[tutu1]

About pregnancy and health and friends

[Wondergirl]

We aren't a chat board with immediate replies. You will get free responses over the next few days from all sorts of members -- young, old, wise, stupid.

I'm one of the old and wise ones :D, so tell us more.

[tutu1]

Thanks I guess all I know is I'm scared I wish I knew what was wrong with my body so I can stop going crazy

[Wondergirl]

What's going on with your body? (Being scared will only make things worse. Let's sit back and be logical here. Think of this as a problem to be solved, so let's put our heads together and solve it.)

[tutu1]

OK, its been four months and every body says its just gas your having so I'm taking tums and some heart burn pills and looking up stuff to take and I'm just so stressed I can't do my work I'm online looking for answers what would you do ?

[redhed35]

Are you pregnant or do you think your pregnant?

Do you have a specific health problem, or is this something new?

Do your friends know about this, or is it something you find hard to talk about?

Could you say what age you are?

Lots of questions I know, but it will help towards the answers you get.

[tutu1]

Um I thought I was pregnant cause I have these real bad sick days and most of the pregnancy syptoms but the doctor told me I wasn't pregnant, no I don't have a specific health problem ,no my friends don't know, I'm 17

[redhed35]

How long has it been since you have seen a doctor?

If the pregnancy test was negative, and your still sick a few months later its time to go back to the doctor and get to the bottom of what's wrong.

Have to spoken to your mum about how your feeling,health wise?

Feeling ill for a long period takes its toll, including the stress factor.

Getting back to the doctor will help get to the bottom of what's physically going on in your body.

[tutu1]

Well I seen the doctor and when he told me I wasn't pregnant I was kind of puzzled because I was hoping I was because I was scared of anything else but he didn't give me another issue or cause for my systoms when I went to a GY and the took a pee test andsaid it was negative I cried and I thought something was wrong so now I'm taking stuff for heart burn which I never thought that was the issue they not changing my sleeping or my back pains or how I'm eating actually I don't know what it did and yes I told her my syptoms

[Wondergirl]

What exactly are your symptoms?

[tutu1]

They been up and down right now I'm weak but usually I'm sick naseuated tired I sleep from 10p-10a and still be tired my back literally hurts and I can't lay on my back or my stomach cause its so uncomfrotable just to sleep at night I have to drink tea I still have my period red brownish it last for three days,, and something else I have this weird feeling like it's a fish in my stomach like it feels so weird I can't explain it so I don't know what the syptoms actually are but I know this isn't usually me

[Wondergirl]

Did the doctor check for anemia?

[tutu1]

I don't know what's that

[Wondergirl]

The doctor would have done a blood test. It means there's isn't enough iron in your blood -- "tired blood." You could have ulcers or the beginnings of ulcers (stomach pain, inability to lie flat or on your stomach, bleeding). Not enough oxygen is getting into your blood.

[tutu1]

Oh no sickle cell anemia no I doubt that I'm tired but I really don't think that's the issue but I';ll check

[Wondergirl]

Not sickle cell, just plain ol' garden variety anemia.

[tutu1]

Well he checked my blood he said my iron was a little low but nothing major but I don't know when he told me I was fine I guess it didn't show up he said the tiredness was because I was a teenager but thanks I guess I got to check that out

[Wondergirl]

Tell me everything you ate and drank yesterday. Everything.

[Wondergirl]

What does "a little low" mean? Did he give you a number from the blood test?

[tutu1]

I ate this pill for heart burn I don't member eveyrthing I ate I member drinking a lot of water and eating oddies and noddles with syrup and dinner I ate pork chops with syrup don't ask me why but I been eating a lot of stuff with syrup