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So basically I have a close freind that has alot of odd symptoms and has for a few years, she has two kids and yet she is super skinny, she gets very tired, but all of a sudden will start vomiting voilently for a few hours out of no where. This vomiting incident happens to her atleast once or twice every couple weeks. She says she feels weak and shakey, light headed and then the vomiting starts even though she had ate a few hours previous. She has gotten alot of pain too in her pelvic area and has also had blood in her stool. Everytime I would tell her to go to the doctor she would not go.. and when she did her doctor told her she was stressed .. basically a crappy doctor. She said she got a colonoscopy done about six years ago and all was normal. I kept telling her to get another opinion or to go to a specialists. She always told me she doesnt have the time or money for doctors to tell her she is normal. I understand that.. but she has never even tried.
So a couple weeks ago her arm was swelling at work and was turning purple... she felt kind of like she was going to have her vomiting attack so.. she left work and went to an urgent care walk in clinic. They took a few viles of blood and said everything else was normal as far as vitals and xrays. Sent her home. Well two maybe three days later.. she recieves a call from the clinic saying that she would need to be seen about the results of the lab work but that a doctor that was compatible with our health insurance or what not was not available until the next week. She went a head and made the appt.
I will admit I was jealous at this point... she only had been to three different doctors vs my 20 something not including specialists and she gets "the phone call" I was however happy for her that she would have answers.
So the week goes on.. she sends me a text message saying "I decided not to go to the doctors appt, if its really that important they will keep calling and they have not so.. I am not going to worry about it"
OMG I got so upset.. What I wouldn't do for some answers!?!?!? and her disregard was.. crazy to me. Don't you want to stop suffering.... or have answers!? so it made me a lil jealous that she would get the answers so easily and then decide that she didn't care enough to get the results. I was thinking for a while that maybe she was just scared that it maybe whatever it was possibly fatal but at the same time.. I would think they would call again if it was. Maybe I am wrong. I dont know.. What also sucked is all the support she got from coworkers about her possible disease diagnosis. Being that I dont yet have a diagnosis its easier for others to believe its in my head so I don't really get that support from management and coworkers like that.
Am I wrong to feel this way??? am I a horrible freind for feeling this?
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**Kristin**
First Struck with Anorexia on and off for about 6 years beginning in 1993. 1995 Diagnosed with GERD, IBS, Anxiety. 2006 Diagnosed with CFS, 2009 Diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and Circadian Rhythm Disorder and Hypoglycemia. 2011 Diagnosed with Vitamin D Deficiency and Hyponatremia. But... why?! I think I am one step closer to that answer ON my own. Your are your own advocate for your health! No one can tell you how you can or can't feel!
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