off topic weekend: Lung nodules and pneumonia vaccine

[Guest guest]

Just wondering if the lung nodules have been biopsied?  I had a " nodule " that

showed up in a chest x-ray several years ago and freaked me out.  In the catscan

it disappeared.  The physician's assistant said there is something called a

" nipple shadow " that can show up appearing to be a nodule but is just a fluke

.. 

I really do feel so much for you.  I've had many illnesses and frustrating

experiences with doctors over the years - asthma being one of the biggies.  As

others have noted, prednisone/steroids will really change thinking.  So does

anesthesia and other drugs.  A close friend goes off the deep end on

antidepressants but it turns out what he actually has is a mood disorder and

requires a different treatment.  Remember, your brain, which influences your

mind, is a physical part of your body too and when it's affected you will have

thoughts and feelings accordingly. 

 

I think they used to say it takes a full year to recover from abdominal surgery

and a hysterectomy really throws the endocrine system out of whack assuming they

took the ovaries too.  That requires treatment, especially in a young woman. 

Boy, does that ever have an effect on mood among other things. 

 

I was on Plaquenil for arthritis for over a year - my pulmo thought it would

help with the allergies too although unfortunately there wasn't any benefit in

that area.  I read on a message board that Plaquenil could be a slight mood

lifter although I didn't notice it at all while on it.  In mid July, after

increasing the dose I had a horrible reaction, including severe burning in palms

of hands and soles of feet, tingling, pains shooting up and down my arms and

legs, feminine pain, and was just about crazy from the agony.  I tried it again

and had the same reaction but stopped sooner.  Then I went into a sort've mental

slump in which I didn't care about anything and just plain couldn't seem to

function.  I didn't feel I had the strength to figure out every day

issues.   So, perhaps the Plaquenil was giving me a mild " lift. "      My point

is, that meds DO affect mood differently in different people. 

 

Being short of breath is definitely a downer - my mind goes to slush

temporarily. 

 

Keep looking for and demanding help and explanations.