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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / April 2005Ashley C. needs some advice
Here's a note Ashley asked me to post here for her, with her email addy at the bottom. Please let her know if you have any idea what's going on... *********************************************** On Wednesday afternoon I noticed a small, hard lump on my neck where I *thought* my lymph nodes were supposed to be, but I wasn't sure. The size was small enough (pea sized) for me not to think it was anything serious. It doubled/tripled in size by Friday evening and my jaw looked swollen. My throat was very very sore (think strep-throat pain) and my left ear was throbbing and I could no longer hear out of my left ear. The pain spiked to a 9 out of 10 at dinner and my friends Tendyl, FunJon, and KC decided it warranted a trip to the ER. I called my boyfriend DJ for a second opinion and then called my father. My Dad's exact words were, "Get thyself to the ER. NOW." We were at a Hibachi restaurant (I'm in Monterey visiting friends) so we waited for our food to be finished cooking, ate a few bites, then promptly packed up the food and hightailed it to the local ER. Now, I'm from Southern California. I expect to wait a few hours before being seen by the triage nurse and a few more before seeing the doctor and a few more before being treated. We were in and out of there in 2 hours, including the time waiting for blood-work results. The doctor first thought that I could possibly have mono, but the results came back negative. All the blood-work was normal and the tests for mono & strep were negative. He thinks that it is probably a nasty virus that has enlarged my lymph nodes. He prescribed vicodin every 6 hours for pain and said to get lots of rest, fluids, and homeopathic remedies. I'm supposed to work on Wednesday and drive home on Sunday, but my friends are insisting I stay here until I feel well enough for a 5-hour drive. The friends I'm staying with are my adopted family and are taking very good care of me. Did I mention that I've also been flaring for the past week? GAH. ashleymc[at]mac[dot]com Thanks, guys, Kelly C.  SignatureI drive too fast to worry about my cholesterol.-Steven Wright I did the same thing last September. My rd said it was a reaction to the Remicade I was taking and it was RA nodules and that they wanted a biopsy. They went dwon before they could get a biopsy and I was told they wanted to watch it over the next year. > Here's a note Ashley asked me to post here for her, with her email addy at > the bottom. Please let her know if you have any idea what's going on... [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Thanks, guys, > Kelly C. Ashley, I have nothing more to add, but listen to your friends...You surely don't need to be driving when you are in so much pain... Sending lots of prayers and prayers and hugs... Cindy > Here's a note Ashley asked me to post here for her, with her email addy at > the bottom. Please let her know if you have any idea what's going on... [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Thanks, guys, > Kelly C. Thanks Kelly for posting this! I did email Ashley privately, but will post my general response to her here as well. My first thought after reading the initial post is that maybe she is having some symptoms/problems with parotiditit or something similar. That is inflammation of her saliva glands. This can be common for those with RA and or sjogrens syndrome. I have had similar problems and so has KJ. The slaiva glands can get inflammed, swollen, and quite painful. Usually the treatment for this type of thing is warm compresses, sucking on something sour such as lemon drops to help increase the flow of saliva, etc. Of course, it could also be a virus like the doctors suggested. I think if it were me, and I was feeling up to it, I would want to get back to my own doctors who know me and who I trust to have them look at things. Sure hope you get to feeling better real soon Ashley! Donna G i have absolutely no idea what this is about. but, i have a warm ((((((((ashley))))))))) hug you can pass onto her for me. kate > Here's a note Ashley asked me to post here for her, with her email addy at > the bottom. Please let her know if you have any idea what's going on... [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Thanks, guys, > Kelly C. I had crap like that years ago when a sinus infection spread everywhere - the upshot from my GP and the ENT he sent me to was that everything was congested, including all those glands that get it when you have the mumps (my GP's first question was "did you ever have the mumps?) I imagine the same thing can happen with a virus. They slammed me with Sudafed and had me using moist heat on the more congested areas. Breathing in steam helps a lot too, even more so if you have stuff to put in the steam. Keep an eye on things - I'd think the big concern would be if it turns out to be bacterial rather than viral - or if it becomes bacterial. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > Here's a note Ashley asked me to post here for her, with her email addy at > the bottom. Please let her know if you have any idea what's going on... [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Thanks, guys, > Kelly C. Let Ashley know I am thinking of her and hope she heals quickly from whatever is going on. I sure hope she gets help with it. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Here's a note Ashley asked me to post here for her, with her email addy at > the bottom. Please let her know if you have any idea what's going on... [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Thanks, guys, > Kelly C. |
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