Hi everyone. I've not posted because I haven't felt well. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your kind wishes and support. I cannot express enough how much it means to me.
I'm still awful (of course), so I will try to give as much details as possible in short (and I have some questions at the end).
Since I've last posted I had a stomach scope. Dr. said that he saw nothing that would indicate my severe stomach acid. He also said that I needed immediate psychiatric care - which I got this past week. I'm now working with a therapist and psychiatrist. They can only help little, but they are trying.
I finally made the decision to switch my care over to our local University hospital's high risk pregnancy clinic. The Dr I met with this week spent over 2 hours with me and my family. How wonderful. The downfall is that, although I can see this new Dr every Thurs, at any other time, I would need to talk to someone else (residents, etc.). But, it gives me peace of mind to know that my Dr's office is at a hospital that offers the most highly specialized care in my city. All people in So AZ who require extreme care go here.
Back to the GI Dr - his nurse told me that I showed problems with my thyroid so I had more blood tests...no results yet. Only problem is that my new Dr says that doesn't mean anything because nearly every pregnant women would show signs of hyperthyroidism. My hopes were crushed because I thought I finally had an "answer".
Re: terminating, well, I don't feel comfortable discussing it here. This is no offense to anyone at all, but that would need to be decided between me and God, to whom I pray every day. I also want to respect the privacy of my husband. I'm sure you understand.
I'm still just so frustrated. I'll be 15 weeks on Mon and I'm still in agony. I've lost 20 lbs. I'm still nauseous (more now) 24/7 and the pill the GI Dr. gave me, Nexium, seems to have stopped working...even at 80 mgs/day. I only get 4-5 hours of sleep at night AND that's with TWO Ambien CR's. More often than not, I take another 10 mgs which buys me another 2 hours if I'm lucky. I'm constipated. I went for 9 days without going. I can usually keep down about 700 calories a day and 1 ltr of water, which, I believe is why no feeding tube yet. It practically kills me to accomplish this, but I can do it.
I require 24/7 care now - my mom during the day and my husband at night. It's wearing my family out, especially when I get REALLY bad. Most of you have said, as well as my Dr, that this WILL get better. WHEN??? I know that you don't have the answer, but I'm obessed to ask.
Also, has anyone taken Lunesta with pg, and, if so did you have good results? Ambien clearly has stopped working for me and I HAVE to get sleep. I need to escape this. I just read today that it's a "C" category but it's approved for long term use. I'm desperate.
Thank you so much again. If I feel up to it any time soon, I will PM those from the last thread who I had more questions for. I'm so sorry, but, well, you know what it's like to not feel up to anything.
Hugs to all,