Continued prayers - praise for some good news! (vanity)

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[the OlLine Rebel]

Praise God - news that I am BRCA-negative!

This helps the plans for surgery on my BC and treatment!

[fieldmarshaldj]

OK. I’m not a doctor, so I don’t want to steer you wrong with unhelpful advice. It’s good to try to, however, research your own symptoms online and see if you can possibly narrow down and eliminate potential causes (such as allergies, adverse reaction to meds, etc.). Was there perhaps something that happened to you at or before February that might’ve been to blame for kicking this off ? Even something like visiting some exotic locale, you’d be surprised. Perhaps it may again be related to your deviated septum.

Anyway, don’t hesitate about bringing up any questions to the doctors, they often like to give folks the bums’ rush.

[Kay Ludlow]

I don't actually know how I developed it. I was working one night (supervising - going back and forth between watching the flow of work and doing paperwork), and I noticed I was running into things. By morning my neck really hurt, up the back and up over my head. All I could think of was brain tumor (LOL!) so I went to my family doctor, who diagnosed the symptoms as vertigo, probably viral labyrythinitis, and gave me antivert. When that didn't help, she gave me another drug for dizziness. By the time I knew that didn't work, the ‘carnival ride’ feeling was fading, but I wasn't all that stable. She said it would last a few days, but it lasted 3 1/2 months.
When it happened again about 9 months later, she gave me the same drugs again to try, plus prescriptions for some other drugs. They also didn't help, but I rode it out for several months,and it went away.
The following year, I had it again, told the doctor none of the other drugs had helped before, and she gave me some strong drug, a barbituate or something, which I tried. I didn't know if I was dizzy, but I didn't care! I stopped taking it when I realized (thanks to my family) that I was still running into things and falling over, so that drug actually made it more dangerous.
The 5th year I had it 3 times in one year - 10 months out of the year I was dizzy and/or unstable. I went to an ENT, who did all kinds of tests, found nothing wrong, and diagnosed viral labythinthitis. But, he gave me a pack of drugs (6 day dosepack of prednisone) and said try these. It was a miracle! By the time the drugs were gone, most of my symptoms were gone.
The intervals between symptoms were longer after that. I went back to him several times for the drugs, but he said that basically, the virus is in the inner ear; it goes dormant, hiding behind the nerve in the ear, and when it comes out of dormancy, I'd get the symptoms again.
After that, I just went back to my family doctor, gave her the package, and said “I want THIS - nothing else helped at all”.
So, I get a flareup every couple years or so, take the prednisone, and get on with my life. I've never been as stable as I was before though - I can't walk in the dark well because I need the visual cues to help my meager sense of balance.
In summary, I didn't have anything wrong when it started; I got a virus that made a home for itself in the inner ear, and there I was. I did have an ear infection maybe 10 years before that ruptured the ear drum, but grew back closed within a couple of weeks. I've wondered if it came from that, but of course that was a bacterial infection rather than a virus - my kids were very young then so there was always something going around.

[left that other site]

Praying with you.

Prayers especially for peace in your heart and faith in the Lord during this ordeal...I know how scary it can be!

[cherry]

prayers of course!

[the OlLine Rebel]

Oh, I have brought up several issues that happened in January or just before as possibilities. Not the least of which is physical therapy for (yet another) neck problem that cropped up late December after spending the whole day “looking down” at a clipboard. (You have to understand - lots of neck problems also 20 years old - stemming from auto accident on Halloween 1996.) I still have my suspicions. PT helped that small issue but did it lead to this?

[fieldmarshaldj]

I wish I had a better answer for your condition. :-(

I’ve been up too long, for some reason I was thinking of this song reading this thread again (perhaps humorous, or just me being silly)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhOKhJaM1QE

[fatima]

Prayers for you the OlLine Rebel.My daughter starts treatment this Friday.She is stage one with a triple negative so they want to do chemo and then radiation and then determine weather to remove her breasts.Doc said she will be OK.Hardest thing for her,losing her hair-for now at least.She is 53.Our niece has breast cancer which spread to her shoulder bone and liver and now has cirrhosis at 29.Nicky is married with a 2 year old daughter.Let’s all pray together.((((Hugs))))

[Salvation]

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[Salvation]

Prayers for the breast cancer MRI.

[Aria]

http://breastcancerchoices.org/

check out the importance of iodine which must be balanced with other nutrients:

“Iodine Companion Nutrients. Many Iodine Literate Doctors suggest selenium(26), vitamin C (27), and magnesium(28) enhance the therapeutic value of iodine.

Niacin was also recommended at the February 07 Iodine Conference.

Thyroid function should be closely monitored and may require an adjustment of thyroid medications.”

[DrJeff]

Bttt - praise

[CrimsonTidegirl]

Prayers for you!

[verga]

Please remove me from any and all ping lists I will no longer be frequenting FR.

Thank you

[RedMDer]

Prayers sent.

[annalex]

Lord Jesus, restore the good health of Thy servant, we pray.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, amen.

[Elsie]

(In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)

[kalee]

Praising God with you and praying all goes well with your surgery.

[Duchess47]

Praying now.

[jafojeffsurf]

Good News, Prayers sent, God Bless.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Fervent prayers sent.