My Diagnosis

My Diagnosis

     I had never had any major medical issues growing up. Except when I was in the 6th grade I got Sceriosis which turns out to be an auto immune disease. It was horrible. My hair fell out, my scalp, eyebrows, ears and nose hurt so bad. They were full of pusey sores. My parents took to a dermatologist who put me on very expensive tar shampoos and lotions to help but they didn't it made it worse and made it hurt and made my hair fall out. It was the most awful experience. I even tried home remedies like Vaseline, and white vinegar which none of them worked. Going into the 8th grade with this was the hardest thing in the world at that age. I got made fun of a lot and was called scales or pussy. People put gum in my hair, spit in it, and would say things like whats that smell it smell rotten. The summer between my 8th and 9th grade I decided I was dropping out of school. But my parents would not let me home school. They insisted on sending me to public school. I was terrified. I didn't want to be laughed at anymore. Then I saw a commercial for Denorex so I thought I would give it a try and it WORKED! I was so happy I couldn't believe it. My Sceriosis was gone with in days. I was now excited about life again. 

     I spent my high school life liked and the nick names had disappeared. We never figured out what triggered my Sceriosis and at that age I didn't care all I cared about was that it was gone and the bullying would be gone with it. 

     As the years went by my sceriosis came and gone but I was able to manage it with denorex. I had no other issues sense the time I graduated to the time I pregnant with my third daughter in 2006. I had come down with a really bad kidney infection and they put me on an antibiotic. At this point I was oblivious to holistic medicine and the effects of prescription drugs on my system. I had continued to take the medication as prescribed and my kidney infection cleared up. Which I was so grateful for because those hurt like hell. Shortly after that my stool began to look and smell different and there was a lot of mucous and some blood. I had chocked it up to being pregnant. And possibly hemorrhoids. As time went on these symptoms began to increase and I began to have a lot of tummy aches but I ignored it. I then began to have sever anxiety and depression which was not normal for me. I went to my doctor and was put on Zoloft. I was still experiencing the same symptoms with my stool except now I was feeling pain while having a bowel movement again I chocked it up to hemorrhoids. After having my daughter in September I continued on the Zoloft and my symptoms began to subside. I was having normal bowel movements again. So I just went on like nothing happened. in February of 2007 I got an IUD by Mirena. I didn't want to have anymore kids at this point and it was removable if I ever did decide to have more kids. Never had an issue with the Mirena and I stopped having issues with my bowel movements. Then in 2009 I started having severe cramps, blood in my stool a lot of blood, and a lot of mucous and frequent running to the bathroom without passing anything. It hurt and I was scared. I went to the ER and they told me I probably ate something bad and gave me Flagyl. I went home and took at as prescribed and I got much worse. So I stopped taking it and went to the ER in next city. Come to find out. I had no signs of bacteria in my stool and so I did not need Flagyl. I was still taking Zoloft at this point. When I went in I had asked them to check my IUD and they could not find it. So they sent me in for xrays. And there it was it had perforated through my uterus and wrapped around the ogmenton which then wrapped tightly around my large colon. I was taken in for a cat scan and ultrasound. And I came back two days later for a colonoscopy. After the colonoscopy they decided how to proceed with removing the IUD. I went in two days later for laproscopic surgery to have it removed by this point the IUD have navigated up toward my rib cage close to my heart, they also removed my appendix because it looked diseased. When I woke from anesthesia I felt so sick and pucked all night. I then went in to see the GI Doctor that did the colonoscopy and he told me that I have colitis. But more testing needed to be done to see which type of colitis it was. Sense then I have almost died four times, more hospital stays then I could count on both hands, and have had to take more meds then I would like. In 2012 I went in and had another colonoscopy done because I had almost died that October and they found that I have Ulcerative Colitis. It has been a long hard journey. I stopped taking the Zoloft when I learned that is exacerbates the UC symptoms. I was told that I have always had UC but it was dormant and the meds I took for my kidneys then the IUD perforating woke it up. It has been a long hard road sense 2009. But I see it as a blessing in disguise. Because without that experience I would have had my beautiful baby boy who is now 3. I wouldn't have found a whole way to live and be with my kids or my husband. I wouldn't be who I am today for I am grateful to be where I am today.