Verdict (TMI)

Well, I'm back from the doc.

For the tongue: stop taking aspirin immediately (which I had been taking for joint pain), take full doses of my antihistamine and decongestant, and are my hands swollen? Um, no. Well, I got a long name for it which basically translates to "allergy," and I have stuff to try, but we don't know the cause, or if what I'm doing will solve the problem. I think I'll google "aspirin swollen tongue hands" to see what my doc thinks it might be.

I got new epipens, since my "in date" one expired in December... with a swollen tongue, I want to be on the safe side. I got the two-pack with the fun "toy" epipen that's for practice. After I got back, I showed K and M how it works, and then later I showed J... J said he wasn't sure how I was feeling... good, or sarcastic. I told him that the prozac was working, but that I was peeved with my current set of health problems. So both, I guess.

For the faint kidney-stone-like pain I got to pee in a bottle. No sign of kidney stones (but, of course, it's not hurting today, so that may not say anything), but I apparently do have a bit of a bladder infection. I thought I might, given that my urine has been cloudy lately... but I wasn't concerned about that, since kidney stones cause bladder infections, and since I don't have a solution to my kidney stones, taking something for the bladder infection is pointless. (It's not causing me any other problems that I've noticed.) He's going to culture my urine to see what bacteria it is, but basically he said to come in on a day when it's actually hurting. He might be able to give me a better answer then.

The joint pain *isn't* the disfiguring type of arthritis (I knew that) that shows up on bloodwork (I didn't know that only one shows up on bloodwork). He checked my past blood tests... they were pretty comprehensive, since we were trying to make sure that my other problems were actually depression, and I've had this pain for years. However, when I go in next week (follow-up on everything from this visit), I'm to get weight-bearing x-rays of my knees and hips to see if anything interesting shows up there.

And while I was in anyway, I got more refills on my Prozac. Wheeee. (I have enough for this month, but I figured I'd save an appointment.)

Well, that's where I am. Still pretty much clueless as normal, but with some stuff to try. I sure hope the tongue swelling goes down to make up for the fact I can't take painkillers for my joint pain.

You know, there are people who basically never need to go to the doctor. I find that amazing. I wish I could be like that.

Sorry about all the run-on sentences... but I don't feel like fixing that when I should really be getting back to work. :) (But I think I'll start with a quick google on the tongue first.)