Blue Eyed Girl
I am 31 years old. I have 2 boys. Ages 4 and 12. After my youngest was born I had a tubal ligation due to the pregnancy being hard on my body. After the tubal ligation I started having heavy periods with lots of pain and cramping. My gynecologist tried to ease my symptoms several different ways. After many failed attempts we decided my best option was to do a hysterectomy. Sense then I have still had lots of pain and cramping in my abdomen. As of right now I am working on a diagnosis for fibromyalgia. And I have been in a consistent battle of kidney stones and blood in my urine. I have also recently been having issues with my blood pressure and pulse being to high. The doctor has put me on HCTZ 25mg and atenolol 25mg. That has gotten them under control. But the doctor also tells me that it is partially due to the amount of pain I am in daily. Mind you all of these things have happened in the last 4 years. To say the least, this has been and continues to be a long frustrating journey to get to a full diagnosis and solution that will improve my state of being and quality of life. (Sorry for the long story. Just wanted to give the full view of what is currently happening)
I have been battling with having kidney stones over the last few months. My most recent urine test showed occult blood 3+. I know that is most likely a direct result of the kidney stone. (Although ...
Blue Eyed Girl commented on Blue Eyed Girl's post A urine dipstick test showed abnormal levels of protein, bilirubin and occult blood. What does that mean and should I be alarmed?