Post by erief0g on Dec 31, 2013 12:36:49 GMT -5
Now you have to realize that I'm walking on air a bit here as my gift hasn't fully been received. With that said I'm hopeful and optimistic about my future for the first time in about 9 months.
Being diagnosed with gout wasn't a big deal 10 years ago but fast forward to 2013 and I spent more than HALF the year bedridden in excruciating pain as many of you know. Like black out wish I was dead pain for weeks and weeks.
Anyways, after trying quite a few of the gout medications that family doctors use to treat your average case of the disease I was still in very bad shape. My family doctor said it's time to move me to a specialist of which I agreed even though I'm self pay and broke as a joke.
Today I went to the rhumatologist (sp?) and had a 45 minute visit with my new doctor. This guy's brain is HUGE. He taught me so much and you have to realize that I've poured all of my OCD power into learning and beating this disease. I've been reading the american college of rhuematology articles for months as well as any other study done by colleges, studies, clinical trials, anything that has a reputable backing.
Short version is that my new doctor has a detailed approach to working through my disease and states emphatically that within one year I should be free of any gout attacks and on my way to be a normal old guy... not a crippled 42 yr old that can't walk stairs.
You guys, I don't know how to explain this feeling. Perhaps it's hope. I've lost jobs, friendships, and most quality of life due to this disease and that doesn't even touch on the mental side of things. From pushing away friends and family so I don't burden them to plain out not being able to leave my upstairs.
With all that said, I just wanted to share my news with my OTD buddies that watched me fade away and wonder if I would ever return. Trust that my fading wasn't just from OTD, it was from life itself. I can't wait to look forward to waking up again. lol.
Thanks for sharing my pain, and I hope to have many more pain free years of killing OTD peeps.
not even sh!tting you, I may be tearing up.
Being diagnosed with gout wasn't a big deal 10 years ago but fast forward to 2013 and I spent more than HALF the year bedridden in excruciating pain as many of you know. Like black out wish I was dead pain for weeks and weeks.
Anyways, after trying quite a few of the gout medications that family doctors use to treat your average case of the disease I was still in very bad shape. My family doctor said it's time to move me to a specialist of which I agreed even though I'm self pay and broke as a joke.
Today I went to the rhumatologist (sp?) and had a 45 minute visit with my new doctor. This guy's brain is HUGE. He taught me so much and you have to realize that I've poured all of my OCD power into learning and beating this disease. I've been reading the american college of rhuematology articles for months as well as any other study done by colleges, studies, clinical trials, anything that has a reputable backing.
Short version is that my new doctor has a detailed approach to working through my disease and states emphatically that within one year I should be free of any gout attacks and on my way to be a normal old guy... not a crippled 42 yr old that can't walk stairs.
You guys, I don't know how to explain this feeling. Perhaps it's hope. I've lost jobs, friendships, and most quality of life due to this disease and that doesn't even touch on the mental side of things. From pushing away friends and family so I don't burden them to plain out not being able to leave my upstairs.
With all that said, I just wanted to share my news with my OTD buddies that watched me fade away and wonder if I would ever return. Trust that my fading wasn't just from OTD, it was from life itself. I can't wait to look forward to waking up again. lol.
Thanks for sharing my pain, and I hope to have many more pain free years of killing OTD peeps.
not even sh!tting you, I may be tearing up.