Cory Jürgen Wochnik
01-07-2013, 01:49 PM
Hey everyone,
Haven't posted on here in some time but I feel it's time to get back here. In the meantime my headaches have 98% gone away, my MRI came back perfect. Just some slight Sinusitis apparently. I got it without Contrast. I flew to Florida from Germany on December 14th for Holiday with my family. On the 22nd I was at dinner and got feverish, by bedtime that night my throat hurt pretty bad. The 23rd I woke up pretty much feeling like the full blown flu (101 fever, shakes, sore throat, ear pain, swollen lymphnodes, etc). on Monday I went to the ER with a 103+ fever and was admitted. At first they thought Meningitis due to me not being able to touch my neck to my chin. They proceeded to do blood work, a flu swab, a urine test, and a lumbar puncture. The doctor came back and said everything was fine and that it was just a ''Viral Syndrome''. By the 26th I was feeling for the most part better. Only had the ear discomfort and sore throat. I flew back on January 2nd to Germany and the sore throat has come back the past few days. This morning I was brushing my teeth and spit and there was a decent amount of blood in my saliva for a good twenty minutes, thinning out over the time. I thought maybe I brushed too hard? Checked my gums with a cotton swab and looked at them but couldn't see anything. I saw a doctor who checked my ears which said was fine, nose said was fine, and throat he said was inflamed a little and that the blood should be of no concern, but if it happened again to come back. As I was eating dinner tonight, I was eating bread.. I noticed I was bleeding again. Not as bad as earlier but noticeably. Checked the gums again and found nothing? I DO know that I do have sensitive gums and that they do bleed on occasion but never that much over that amount of time. So i'm pretty worried its something serious elsewhere in my body. My throat, stomach, or elsewhere. When I swallow it's almost as if theres an obstruction in my upper throat and I also noticed a few white bumps on the sides of my throat tonight.
Now I know most people on here aren't doctors but i'm not sure if it's my anxiety that's causing me to be really on edge about this or if it is nothing to be truly concerned about? Like other people on here I feel doctors do not take me serious once they see/know about my Anxiety/Hypochondria.
I'm not on medicine for my anxiety/hypochondria. They don't really give medicine where I live also. I feel if one thing is ''healed'' another ''breaks''. So i'm really starting to get into this daily routine of thinking ''What will I be dying from today?''. I don't like how I feel and I need help, because doing this alone is apparently not working. My girlfriend cares a lot for me and sleeps over almost every night and it frustrates her also because I sometimes get angry at her for only helping or caring because ''she doesn't understand''(Ive heard this is quite common with people who don't have anxiety).
So really in the end all i'm asking is should I be concerned about this blood and if some people could share me their tips for coping with this disaster.
FYI: My anxiety is 99% ONLY about Health related issues, as in I have no fear of crowds, or being in a car accident, but rather a cold or in this case... blood in saliva really scares the heck out of me!! I've been suffering since 16 and am now 21. I just want to be ''Normal'' again.
I thank EVERYONE in advance!
Haven't posted on here in some time but I feel it's time to get back here. In the meantime my headaches have 98% gone away, my MRI came back perfect. Just some slight Sinusitis apparently. I got it without Contrast. I flew to Florida from Germany on December 14th for Holiday with my family. On the 22nd I was at dinner and got feverish, by bedtime that night my throat hurt pretty bad. The 23rd I woke up pretty much feeling like the full blown flu (101 fever, shakes, sore throat, ear pain, swollen lymphnodes, etc). on Monday I went to the ER with a 103+ fever and was admitted. At first they thought Meningitis due to me not being able to touch my neck to my chin. They proceeded to do blood work, a flu swab, a urine test, and a lumbar puncture. The doctor came back and said everything was fine and that it was just a ''Viral Syndrome''. By the 26th I was feeling for the most part better. Only had the ear discomfort and sore throat. I flew back on January 2nd to Germany and the sore throat has come back the past few days. This morning I was brushing my teeth and spit and there was a decent amount of blood in my saliva for a good twenty minutes, thinning out over the time. I thought maybe I brushed too hard? Checked my gums with a cotton swab and looked at them but couldn't see anything. I saw a doctor who checked my ears which said was fine, nose said was fine, and throat he said was inflamed a little and that the blood should be of no concern, but if it happened again to come back. As I was eating dinner tonight, I was eating bread.. I noticed I was bleeding again. Not as bad as earlier but noticeably. Checked the gums again and found nothing? I DO know that I do have sensitive gums and that they do bleed on occasion but never that much over that amount of time. So i'm pretty worried its something serious elsewhere in my body. My throat, stomach, or elsewhere. When I swallow it's almost as if theres an obstruction in my upper throat and I also noticed a few white bumps on the sides of my throat tonight.
Now I know most people on here aren't doctors but i'm not sure if it's my anxiety that's causing me to be really on edge about this or if it is nothing to be truly concerned about? Like other people on here I feel doctors do not take me serious once they see/know about my Anxiety/Hypochondria.
I'm not on medicine for my anxiety/hypochondria. They don't really give medicine where I live also. I feel if one thing is ''healed'' another ''breaks''. So i'm really starting to get into this daily routine of thinking ''What will I be dying from today?''. I don't like how I feel and I need help, because doing this alone is apparently not working. My girlfriend cares a lot for me and sleeps over almost every night and it frustrates her also because I sometimes get angry at her for only helping or caring because ''she doesn't understand''(Ive heard this is quite common with people who don't have anxiety).
So really in the end all i'm asking is should I be concerned about this blood and if some people could share me their tips for coping with this disaster.
FYI: My anxiety is 99% ONLY about Health related issues, as in I have no fear of crowds, or being in a car accident, but rather a cold or in this case... blood in saliva really scares the heck out of me!! I've been suffering since 16 and am now 21. I just want to be ''Normal'' again.
I thank EVERYONE in advance!