Re: Worrying...
- From: "Charleen Welton" <ilikecats@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:11:35 -0400
Can't help as I have no knowledge in that "department." But I do hope the
doctor can identify your problem and fix you up quick! Let us know.
Charleen
"Kreisleriana" <drtmuir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Since Saturday, I've been feeling unusually tired. Doesn't matter
how much sleep I get (and on the weekend, I can sleep 12 hours in one
night), I've been exhausted. I've also had a headache every day, and
I've felt like I'm totally out of shape, that even the slightest bit
of exertion makes me winded. I've been thinking that maybe I had a
virus. Today I started having lower back pain, so I called my HMO and
made an appointment. I'm going in at 6PM. (HMO = tightly controlled
medical corporation, dedicated to saving money.)
Anyway, a little while ago it suddenly occurred to me that I might
have carbon monoxide poisoning. I don't know why - as far as I know, my
gas stove and hot water heater are functioning OK. But I decided to look
up the symptoms just in case.
On the first three sites I found, symptoms of low-grade CO poisoning
are:
* headache
* fatigue
* dizziness
* shortness of breath on exertion
I haven't had dizziness, but I definitely have the other 3. So I will
ask for a CO test tonight. My HMO is really bad and they deny almost
everything, but I'm prepared to put up a fight.
But now I'm worrying about Roxy and Licky (Smudge is outside, at least).
They seemed OK, but how would I know if they have headaches? Fatigue I
might notice, but then, cats sleep so much it's hard to tell. Their
appetites have been just fine - but then, so has mine.
Should I rush home? But, rush home and do *what*, exactly? Put them in
a carrier, and take them... where? Shouldn't I get the test first, to
be sure? But what if I get home and they're really sick? Maybe I should
call my neighbor and ask her to go upstairs and open all my windows?
Do I sound really neurotic, or is this a realistic fear? I have a gas
stove and gas water heater. Everything else is electric. Obviously, I
don't have a CO monitor, or that would have gone off if there was a
problem.
One other thing: I have felt just as bad when I'm out of the house as
when
I'm home. I gather that people who are exposed to low levels of CO in
their homes will feel better when they're out of the house, getting
fresher
air, and I'm out for many hours a day, but feel just as tired and
headachy.
Any advice, anyone?
No advice, just echoing the observation that other things can also cause
those symptoms, including allergies, the thyroid, anemia, female hormonal
fluctuations, and yes, depression. Also that those aren't really the kind
of clear-cut symptoms that the HMO-driven medical profession prefers,
like chicken pox, or snapping your shinbone right in the middle-- if you
are lucky enough to have a good doc who listens, the two of you can find
ways through that.
Purrs for you to feel better soon.
--
Theresa, Stinky and Dante
drtmuirATearthlink.net
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
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