Hepatitis C is a Epidemic

Monday, September 5, 2011

2 days and still no answers

How can you just get the best News in your life and suddenly everything changes in such a tremendous and traumatic way that even I can't piece the puzzle together yet ?
On Friday the 26th of August my Rash got a little worse but I had my Guard down because I was still in a daze about my Virus being ZERO . So I told myself to stay tough because it was just a small price to pay for this kind of Result . I kept taking my Oatmeal Bathes and took over the counter Anti Itch Medicine . My Husband kept spraying my Body with spray that cooled it down some but I was not a happy Camper.
Saturday I woke up with a headache on the left part of my Face , that made me feel like somebody was trying to push my eyeball out from the inside . I noticed that I was starting to get 2 strange spots on each of my thighs , that looked very different from my " regular rash " It looked darker and the texture felt rougher . That day I felt increasingly nauseated , irritable and anxious . I could not keep anything in my stomach that day but since I believed that I will just get " Over it "  I am the wife of a Soldier why was I being wimpy ? Shouldn't I just be tougher ?
Saturday evening I started to get a fever of 104.00 I was burning up and brought the fever down with fever reducers over the counter . It went back down to 100.00 and finally felt asleep .
Sunday the 28th of August I knew I had to go to the ER  as soon as I woke up in the morning . My Rash was all over my Body ; yes all over my Body ! There was not one inch of my Body without rash . My Husband drove me to the ER and by the time we got there I was really in distress . The pain increased and by the time I finally got admitted and we insisted  that my Liver Specialist will be notified  ; all I felt was this burning pain . My Husband left around Midnight and my nerves where on edge when I decided to go outside to smoke . When I walked around with my IV Stand , I tried to find a door and was told by a young woman dressed in  dark blue ( will get back 2 this Color later ) that I couldn't leave ! I looked at her and asked " Let me ask you something " Did I sign myself into a Hospital or a State Prison ? " She never answered me just gave me this evil look . I was not restricted in anyway by any doctor . I walked to the other side of the Hospital to get to a door and walked out . Alright , I admit that the graving of smoking made me want to go outside but as a American don't I have that right ? Who did I hurt ? But myself ...
When I get outside ; there is a man , also smoking and a Cop Car . The Man started a conversation and said that I looked like I planned the " Great Escape " I smiled and said all I want is to smoke a cigarette and that I have not had one in 12 hours . Made a joke about the old comercial  " I walk a Mile for my Camel Cigarette " Anyway , the Man told me that his son was in the ER and he didn't know what was wrong with him . I wished him luck he wished me luck and I went back into my room .
On Monday 29th of August ( 6th Anniversary of  Hurricane KATRINA )  there was still no sign of my Liver Specialist and my Husband called his Office to let him know what was going on he also called my regular Family Doctor since we been with him for over 20 Years and I trust both with my life . All day we waited and  my rash reached a new Grade ...
The 2 Spots on each of my thighs have gotten so dark and the top layer felt like Alligator Skin ! The Doctor that admitted me had stopped my Ribaviren and I was not happy about that  since I had 2 stay on this medicine in order to finish my treatment . But there was nothing I could do ! Later on that evening my Friend Theresa came by and it just made me feel so much better just to see her smiling face ! She looked like a Angel to me . Instinctively she took me for a walk just to get me out of that room for a while . We walked for a while and I told her that I was itching so bad on my back , she said I looked like I was sun burned  !  When she left my Husband came back for a couple of Hours .... It was hard for me to see my Husband so helpless because there was nothing he  could do for me . By the time my Husband went home and my Friend Theresa came back , she was shocked ! She said that I looked like someone put me on a Island and I had 3rd degree Burns all over my Body ! My Ears where now covered with these layers of burned skin and my Face and nose where showing signs of burned spots . The hardest part was " Nobody did anything to give me relief by putting anything on my skin " The Nurses acted like I was a Number ! When Theresa left that night I felt like someone poored Gasoline all over me and set my Body on Fire , the pain was that intense !

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