Rising Phoenix (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-12-08 10:31 AM
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So I almost died
Advertisements [?]for the last two months or so I just haven't felt right....my mental state was majorly screwed, my body rebelling in every way possible....no sleep....just bad. I started breaking out in rashes, which were diagnosed incorrectly several times....all the while getting worse and worse. In one month I ended up in the ER three times, the doctors once, and hospitalized twice, once over night and just recently for 6 days. By the time I checked in the last time my entire torso, arms, back, chest and breast were covered in chemical burns and broken blood vessels. It was assumed it was a reaction to my bipolar meds, so in a months span they were changed three times....each med making it worse....and leaving me manic as all hell. I got a call on tuesday morning saying they wanted to commit me.... I FREAKED and called my brother to talk to them and tell them that I would go into the hospital but on my terms......long day short....thanks dhez...I checked into the crisis center on Wednesday. It was concluded that the rash was probably a med reaction and that I could easily die if not treated, and the mania was a huge problem. So I was put on massive doses of steroids to treat the rash and put on a new psych med, to be monitored carefully. Unfortunately the doc at the ER who wrote the steroid prescription wrote it incorrectly and at such a high dose with no tapering down that to take it as he directed would have killed me. CVS didn't catch the mistake but the hospital did. So after a couple days of hard core roid rage....the problem was corrected and slowly my put upon body went from swollen and purple to peeling and dry and almost clear. My new med, seroquel, took care of the mania and I"m sleeping for the first time in months. At the hospital, when the new med didn't react badly with me, they came to the conclusion that the chemical burns, rash and adhesions were most likely from Nutrisystem food. As many of you know I started it about 6 weeks ago and lost 12 lbs in that time. However the chemicals in it are toxic to me. So off the suspect meds, off the nutrisysyem food and drinking loads of water, bugging on tons of Prednisone I slowly got better. Now I am at home, there is still the chance that after my steroid treatment is over the rash could return and if thats the case I have to report promptly to the ER.....but so far I feel really good, just a little wiped and still a little itchy.
Everyone at the hospital was great, and I met some great friends who I'm sure will be in touch with forever.....
This is the short version, the long involves a lot of crying, panicking, reaching out, only to be frustrated, and some great friends and family who helped me through some terrible days and nights.
When I was discharged yesterday they said it was a miracle and that I was at deaths door when I came in.
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How horrible is our health care system again, DUmmie?
And THEY want the world to listen to THEIR solutions. Who are they kidding? I swear, at least 80% of these DUmmies are on anti psychotic meds.
How horrible is our health care system again, DUmmie?
