Sometimes i wonder if i am jinxed when it comes to my health just lately. Every time i start to feel well and my strength returns something else flares up and rears its ugly head and cause me more pain and trouble. Again i have just got over a nasty viral infection and after being stuck on antibiotics and painkillers my bowels have decided once again to stop working. Not only is this most uncomfortable and annoying it causes trapped wind resulting in stabbing pains in the side and back all the time. Just to top things off, when i was being sick from the viral infection, i think i may have made the hiatus hernia i have even worst than it was as i am now struggling to swallow things. Not just food and liquids are trapping, i am also getting problems just swallowing in general. The air seems to trap just as bad as food and drink and i have to massage my chest and put up with bad chest pains until it pops back open and passes through.
During the night i am woken at least 3 or 4 times from the problem of not being able to swallow. I wake up with dribbling coming from my mouth and start to panic as i am unable to swallow the fluid down and have to sit up and massage my chest for 10 minuets before it will eventually pass and ease off. Then i am able to lay back down and go to sleep. Not only does this problem seem to have gotten worst but i am getting some strange symptoms from it. My eyes keep becoming sore and every now and again i break out into cold sweats. I am starting to wonder if food and drink has been trapping in my chest for a while and has become a problem and my body is reacting to it. I am using antihistamines to get rid of the sore eyes and paracetamol to stop the sweats but it doesn't seem to work and i find i have to change my top at least 6 times a day.
If someone was to sit me down and tell me all the trouble i would have to go through when i started on the different medications i would have opted not to take them and to suffer the pain constantly from the CH attacks. That is a huge statement to make as the pain level from a cluster attack is like nothing on earth. Even amputation with out anaesthetic doesn't even come close to the level of pain you get with a CH attack. I have had so many problems from medication and treatment that my body is really messed up and once the body is out of balance it is very difficult to get it sorted. I have been back to the doctors to see what can be done and they have told me i have to back for another endoscopy to see if it has come through more and if it is the cause of all these problems. If it is i think they will have to operate and push the stomach back through and close the hole. This will mean i will have a constant weakness where the hernia was and have to be careful from now on.
The doctor has referred me for the treatment and booked me for more blood tests so the next fortnight is going to be fun as i have a few different appointments at the hospital, maybe finally we will get something sorted and once they see what is going on they will be able to offer me the correct treatment to get it sorted out once and for all. I am still convinced it is the hernia that has caused me to have so many problems with the medication and until it is sorted out i will continue to have these issues. Lets hope my luck, as far as my health is concerned, will change for the better sooner rather than later.
