A fucked up medical update.

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ejp1220

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Well, for anyone who cares, I got an update on my remaining infection from my appendicitis. Now, this is extremely fucked up, or at least in my mind it is. I went into the hospital for another checkup this afternoon and talked with the doctors. They said, that my white blood cell count was low as hell for someone with an infection, but they do very well still believe I have the infection on the remaining tissue.

They think that they not only found out why the infection is still kicking my ass, but why it started clear back when I got the appendicitis, or at the very least a major contributor to it. They said after looking at my history (the questions they asked me that I honestly thought had nothing to do with my being sick, I.e- Was I recently broken up with, hows the home life, sports, schooling, so on so on.), and at the fact that my hormone chart is weirding out, that I am "medically depressed".

The doctor said that depression in some cases can straight up effect the brain's control of hormonal distribution, which in turn effects the white blood cell count of your body significantly. He wants too try sending me to a shrink before they do any surgical work too clean up the remaining infection. Now, I'm young and naive, and of course, am not a doctor but that sounds far fetched too me. What are your guys' opinions on the matter? Does it even sound plausible too any of you that enjoys watching doctor shows on prime time? ;) (Well come on, I have to be SOMEWHAT positive about life if thats what they think.)
 
I'd say that if nothing else it's worth a try. There was a time when I was well and truly depressed, saw a shrink, was prescribed little happy pills, etc. And during the worst times of it I did sometimes feel phsyically ill with no good reason for it, and if I could ever make myself cheer up those ailments would subside. So yeah, I personally believe that to some extent the mind can affect the body, and that could even cause a chain reaction of things.

You have the right idea, stay positive. Go into the psych sessions with an open mind and a mental goal to improve your situation. Even if when it's all said and done it's nothing more than a mental placebo, if it helps...it helps.

Best of luck to ya.
 
Well, it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility. It is entirely possible to be clinically depressed without being "depressed," you know? Any number of things can cause it. Left undealt with, it could probably fuck with some other shit.

But if it means not having a surgery, I think anything is worth a shot.
 
damn... that is messed up.

I suggest you at least try the therapy stuff. Even for people who function well normally, therapy can do some amazing stuff. Trust me, I'm a member!

Stick to it, and if you don't like what this doctor has to say, get a second opinion. Two medical professionals are better than one, in some cases.
 
I dunno, I'm starting to notice things. I'm just not as happy as I used to be and no matter what I do I can't be. For the past month or so I can't sleep, when I get to bed, no matter how exhausted I am. I just start thinking and can't stop about life. But yes, I figured its worth a try. I have a meeting set up for tomorrow. With football camp in five days I have to really push everything together but im going to give it a shot. Hey, maybe the shrink is a cool guy? I've heard of less likely things happening in life.
 
Jesse is correct. You can be clinically depressed which basically "depresses" your body's ability to function at it's best. If you have an infection that should be going away, if your body is clinically depressed, it may not react to it as strongly as it should making it worse and able to spread easily. Hence the lack of white blood cells...your body would normally dump a ton of those on an infection, but if it's depressed, it may not send in the troops.

Once you can figure out how to reduce the amount of stress in your life (lot's of sad things can cause stress and you may not even realize how it's effecting you. You may feel normal, but your body will feel the physical effects of the stress before your mind does), then by eliminating some of that stress, your body may start to kick back in to gear. You may need some antidepressents to help you along the way. The antidepressents unblock certain hormones from being released correctly. Those hormones will help your brain function much more normally and your body will start picking up it's immunity as it should. In the end, you may not need another surgery, or at least the infection won't spread any further.
 
Theres only one doctor here I would trust at tall, and that guys on vacation. But I do get your point. I want someone who would treat me as a patient and not as a waste of time. But even then, theres some here that would say me and doctors don't typically get along. The dumb asses that work here are... special. My dad works on a railroad road crew, but on his spare time is a construction contractor. His friend was helping him with a job he had, and somehow nailed my dad's fingers together, don't ask how, I do not know. Well, he rushes my dad to the hospital where they instantly pump him full of pain killers and rip the nail out with a good 'ol wrench. Soon after doing that, they decide that it would be the best possible time to give him a drug test as required by the BNSF in work related accidents, right after pumping him full of painkillers. They where persistent to the point of us having to threaten them with a lawyer to back off and take the tests when he had a chance to mellow out. That's just ONE tale of why I don't like most of the doctors, but lets save the rest for another day.
 
Medically depressed? Is that their way of getting out of lawsuits for not picking up on it earlier? It sounds like b.s.

4x4 is right - time for other opinions.
 
Yeah, well I don't believe in suing a doctor unless they REALLY fucked up so thats out of the question for me. Morals eh? And yeah, you guys are right. Tomorrow, after my shrink meeting, a friends bringing me to the City about forty minutes or so out. They have a big hospital which is important I guess to the medical community. They do research up there or something, but im going to get a third idea on whats really going on.
 
Well, the appointment today wasn't what I expected. The shrink was one of the coolest guys I ever met. He brought me to a restraunt for lunch, and just did the interview, or whatever you want to call it there. I like the fact he didn't guide the questions to much, he just gave me free reign one statement at a time. I actually feel pretty good now that I actually talked with someone about shit, and whats cool is he didn't just fling off my questions as something asked by a retarded kid, he actually gave me his real thoughts on it all.

Well, he agrees with the doctors. A form of depression somehow weakened my immune system greatly. The doctor in Scotts Bluff also said something along the lines. Well, I'm kinda starting to feel better. Hopefully, I can get better enough in three days!
 
Haha, if you knew me then the track to getting better just gets me ready for my next injury! One thing you WILL find out about me, is cars like to hit me... Scratch that, they love to hit me. I'm either magnetic, or cars have a mind of their own and they are interested in raping me. I have been hit by roughly 10 cars so far.
 
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