[brat789]

How much do we have in common?

My story in a nutshell....

Lets see not sure if all or any relevance...but

• At 2 years old I contracted Salmonella at a Roy Rogers and almost died.
•Dealt with fatigue and weight gain around the time of puberty. Had very little energy.
•Dealt with a Polynidol cyst on my tail bone around age 17.
• Severe acne from late teens to the present (I'm 34)
• A few years ago...every month for over a year, around that time of the month, I would develop what seemed like a spider bite on the back of my legs or lower butt check area. They were terribly painful, but would go away on their own. The last one I had got really bad. I blew it off until I couldn't walk or sit without severe pain. The skin turned dark purple and the area was hot to touch. When I finally went to the dr. they sent me to the ER. They lanced it (painful as all heck!) packed it and stitched it up. I still have a scar there, but haven't had problems since. That was 4 years ago. It was labelled cellulitis/Staph infection.
• At age 24 everything kind of hit the fan. I graduated from college and got a job in a moldy building (I still work there). I started with terrible stomach pains, fatigue so bad it was an effort to talk. To function I started taking Stackers (at that time had Ephedra in them). I was diagnosed with IBS-C but all blood work turned up normal. I was moody, had terrible headaches and I had stopped giving blood, because I was sure something was wrong, and I haven't given blood since. I had little energy and experienced muscle weakness. I experienced changes in vision, my vision some days would be blurry, like i needed an upgraded contact lens prescription, with severe eye pain upon movement of the eye, stemming from behind the eye. I would swell up with water, to the point I would wear jeans that fit, only to feel like I was busting out of them at the end of the day. My legs would swell as well as abdomen, ankles and face.

• At 29 had a c-section

•Found out I am sensitive to MSG and any ingredient containing free glutamate. Eliminating them helped dramatically.

• At age 32 had anxiety, quit smoking, thyroid went from overdrive to barely working, was diagnosed hypothyroid. It was then I first noticed fibers coming from skin (but didn't know what it was). Developed bags under eyes, and would wake up with pink-eye like symptoms and oozing from eyes some days. Started to notice muscle twitching and biting feelings.