So as some of you know I have been dealing with chronic pain for 2 years now and nothing much has changed. I am still going to the chronic pain clinic which is sort of helping with the pain. I have a follow up appointment with the physician I am seeing at the clinic at the end of august to see if anything has changed and I have an appointment with a gyn to see...

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For the past year I have been feeling short of breath and lately it has been getting worse. I went to my doctor on May 2nd and she sent me for chest x-rays and a pulmonary function test which I had done on the 16th, the chest x-rays came back normal but there was something off on my pulmonary funtion test ( I could only blow out 75 of the 100 candles from what I...

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Has anyone heard of the ketogenic diet? The ketogenic diet is a specialized and precise diet that is high in fat and low in carbs can can actually free some kids of seizures. While listening to this years caring for kids radiothon for the Alberta Children's Hospital here in Calgary Alberta I heard two stories of families who each had a daughter with epilepsy. One little girl (6yrs old) who was having 60-100 seizures a...

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So I went to the doctors on October 25th ( I think that was the date can't quite remember) because the pain had been getting wrose and I had been nauseous for the past week ( I ended up missing a week and a half of school which I am still trying to get caught up on). She sent me for some blood work, an ultrasound, and a urea breath test. She wanted to find...

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I went to the Chronic pain clinic on September 7th for a 2 hour orientation where they talked about what type of things are offered there and how the can help us with our conditions. There were about 20 of us at the orientation and I was the youngest there and sort of felt out of place. During the orientation the person keep talking about how they help you find the right medication to help...

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Hey everyone, So I went to the doctors on August 20th to see if she could figure out why my heart keeps racing and why I am short of breath half of the time. I also asked her why I am still in pain almost everyday and if there could still be something causing my pain other than the endometriosis and chronic pain syndrome. Since my regular doctor was away on holidays I seen a different...

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So the other day I went to see my new cardiologist to try and figure out why I am having chest pain, why my heart keeps racing, and why I am short of breath most of the time. When I got to the hospital they ran an EKG and it came back normal. The cardiologist then listened to me heart and asked me several questions about how the holes in my heart have been affecting my...

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For the past 4 months I have had some sort of cold or something that I just cant seem to get rid of, Ive had a sore throat and plugged nose ever since I first got sick and its begining to drive me crazy. Also I keep randomly losing my voice and my doctor cant seem to find a reason why. She sent me for some blood work where they did a CBC, checked my...

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I cant wait for summer to get here, it snowed again last night and it may snow again tonight, Im really getting tired of snow but thats what you get when you live in Calgary Alberta. We have 3 seasons, summer, winter, and construction lol. Im planning on doing some horseback riding this summer and am really looking forward to it, I just hope the chronic pain syndrome I have does not prevent me from going. Another thing I...

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So today I went to a doctor who specializes in pelvic and abdominal hoping to finally get some answers as to what is cauing my pain. For once someone was finally able to give me some answers and confirm that my symptoms were not all in my head. After running some tests the doctor diagnosed me with chronic pelvic pain, he said that he sees around 50 patients a week with this condition and told me...

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Would you ever run 250 marathons in a year? Most people wouldn't even think of running one yet alone 250 but 54 year old Martin Parnell from Cochrane, Alberta Canada would. His goal is to raise $250,000 for Right to Play, a children's sports charity, He started his journey January 1st and will end his journey on December 31st traveling 5 days a week for aa total of 10,550km or 6550 miles. To learn more about...

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So its been 9 months since the pain first started or about 262 days and the doctors still havent been able to figure out what is causing all of my symptoms. I went to see my family doctor on March 22nd and she sent me for another ultrasound because I had found a lump in the lower left side of my abdomen and she wanted to get it checked out to make sure that is...

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So I still have the abdominal pain, chest pain, joint pain, back pain, and pressure in my head. It has been 224 days since the pains first started and every test I have had has come back normal except for the laparoscopy which showed I have endometriosis which is all quite frustrating. I was trying acupuncture to help with the pain from the endometriosis but it was not working so I stopped, the acupuncturist admitted that he was unable to...

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February 3-5 was the 7th annual Caring for Kids Radiothon here in Calgary Alberta Canada. It is a 3 day event that is held at the Alberta Children's Hospital that tries to get people to join the miracle network and donate to the hospital to help buy important medical supplies. For just $18 dollars a month or 60 cents a day people can help make the hospital a better place for the kids. The radiothon...

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So a couple of weeks a go I went in for a set of chest x-rays and x-rays if my knee to try to figure out what was causing the pain. My doctor thought that the chest pain could be caused from trapped air in my chest after the laparoscopy that I had but the x-ray's came back normal, and she thought that I might have to start of arthritis in my knees but those...

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I am 19 and for the past 3 or 4 weeks I have had 1 or 2 nose bleeds a day. I was wondering what could be causing them, I am on Alesse (birth control), Pulmicort turbuhaler 200MCG and Bricanyl Turbuhaler 0.5MG for my asthma, and have been taking advil to help numb the pain I have been having from the endometriosis that I have recently been diagnosed with. Could these be causing the nose...

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Back in December I was diagnosed with endometriosis and have been dealing with quite a bit of pain for the past 6 months. I have tried several different pain medications that my doctor gave me and nothing has really helped. MY GYN said that I should go on these hormone shots but Im not too sure that I want too and I can not really afford them at the moment. I am looking for different...

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So today I went and had my head CT scan done, I had to be at the hospital by 7:00am because my scan was at 7:45am. The scan went well and only took about 10 minutes and the person that did my scan said that I would have the results by Wednesday. Later on in the day my doctor phoned and said that she had the results, since I was told I wouldn't have the results...

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So I went to the doctors today and I finally got the results back from my surgery. The pap smear was normal but they did find that I do have endometriosis, these are not the results I was hoping for. The doctor said that the pain should eventually go away on its own and told me to make an appointment to see her in January. She said that she will see how I am doing then...

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So it has been 14 days since I went in for my laparoscopy and had the pap smear done. On the day of the surgery (Monday November 23rd) I arrived at the hospital at 6:30am with my mom and dad to check in and was taken to into the room that I would be in before and after the surgery around 7:20am. One of the nurses tried to put the IV into my hand but when...

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