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Okay so I'm not sure what is going on but I know there is something up with my body. I keep putting off a trip to the Dr because I just lost my insurance and I feel ER will just treat my symptoms and not diagnose or fix the problem. My worries are 1) fatigue...like extreme to where I will go to sleep at 9pm wake up 10 mins before work 8am...take a 45min nap on my lunch break and come home at 5pm ready to go straight to sleep. Sometimes I do and the results are the same the next day...sometimes I go to bed later and the results are the same. I'm just so tired everyday all day. 2) I am gaining weighta what seems to be a rapid pace...I've gone from a size 2 to a size 6 in 3months. I don't over eat or eat super unhealthy. I love fresh fruits and vegetables. I do drink though, every night 2-5 drinks of wine or sometimes 2-3 glasses of vodka. 3) my right hand has been swelling off and on for a few months now...it started with my hand then made it up my forearm and now goes all the way to my shoulder. It is only my right hand/arm and comes one day, gone the next. It has been swelling more often lately to the point I toss and turn at night. It is not painful, numb or tingling just swollen and the pressure makes it uncomfortable and weird feeling. 4) On the right side in the middle of my back has intense cramps that will be here one day and gone the next...not period type cramps either, its higher than the lower back cramps and is localized to the right side. 5) last and my most recent worry. I am on birthcontrol and I have not had a period in almost 3yrs but recently I've noticed if I drink vodka or a heavy amount of wine I WILL have the cramp in my back and have brown discharge that usually last about a day. I am 27....I don't know if all of this is related or serious but I feel like my body is saying something is seriously wrong. Insight?
Tue, 15 Mar 2016
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