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Old November 27th, 2006, 06:08 PM
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1. State you reside in Ohio
2. Inner City? Suburb? Country? Suburb
3. Do you live on a lake, by the ocean or pond? Water in the attic so it would come into the apt when it rained.
4. Do you have city or well water? Always had bottled water to drink, but cooked and bathed in city water.
5. Do you live in a heavily treed area? My apt faced the East had a huge tree in front blocking any little sun to dry out the wood which was rotting away
6. Age at onset 48
7. Number of years affected Didn't know what it was until 2 years ago, but all together around 6 years
8. Any other family members affected?Yes, son, mom, brother, not all in same household.
9. Your occupation at onset?Had a small business where I built primitive furniture out of pine and barnwood.
10. Do you own pets? Cat? Dog? Other?None now, I had a cat at onset and he became sick with unknown disorders and died.
11. Have/had you traveled to California, Florida or Texas? Europe? Other? I haven't traveled since I was a lot younger.
12. Do you/have you garden, hike, camp or spend allot of time outdoors? Had a vegable garden.
13. List your activities and hobbies.not much now, but I love crafts, flea markets, garage sales, swimming, step aerobics, reading, learning new things.
14. Have you used a public whirlpool or pool? Not for a long time.
15. Please provide your medical history (i.e.: do you or have you had any other diseases? Cancer, Lyme, Thyroid, AIDS, other?).Before I had tachycardia and mitri valve prolaspe. Since the disease, I've been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, shingles, folicilitis, possible scabies, arthritis, borderline sugar imbalance, low b12, "siezures", doctor said jokingly, I was a mess. I say I had a systemic disorder.
16. Do you smoke? No
17. Any medications you have taken or are taking? Tenormin,Ativan,Bactrim DS, Advil
18. Do you drink more than 8 cups of a day?No coffee, but I do drink pop
19. As far as lesions, have you had more than 10 at a given time?Yes
20. What part of your body did the lesions start? My back, the right arm, mostly was contained to the right side, but now all over.
21. Is there any area that they are most prevalent? If so, where? scalp definitely and upper arms and back
22. Is one side of your body/face more affected than the other (i.e.: left vs. right)?As stated above, definitely right but now both
23. Please list your current symptoms (brain fog? vision disturbances? fatigue? nausea? weight loss/gain etc?)fatigue,skin sores, fibers, other odd things come out of skin, pin pricks, weight gain in the beginning, low grade fever, diminished mental capacity (recall, short term, decision making, confusion, comprehension) vision going downhill, hair is getting thinner, vomiting, stomach pain, cysts on parts of body that get larger and smaller. Just to many to list them all
24. What did other doctors diagnose you with (i.e.: folleculitis? Scabies? DOP - delusional parasitosis)? fibromalgia, Chronic fatigue, scabies, folliculitis, shingles, dementia, then psychotic or depression. The emergency room doctors never knew what I had, at least that was honest.


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