More symptoms :(

[Guest guest]

Hello, I just thought I would check in. I told everyone my mothers symptoms

already but I will run them down again real quick. Last weeks symptoms: Frequent

urination at night (every half hour), uncontrolled urine and bowels

(occationally), confusion, fluid in her legs, swollen stomach (not sure from

hernia or fluid), dizziness. I think that was all. Remember she still drinks

from the time she gets up till bed time

Last night I got a call from my sister. My mom was having pain in her back. I

called momma and she said it was sharp pain in her lower back. She said it came

and went but I didn't hear much of a break by the way she was talking. It was so

painfull for her that she could not talk well. She was mowing the lawn yesturday

afternoon. Why I don't know, stubborn I guess. Her alcoholic husband tells her

it is just muscle spasms and she will be fine. He told her that they both drank

too much to go to the emergency room. So, she refused to go. She took 2

ibeprophen and went to sleep. Normally she gets up every half hour to go to the

bathroom, but she didn't. When she finally got up this morning, she went to the

bathroom but only went a little bit. I told her it may be her bladder so she

needs to go to ER but she said no. I called her about an hour ago and she said

she is just going a little bit, not what she normally goes. She said she took a

stool softener and had a bowel movement. I am not sure if she normally does that

or what. She still refuses to go to the ER.

I don't know what to do. Her husband told her that sometimes he doesn't pee

much..... So, he is not helping at all.

She is very tired right now but she said that ibeprophen does that to her.

I just feel helpless, so does my sister. I wish she wasn't so stubborn. I hope

it is ok to post all this. I just needed to vent a little. Can anyone give me

and idea of what she is dealing with?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Hi , what an

impossible situation your mother has you in!

Most of those symptoms

probably cannot be attributed to the HCV. One ballpark guess would be one

helluva urinary tract infection. If that is what she has, not treating it will

eventually damage her kidneys and that would explain her backache. They are

nothing to fool around with, I know too much about them myself.

Hope this helps…

no matter what the dx is she needs to quit the whining and do something about

it. Get her to a doctor if you can. Wish I could be of more help!

- Idaho

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in your soul.

Dickerson

Hello, I just thought I would check in. I told

everyone my mothers symptoms already but I will run them down again real quick.

Last weeks symptoms: Frequent urination at night (every half hour),

uncontrolled urine and bowels (occationally), confusion, fluid in her legs,

swollen stomach (not sure from hernia or fluid), dizziness. I think that was

all. Remember she still drinks from the time she gets up till bed time

Last night I got a call from my sister. My mom was having pain in her back. I

called momma and she said it was sharp pain in her lower back. She said it came

and went but I didn't hear much of a break by the way she was talking. It was

so painfull for her that she could not talk well. She was mowing the lawn

yesturday afternoon. Why I don't know, stubborn I guess. Her alcoholic husband

tells her it is just muscle spasms and she will be fine. He told her that they

both drank too much to go to the emergency room. So, she refused to go. She

took 2 ibeprophen and went to sleep. Normally she gets up every half hour to go

to the bathroom, but she didn't. When she finally got up this morning, she went

to the bathroom but only went a little bit. I told her it may be her bladder so

she needs to go to ER but she said no. I called her about an hour ago and she

said she is just going a little bit, not what she normally goes. She said she

took a stool softener and had a bowel movement. I am not sure if she normally

does that or what. She still refuses to go to the ER.

I don't know what to do. Her husband told her that sometimes he doesn't pee

much..... So, he is not helping at all.

She is very tired right now but she said that ibeprophen does that to her.

I just feel helpless, so does my sister. I wish she wasn't so stubborn. I hope

it is ok to post all this. I just needed to vent a little. Can anyone give me

and idea of what she is dealing with?

Thanks,