considerably better
Apr. 24th, 2011 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinian(Which is good, as family Easter fun is today.)
I did call a consulting nurse -- no sign of a call-in line on the insurance company's web site, but the number hiding on my actual card worked fine -- and she was sure it wasn't a UTI, so I am reclining enough to make my head hurt like hell and eating very carefully. She also recommended a heating pad, which I had felt like using anyway since the pain is similar to menstrual cramps, and that helped. Something is still wrong with my intestine, is what I figure, but I am at a loss for how to proceed.
This brings to mind postdoc A's recent endometriosis, and how she almost got misdiagnosed with IBS but insisted they check for rogue endometrium. Sure enough, her intestine was stuck to her dorsal body wall with mislaid uterine lining, and it feels a lot better now that it's not. When she told me that a lot of women are probably diagnosed with IBS instead of endometriosis, I suggested we call that JABS: Justifiably Angry Bowel Syndrome. It's not just irritable, it HAS A LOT TO BE UPSET ABOUT.
I did call a consulting nurse -- no sign of a call-in line on the insurance company's web site, but the number hiding on my actual card worked fine -- and she was sure it wasn't a UTI, so I am reclining enough to make my head hurt like hell and eating very carefully. She also recommended a heating pad, which I had felt like using anyway since the pain is similar to menstrual cramps, and that helped. Something is still wrong with my intestine, is what I figure, but I am at a loss for how to proceed.
This brings to mind postdoc A's recent endometriosis, and how she almost got misdiagnosed with IBS but insisted they check for rogue endometrium. Sure enough, her intestine was stuck to her dorsal body wall with mislaid uterine lining, and it feels a lot better now that it's not. When she told me that a lot of women are probably diagnosed with IBS instead of endometriosis, I suggested we call that JABS: Justifiably Angry Bowel Syndrome. It's not just irritable, it HAS A LOT TO BE UPSET ABOUT.
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Date: 2011-04-25 02:23 am (UTC)