I believe in prayer warriors friends... and in this.... you have all blessed me in encouraging me and praying for me up until this point as I have been battling "something" for the past few months and no answers or improvement have seemed to make themselves known.
I ask for prayer this morning as I see my long-time Primary doctor. I left LA after work last night to make the drive for my early appointment this morning because the doctor I have down in LA... is great.... but didn't give me answers I was wanting or looking for.... I would ask for prayer this morning for God to give my doctor wisdom and discernment in finding out or at least taking some steps into finding out why I have been "sick" the last few months. I have been suffering from what my doctor in LA called "Chronic Hives".... but no solution how to minimize or treat them, beyond referring me to specialists. I felt that the best thing to do was to see my long time doctor who has a better medical history with me that has seen me healthy and also seen me sick and actually has a specialty in skin. A few other things seem to accompany me with hives.... it all seems to be "heat" related-- either I am overheating too prematurely or just overheating and my body is not cooling itself off as it should OR I am having an allergic reaction to sweat.... so in addition to hives I am left feeling very lathargic and my energy levels are almost non-existant, some mild chest pains, and my asthma seems to be peaked. This all started (and I thought nothing of it then) when I was back in New York in March and I was layering a lot because of how cold it was. I thought it was a weird occurrence but then being back home.... it has increasingly gotten worse and besides the anxiety and frustration I feel surrounding it..... leaves me very tired. My normal routine of going hiking, running, working out... has pretty much been on hold as this "overheating" seems to be a trigger, as well as just being in a warm place my body can't adjust to (even for 5 minutes). So please be praying this morning.... You have all been amazing prayer warriors in my life and it is something I can feel all the time. For those of you who are not big on prayer-- your words of encouragement and concern over the past few months I think have been what have kept me going (and even the past few years). I will keep you all updated and pray that this is something that I may even have an easier answer than we though ;-) Also prayers for my finances in this as it has definitely shifted things a bit with the treatment I have already had and will continue to have in this.
In all of this I have done my best to "change my environment" to lessen triggers. I moved 11 miles from the San Fernando Valley part of Los Angeles in to the Westside... cooler temperatures, and even got a work transfer.... It has been "better", but I'm still getting them. My best friend in LA asked me a question a few weeks ago and it stuck with me as I was practically overdosing on antihistamines and they obviously are not working..... "What does all this medicating you're doing-- that's not helping-- affect long term and your heart?". I was so focused on the right here and right now, I didn't think about long term of treating myself in a way that is not even working. So, I am back to normal doses, but the flare ups are the same-- from even when I shower and the steam/water is too hot to getting ready for work and the apartment is "humid or warm".... I have never been this sensitive to heat.... and if you live in LA.... you really can' t be. My goal is to get healthy. I have had some friends speak up to me about some solutions they took with similar issues and I will be taking that to my doctor this morning.... it is my prayer that it is nothing too serious that can't be managed. It is something I would like to recover from. This may be the time to "reset" my body... for a lack of a better descriptor. I am nervous, anxious, and just overall done. So prayers for that.
Thanks friends and family..... it means the world to me.
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