Some Old But Unusual Symptoms
When I first procured this illness... Systemic Mastocytosis... I experienced a lot of very varied symptoms. Once I started on a cocktail of medications, some of these symptoms slowly waned. Most did not, but some did.
Back then, I experienced all sorts of neurological symptoms. I experienced so many of these neurological symptoms that all my doctors thought I was developing Multiple Sclerosis. Fortunately, my cocktail of medications slowly helped to alleviate these symptoms.
Sometimes, however, my health dips quite low and these symptoms appear again... today is one such time.
Today, my left hand has been twitching consistently all day thus far. Also, my taste buds seem to be all screwed up today... nothing tastes right! Everything is tasting very acidic.
In the big scheme of things, these two symptoms are hardly worth mentioning but it is worth mentioning that when twitching appears and continues for a few hours, it becomes quite maddening!
All food tasting acidic is frustrating because I enjoy very tasty, well-seasoned food and now everything I eat tastes horrendous. Nothing tastes as it should... everything has an acidic taste and sometimes a metallic taste.
Hmmmm... it just occurred to me that really I should be taking some extra medications before my health worsens. In hindsight, I should have done this hours ago when I first noticed my overwhelming fatigue and exhaustion (see my previous blog entry).
Typing is a bit difficult... the twitching causes me to hit the wrong keys... I am so exhausted that I can hardly hold my arms up... as I attempt to hold them up, my arms are shaking at the shoulders and I can feel cramps in the muscles at that area of the arms. Even holding my head up is exhausting. No amount of willpower or determination helps me overcome these problems... fighting it only makes things worse.
Anyway, some of my old neurological symptoms have reappeared today... I really need to go find some medications before things worsen into anaphylaxis...
Back then, I experienced all sorts of neurological symptoms. I experienced so many of these neurological symptoms that all my doctors thought I was developing Multiple Sclerosis. Fortunately, my cocktail of medications slowly helped to alleviate these symptoms.
Sometimes, however, my health dips quite low and these symptoms appear again... today is one such time.
Today, my left hand has been twitching consistently all day thus far. Also, my taste buds seem to be all screwed up today... nothing tastes right! Everything is tasting very acidic.
In the big scheme of things, these two symptoms are hardly worth mentioning but it is worth mentioning that when twitching appears and continues for a few hours, it becomes quite maddening!
All food tasting acidic is frustrating because I enjoy very tasty, well-seasoned food and now everything I eat tastes horrendous. Nothing tastes as it should... everything has an acidic taste and sometimes a metallic taste.
Hmmmm... it just occurred to me that really I should be taking some extra medications before my health worsens. In hindsight, I should have done this hours ago when I first noticed my overwhelming fatigue and exhaustion (see my previous blog entry).
Typing is a bit difficult... the twitching causes me to hit the wrong keys... I am so exhausted that I can hardly hold my arms up... as I attempt to hold them up, my arms are shaking at the shoulders and I can feel cramps in the muscles at that area of the arms. Even holding my head up is exhausting. No amount of willpower or determination helps me overcome these problems... fighting it only makes things worse.
Anyway, some of my old neurological symptoms have reappeared today... I really need to go find some medications before things worsen into anaphylaxis...
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