpha-1

How many copies of the gene mutation do you have, and are you experiencing lung or other symptoms? Is your doctor being helpful?

but - having read your helpful link - my dad di have liver cirrhosis I think so will be interested to get the results

Ally

 

[burgeo10]

@Allyson interestingly the doctor thought i might have Ehlers-Danlos without me prompting him, but going to have more tests next week. I do have another question if anyone can answer it. I stopped taking l-carnitine mid-week because i thought it might be making me feel worse, and I did improve towards the end of the week (although who's to say that was because of a lack of carnitine). Furthermore i started taking D-ribose this morning (the CorvalenM), and immediately had to go to bed for 2 hours. I've now woken up and still feel very tired and a bit nauseous. Has anyone felt like this before? Thanks

 

[waiting]

Have you checked out Healclick?

Here's a great article by Cort Johnson (Phoenix Rising founder) about it.

http://www.cortjohnson.org/blog/201...ng-finding-answers-mecfs-fm-healclick-debuts/

 

[Allyson]

@Allyson interestingly the doctor thought i might have Ehlers-Danlos without me prompting him, but going to have more tests next week. I do have another question if anyone can answer it. I stopped taking l-carnitine mid-week because i thought it might be making me feel worse, and I did improve towards the end of the week (although who's to say that was because of a lack of carnitine). Furthermore i started taking D-ribose this morning (the CorvalenM), and immediately had to go to bed for 2 hours. I've now woken up and still feel very tired and a bit nauseous. Has anyone felt like this before? Thanks

try and see how your feeling bad suddenly relates to
1 how much time you haave sent right recently

2 when you last ate

both will mess you around due to lack of blood to the brain - IE POTS
have you hd a TTT yet?
ALly

 

[optimist]

Found some description of HealClick here:
http://www.cortjohnson.org/blog/201...ng-finding-answers-mecfs-fm-healclick-debuts/

Looks interesting!