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Old 02-15-2013, 08:07 AM   #511  
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amandie... It sounds like they ruled out the more serious stuff, sorry if I sounded like a bit of a nervous Nellie... didn't mean to worry you... I think following up with another doctor in the next few days makes sense... and it might be possible to get these back dated medical bills covered when your insurance kicks in, in a few weeks... I have seen that before... Sorry you have to deal with all of this, on top of not feeling well... feel better soon...
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Old 02-15-2013, 08:36 AM   #512  
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amandie, I was diagnosed with costochondritis about 5 years ago. Feel free to PM me and I can tell you some of what I went through and what helped and what didn't. It was definitely a scary time and I ended up in the ER with chest pains and went through several specialists before I got my dx.

I read some stuff online about it resolving in a few weeks and honestly, 5 years later I still get what I call "flare-ups". In fact I've been having one this week.

What helped me: yoga, accupuncture, chiropractic care, ice, BenGay(really!)
What did not help: steroids, painkillers in general

I was on Cymbalta for a while which helped the pain tremendously but left me feeling stoned.

Be very careful with your exercise and with tasks like opening a bag of salad or chps..something about that motion does me in. I use a kitchen scissors for everything now.

Hope you feel better soon..oh and I know it's hard but anythign you can do to keep your stress level down is great. I was working for a horrible boss at that time and the pain in the mroning on the way to work was unbearable.
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Old 02-15-2013, 11:22 PM   #513  
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Thank you both, really. I appreciate it. I went to ER again, diff hospital. Told them abt my dx n that i didnt believe it. Got bloodwork done and they were negative for anything so the dr dx'ed me with viral gastroenteritis then gave me rx for dicyclomine to stop the spasming. After I got home, I decided to do a bit of research and honestly, I think I have hiatal hernia, not costochronditis nor viral gastroenteritis. My symptoms match up perfectly down to the low back pain, pressure around diaphgram area, ribs, shoulderblade pain, and heart palps etc. Luckily the doc referred me to a gastroenterlogist for a follow-up (sp?) So I will see if I can somehow get a confirmation on that. I need to be sure bec hiatal hernias can cause heart problems and/or lung failure if left untreated and honestly, I just want to be able to sleep at least 5 to 6 hours uninterrupted. The only bad thing? No insurance. I don't care, I'd rather be in debt than dead. Again, thank you both. I will have to bow out of this thread since I cannot really IF with larger meals. I also just noticed we went over 500 so a mod will come soon and close this.
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Old 02-18-2013, 07:44 AM   #514  
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amandie... glad to hear that you saw another doc... sorry though that you still don't know exactly what's going on yet... If it is a hernia that should be relatively easy to see on a scan... hope you feel better soon...

I'm going to start a new IF thread and just call it "Intermittent Fasting" since I guess this will get closed soon like you pointed out... I'll look forward to hear how you're doing when you're up for it...
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