So ... I haven't been here in awhile. I was gonna have to come and delete my membership. Stanford looked at the granulomas in my lung biopsy and said the tissue appeared to be more infectious than inflammation so ... my rheumatologist said "You don't have Wegener's ... stop the meds, etc" and wiped his hands of me.
Unfortunately, this hasn't meant I'm all better. In fact, since weaning off the Prednisone I'm even worse than I was.
My nose is giving me the most grief. It's like a giant scab on the inside of my right nostril. I can't even touch it. And if I do, it bleeds profusely. One day, I hadn't had a nosebleed for two days but sneezed in my truck while driving and it was like a crime scene on my hand and face. Blood everywhere.
ENT's idea? Antibacterial cream applied 3x a day. So far, no change.
I'm still coughing like a seal.
When I close my eyes it's like I'm pressing on my right eyeball (do it lightly, see that spot? That's what I see) and if I look up, there's one of those spots you get after looking into a bright light. My right eye is blurry and I feel pressure behind it.
My brain feels like it's going to explode out of my head.
My neck is stiff as can be.
I feel like I was run over by several buses in a row. I can't shake this AT ALL.
My fear is that I DO have Wegener's as that was their first inclination when my Proteinase-3 levels on my ANCA test was elevated significantly.
However, my rheumatologist (who only has a couple Weg's patients) says I only have symptoms and a blood test result. I can't be diagnosed without a tissue sample.
Should I just sit and let this go? I don't want it to get worse and every day since completely weaning off Pred ... I've gotten worse.
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