Miriam's New Rheumatologist
Dec. 14th, 2023 09:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogMiriam got some of the blood test results from the set that the new rheumatologist ordered. Her C-reactive protein, which indicates inflammation in the body, is over 4 times high normal. It has been 4-5 times high normal for 2 years now, and maybe longer than that since it wasn't being tested. She's been having serious pain and other symptoms longer than that, so inflammation was probably high then too.
The first rheumatologist concluded that it could be adipose tissue generating inflammation. That the problem is she's fat. He also diagnosed her with fibromyalgia, which completely fails to explain high inflammation levels.
I'm feeling a mixture of anger that it can take so very long to figure these things out, hope that the new rheumatologist will have more fruitful ideas, and fear that she won't, and sadness that my partner has been dealing with this for so long and hurting so much in so many ways.
The first rheumatologist concluded that it could be adipose tissue generating inflammation. That the problem is she's fat. He also diagnosed her with fibromyalgia, which completely fails to explain high inflammation levels.
I'm feeling a mixture of anger that it can take so very long to figure these things out, hope that the new rheumatologist will have more fruitful ideas, and fear that she won't, and sadness that my partner has been dealing with this for so long and hurting so much in so many ways.
