My Life is Chaos, and sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't

So...got my blood test results back. Complete blood count (cbc) normal meaning that my platelet count- normal, red blood cell count- normal, white blood cell count- normal, hemoglobin- normal. Hep b bloodwork- normal, meaning hep dna- 42 (very low level, almost perfect), bili level- 1.0 (really good, but has never been bad before), alkaline phosphate- 52 (normal), ast- 27 (liver enzyme within normal range), alt- 38 (another liver enzyme within normal range, which wasn't in January). And thyroid bloodwork- normal. Tsh (The TSH test is often the test of choice for evaluating thyroid function and/or symptoms of hyper- or hypothyroidism. It is frequently ordered along with or preceding a T4 test)- Normal. T4 (a hormone produced by the thyroid gland)- Normal.

So, that's good that everything is normal. But bad, because that doesn't explain any of my pain in my side and back.

My ultrasound results were "unremarkable" in the good way. My gallbladder was normal, all of the ducts were normal, my pancreas was normal, liver was normal, no masses or spots on the images, my right kidney was great.

So I am going to my regular doctor tomorrow to get a mono test done....hopefully, and this is why.

My current symptoms:

- Fatigue (super bad)

- Headache

- Body aches, specifically left leg in the middle of my thigh on the back, my upper left arm

- Neck pain, pretty much goes from the top of my neck, down the left side, down across my shoulder and behind it all the way under and up my left armpit.

- A "full" looking neck, as my hepatologist said. Not like a rollie pollie neck, just full from the middle to the base.

- Throbbing, stabbing pain under (not below, so more like behind) my rib cage on the left side.

-Ribs feel bruised on the left side (bottom 3 ribs)

-Pain in ribs radiates to my back.

Okay, so sort of sounds like kidney stuff, but I've had an enlarged spleen before (spleen is located on your left side behind your rib cage) and it hurt SOOOOOO bad it made me fall asleep....like I had no other choice except screaming. This feels just the same. I've also had mono before and it made me SUPER tired.

Anyways, mono can cause your spleen to enlarge, thus I think this might be my problem. Your lymph nodes swell also, which could be why my neck hurts and it travels to my armpit, but there are lymph nodes there, too.

I'm also going to my ob to get my pap done. Yeah yeah maybe tmi, but I also want to go to make sure the lymph nodes in my armpits aren't related to my boobs somehow because they (my lymph nodes) got huge during the last weeks of pregnancy with Liam.

Wow, I sound like such a complainer and hypocondriac. Oh well. I might be complaining, but I think I have the right to, and I'm not a hypocondriac. I just want to FEEL BETTER!!

Yesterday I only held Liam like 3 times all day because my side hurt so bad in the morning and afternoon. :-( It made me so sad. I felt like I didn't help with him at all yesterday. And I know Jimmy is fully capable of doing all of it, but I wanted to contribute because it was weird not to since I take care of him by myself everyday because Jimmy is at work.

On a random note, Jimmy and I went to dinner last night by ourselves (my mom watched the kids). It was GREAT. We went to a place we love, Yai Yai's. DELICIOUS. We had Carpacchio, a trio dessert with Mango Raspberry Cheesecake, Chocolate Souffle, and an Apple Bread Pudding, and then I had Salmon with Lobster Ravioli, and he bad Vegetable and Seafood Lasagna. YUM. I was STUFFED. It was so weird eating out without Liam and Syd! I mean, we just got to eat without holding Liam of cutting up food for Syd, or taking her to the bathroom, or feeding Liam. It seems so simple, but it was great!

Okay. I think I'm done for the night. I'm SO TIRED.