Tuesday, March 12, 2013

well, i know what it isn't !

Sunday i randomly started twitching! i though it was just something odd, but then it got worse... i sat through service then went home.
After looking online to see why i might be so twitchy :) i drank a ton of Gatorade...
this helped and the twitching all but went away... i say this because it did not completely go away...
Monday morning we decided to go help Susan with her new house... by the time we got there i couldn't stop twitching! oy! it was really weird....

we thought maybe i needed a back crack, and went to Tacoma (our chiropractor) and got an adjustment... well, that didnt work, so on to ER  Because it was seeming to be an added symptom to all my other unknown head issues HA! 

after an MRI, and labs... i know what i don't have... which in a way helps narrow things a little toward an answer.

my thyroid is normal, no infections, there is nothing wrong with my head that an MRI would read... and i was not fighting any kind of infections... 

3 times they asked me (before running any tests if MS runs in the family... i don't know if it does or not... they said an MRI would have picked up some damage if i did have this (but this was the only thing that usually explains all the odd things going on) but it didn't show anything... however i was twitching during the whole MRI... so i am hoping they got a good scan:)

labs showed that after 60 oz of Gatorade the night before, that my potassium was still a tad low. (just under normal. ) they said that i was just really sensitive to it being low, or it was really low before i got there... they gave me a potassium drink and sent me home. 

the twitching still hasn't gone away, we are thinking that somewhere i am loosing a lot of potassium because before Sunday i had been drinking green juice (spinach and other potassium filled veggies) and drinking Gatorade, and taking  magnesium... yet i was still low in potassium. all the potassium in the world is not helping. i still twitch, just not as bad is i keep loading up on the electrolytes.
there is no known reason why i would be loosing it so fast. and loosing enough to make me twitch...
ugh... im kinda just wishing for answers that arent what isnt the problem. but i at least know the important things are in check :)

so for now i wait, and i am sorry in advance for you church members... im twitchy :) hehe!
 

5 comments:

  1. I was going to text ya tuesday & ask how you were doing! been thinking & praying for you!!!

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  2. I hope you can figure out how to keep your potassium levels up. That sounds like drag, esp when you have two little toddlers to chase. :)

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  3. We will be praying that the Lord will give you and Philemon strength and wisdom as you navigate the medical world. We will also pray for wisdom for the doctors. Love you!

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  4. Hmmmm.... sounds familiar... when you find out what it is, please let me know.... wondering if we are "two peas in a pod". Hugs, Grace

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  5. come find me on sunday mrs P. i have a question for you :)

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