Sooo I've had to be hospitalized twice this week. A few days ago i admitted myself due to an extremely faint feeling the day after a night out drinking. Yep stupid, i know. The only thing of significance to them was low blood sugar so they gave me a sugar blast and sent me on my way. I did notice, however, they found nrbc cellshese are immature still nucleated rbcs are never supposed to be found in the blood. Not one. Not two. Not three. Not ever. In critically ill patients its a marker for death, and in others its due to an extreme increase in erethropoeitic activity such as haemoletic episodes and severe hypoxia. No bueno. They didn't mention this to me since i have no insurance and used my never diagnosed and highly unlikely anemia as an excuse on the paperwork which isnt even a reason. Severe life threatening or hymolytic anemia would be the 'anemia' causes
I had to be admitted again saturday because of trouble breathing (unlike air hunger) It's more of a shallow type where i breathe slowly, not as often and well shallow and after every 15 breaths or so i take a real deep one to compensate, same faint feeling but not as dizzy as the prior hospital stay, fever, terrible chills, severe kidney, chest, and rib pain, and strange ulcer looking thing on my calf with pain. I told the dr everything including the fact that i had been in a stupor all day, very dazed And confused. And weak. Weak. Weak. Weak.
The physician on call literally laughed in my face when i made him aware that i was slightly immuncompromised due to the lyme infection i suffered. Seriously!? As sick as i am, i have to be made to feel embarrassed on top of it. I told him I had been fairly healthy for a whopping 5 years after tx but never felt as good as I did before being infected. He just kept on smirking and telling me there is 0 chance lyme had any lasting effects on my body. He went on to blame all my symptoms on cigarettes! I had an actual fever! (But to drs 99.5 and a feeling of burning from the inside out is nothing, freezing cold toes w blue fingernails, purple feet, rashes numerous bruises, walking into walls (they saw this) extreme chills, ulcer looking thing, shallow breathing, low bp, high heart rate, red streaks, nrbc cells is all a marker for cigarette abuse in a 29 year old.
So i checked my lab results which included abdominal cat scan, venous doppler of legs and showed 2 hypo hepatic dome lesions measuring 0.7 cm each.
Also dramatic increase in eosinophils since may (1.30 to 8)
Also within two days my liver enzymes flipped. Alt 21 Ast 12 on Thursday. And sat my ast 20 and alt 14. Any thoughts as to why this could happen?
I have a dr appt tomorrow whos going to run a bunch of bloodwork. Hopefully I'll find some answers but of course am doubtful.
[ 09-15-2015, 10:45 PM: Message edited by: HK ]
Posted by dal123 (Member # 6313) on :
parasites. I'd like more complete lab tests. I am an ex lab rat and this does not explain enough. I d like to know more about these NRBC's, can be mistaken for plasma cells. Parish I had a stained thick smear here to review.
Posted by HK (Member # 45290) on :
Hey dal, thanks for responding (: I'm desperate for any input so thank you 😊
I had 12 tubes of blood taken on Wednesday so I'm hoping they find something that i can start treating. Or at least have an answer for all these bizarre symptoms. I know they ran a bunch of tests including bnp, transglutaminase, cortisone, hiv, anca, and hepatitis. I'm not sure what other tests were run but the bill totaled 2100 w a 70% discount (no insurance) so I'm hoping I get some answers.
I dont know why that first hospital visit showed nrbcs along with an inversion of my liver enzymes. I forgot to point that out to my new doc, but she knows about the nrbcs.
Two months ago while at the hospital it was noted that i have a contracted gallbladder, only it was never brought to my attention, so i wasn't made aware of it until a couple days ago when I was going through old hosp papers. I'm very diligent when it comes to my results but somehow this one slipped through the cracks. Cannot rule out peptic ulcer disease was also stated. I've been constipated for months but now it's at its worst being 10 days and counting.
My mother keeps telling me it's lyme returning after 7 years but my mind, body, and soul are telling me otherwise.
Every organ in my body seems to be failing, and of course now i am especially concerned about the nrbc finding. Do you have any ideas or tests i should ask for?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
So glad you got bloodwork done! Whew, that's a lot!!!
While waiting for results, you might want to try upping your magnesium and see how you do on that.
Posted by HK (Member # 45290) on :
Hey guys, so I got my bloodwork done. Everything was negative or borderline negative. Of course ;/
My AST and ATL levels which are always around ALT 21 AST 1O are now reading AST 10 ALT 6. My wbc and rbc are low as normal.
My bnp came back at 16 which is good I think My PT and PPT was marked high, but only by a couple numbers My ANCA came back speckled and read 1:40 The normal levels read between 1:40 and 2 something. There were other abnormalities but I'm too tired to grab the papers right now.
And still nothing. Other than one very small movement, I haven't gone to the bathroom in 3 weeks. I am eating the same as always, and I just don't understand what's going on inside my body. I swallowed a teaspoon of castor oil a few days ago, taken a small dose of miralax daily for the past week, and today did a fleet enema. Still nothing. Just extreme pain. And the back pain which has subsided for a few days came back with a vengeance after the failed enema. Mostly on my middle to right side, top to bottom. The pain in my stomach is unbearable too, and also the worst on my right side but is everywhere. I have thrown up twice this week (something new for me since i have always had a bullet proof stomach, and this has always been the one area where I haven't suffered pain or discomfort)
My new pcp wants me to have a colonoscopy asap but with no insurance it's taking me a little while to come up with the money.
Any input is appreciated : ) thankss
Posted by droid1226 (Member # 34930) on :
I'd google in your area where to get a colonic. They're 50 bucks & you'll feel so much better.
I've been there. My body betrays me when it comes to elimination of toxins including constipation despite huge amounts of vit C, mag, castor oil, fiber, mirilax, etc...
If not that, then you need a larger enema than a fleet.
Feeling better starts with this. It'll throw off your liver enzymes too if you can't eliminate food.
Posted by Razzle (Member # 30398) on :
If you're in pain & vomiting & not having BM's, you may have a bowel obstruction (or partial obstruction) and need to be seen by a doctor for this.
I've had several bowel obstructions myself, and they are miserable.