I have been reading some of my old finance posts here on blogger. One of the blogs that I had was Saving Money and Home Finances, I had posted a lot of helpful articles and tips for everyone on this blog. One of my favorites is "We have to change our financial future" Read the intro below and check out the post if you are interested.
In the last few months I have been doing research, and trying to
discover new ways of improving my finances. Saving money and other
things work great, but I have to make more changes if I truly want to
change my financial future. Doing the research is a great tool to help
you with your financial future, but you have to choose to make changes
in your life. Continue reading
Diagnosed with hepatomegaly (enlarged liver)
Last week I ended up in the hospital with stomach pain, flu like symptoms, and upper respiratory issues. I was not sure, but thought they were all some how associated with each other. The final diagnosis on that day was a UTI and some infection, found out later that I didn't even have a UTI. Well yesterday I received a message that my final results for a CT scan that I had was posted, so I went to check it out.
On this results page I was able to see that I have an enlarged liver, measuring 20.5 mm, a cyst on my kidney, and ovarian cysts (I get those regularly). Even though I have never had a cyst on my kidney, those did not bother me much. The enlarged liver, hepatomegaly, scared me. I have not drank more than a couple of beer a year, in about nine years. Even before that I was a social drinker maybe a couple of times a week if that. So what is causing the hepatomegaly diagnosis? At this point I have no clue. I have not heard from the hospital, I have called my Doctor, but no response. What do I do in this case? I am worried that there is something going on. Looking at the CT scan you can see the liver bulging out of my ribs. Even to me, someone without much knowledge on CT scans, you can see how large it is.
For me I go to the worse possible outcome generally. Do I have liver disease? Do I have cancer? Or is this just a bad affect from the infection that I had? It could be the horrible food I eat as well, but working in the environment that I do it is very hard to change those habits. So my personal plan of action so far is to cut back on energy drinks, I usually have one or two a day, try to cut out some of the sugars, getting back into drinking the Crazy Water I used to from Mineral Wells, TX, and making small changes in my every day habits. I also want to focus on losing about 50 pounds. Since I had my daughter last year I have put on quite a bit of weight, and this is something that is pushing me to look at my life a little differently.
I have an eight year old son, and a one year old daughter. I want to be there for my babies for as long as I can. This diagnosis, no matter what is causing the issue, has made me look at things differently. I know I cannot change all of my bad habits at once, but now is the time to start taking baby steps to improve my life. If anyone has any experience in this situation, please share some advice. I am open to hear any suggestions or tips.
On this results page I was able to see that I have an enlarged liver, measuring 20.5 mm, a cyst on my kidney, and ovarian cysts (I get those regularly). Even though I have never had a cyst on my kidney, those did not bother me much. The enlarged liver, hepatomegaly, scared me. I have not drank more than a couple of beer a year, in about nine years. Even before that I was a social drinker maybe a couple of times a week if that. So what is causing the hepatomegaly diagnosis? At this point I have no clue. I have not heard from the hospital, I have called my Doctor, but no response. What do I do in this case? I am worried that there is something going on. Looking at the CT scan you can see the liver bulging out of my ribs. Even to me, someone without much knowledge on CT scans, you can see how large it is.
For me I go to the worse possible outcome generally. Do I have liver disease? Do I have cancer? Or is this just a bad affect from the infection that I had? It could be the horrible food I eat as well, but working in the environment that I do it is very hard to change those habits. So my personal plan of action so far is to cut back on energy drinks, I usually have one or two a day, try to cut out some of the sugars, getting back into drinking the Crazy Water I used to from Mineral Wells, TX, and making small changes in my every day habits. I also want to focus on losing about 50 pounds. Since I had my daughter last year I have put on quite a bit of weight, and this is something that is pushing me to look at my life a little differently.
I have an eight year old son, and a one year old daughter. I want to be there for my babies for as long as I can. This diagnosis, no matter what is causing the issue, has made me look at things differently. I know I cannot change all of my bad habits at once, but now is the time to start taking baby steps to improve my life. If anyone has any experience in this situation, please share some advice. I am open to hear any suggestions or tips.
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