Oh it is great to know what has been plaguing my since mid February! But before I give the final diagnosis, here is what has been happening!
About a week before my period in February, I was nauseated all the time, crazy super fatigued, and peeing all the time! So after a few negative home pregnancy test, and now being a few days late we went in thinking either I was pregnant or had mono. The doctor drew blood for the mono test, and tested urine. NOTHING. Not pregnant, no mono. So she told me to drink more fluids and reduce my stress levels? Not quite sure how to reduce my stress levels as a graduating engineering student... But, intaking more fluids seemed to help.
That is until, mid-March, when the same thing started again, but with a few different symptoms, I now had a pain in my lower back on the right side, and was having problems holding my pee. I would go at a moments notice. It was horrible! So back in I went. No blood draw, just urine this time. No UTI, not pregnant. So she does a physical exam and concludes that I am 4 week pregnant, and orders an Ultra sound to confirm. Have the ultra sound, and the tech asks why my doctor order an Ultra Sound, if I wasn't pregnant... And she told us, we were not pregnant, no ectopic pregnancy, nothing wrong, including no large cysts! So my doctor calls the next day to tell me this and that, I had somehow consumed enough fluids to enlarge my bladder at some point, and then had some how stop intaking the amount of fluids to keep the bladder enlarged, therefore shrinking my bladder and dropping my uterus into my badder... I never believed this...
Then last Saturday my lowerback pain started again... I just took some drugs and called it good, until Monday after grocery shopping and I couldn't walk! So first thing Monday I walked into the student health centers urgent care, asking to be seen A.S.A.P! They got me right in and the doctor I saw, said I didn't drop my uterus, and that I see a specialist. She thought I had urge incontinence--in other words: not being able to control urges to pee... Not to keen on that over night I forgot how to control my urges to pee, I scheduled an appointment to see the specialist the next day.
The appointment went like a breeze, peed in the cup. He said there was a little bit of an indication of a UTI. So he did a physical exam to check, well, I am not sure what. Then he concludes, possible UTI and possible kidney stone. So he gives me some antibiotics, and tells me to come back in a week.
Well it has been a week, and I have also been seeing a Chiropractor, I believe in more than one cause. The pain is mostly gone. It flares up every so often, but drinking lots of fluids helps.
Wednesday, I went in for my follow up... He said the antibiotics cleared up the infection, but was concerned about the pain. So he scheduled a CT. I went in today for it, and also had a follow-up with the specialist. His conclusion: Nothing... That is right, NOTHING! He did say that I might have another ovarian cyst, but couldn't really tell from all the other "garply-gook" (Yes! he did say 'garply-gook' as he showed me the CT and pointed to things...)
We are not to excited to see all the bills from this, and really hope that what ever was wrong is gone! I also hope it is not a cyst because that was a completely horrendous experience, that I hope to never encounter again!
