If it's not one thing it's ten more

[WCoop]

After being told my kidneys were failing I find out that my blood work was all over the place because I have secondary hyperaldosteronism. It's a mouthful but a relief. But I have still been very sick. After lots of tests (they thought it was an acoustic neuroma) it looks like the diagnosis is going to be MS. But why stop there? I have a cyst on my spleen that was found last year when I had gallstones and surgery. I have been having a lot of pain in my upper left abdomen. My doc sent me to the ER for a cat scan. During the scan they found out that the tail of my pancreas is missing. What???  And if that weren't enough they caught the bottom of lungs and guess what's there. Yep a small pulmonary nodule. Now I have to get a new ct of my lungs.
Has anyone ever hear of a deformed pancreas? Which is right where the pain is.

[Charlie B53]

While it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the snow-balling increase in your medical problems.  There is another way to think about it all.  Be thankful that the Dr's are finding these 'other problems' soon enough to give you time to begin treatment of them before each one snow-balled on it own.  Possibly growing so large, or intense, that it wouldn't be treatable.

So looking at it in that light, this could be a good thing, and with the proper attention and care you will be able to maintain a much longer time than you may have had if not finding and treating them.

The ride ahead may be a bit bumpy, but hopefully it will soon smooth out.

Take Care,

Charlie B

[Jean]

Wow, WCoop!!!! You sound like me. Heart attack, kidney disease, gout, Hi BP, Degenerative Disk Disease, Sciatica, Diverticulitis, Long standing Heartburn, oh, poo, that is enough. Cheer up, at least we are still alive. I get depressed sometimes too, and I am fairly sure all of us do. It will pass, keep your chin up!!1 And, if you can't then come and talk to us.

[Charlie B53]

You're in the perfect place to vent ALL the pent up frustrations of dealing with the massive and seemingly medical system.

I'm sure most everyone here has had, and still do have, their periods of depression.  That our future seems so out of control and uncertain.

And to a point, it is.  But we learn to live with it.  Doing what we can, those things that need to be done each day.  One day at a time. For while we can feel that tomorrow may seem like it will never come.  It will.  And we are given yet one more day to try again.

Not so sure about the rest of you right now, but for me, I think  I hear my pillow calling me.     NAP TIME!!!!!  Oh Boy!!!   Get all snuggly and warm and away from this coldness going on outside.

Take Care,

Charlie B

[WCoop]

Thank you for the responses. I'm doing ok (emotionally) with all of this. Well maybe just a bit overwhelmed. But sometimes I just need to vent.
Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.

[Whamo]

   Pain, in time, becomes comedy.  It does seem like its one thing after another.  It looks like I will get my thyroid out.  The meds for thyroid make me sick.  I tried to take them with food, break them in half, crush them, but they still make me hurl. 
So I'm just going to do the surgery, and I HATE surgery.