Posts by dustyscout36

Thanks, Dr. Smith! Honestly, I can't even remember the last time I felt sick... but then I started messing around with my diet—I’m super picky, don't eat much variety, and I've been constantly jumping from one fad diet to another... and now, here we are. 😢
For the next seven days, I have to cut out Vitamin C and red meat entirely—I'm currently trying to collect three stool samples. Once those go to the lab, I should get my results back from the FBI... I mean, hopefully this all clears up soon, because I have a mountain of studying to do. I just feel so exhausted all the time—my focus is totally shot compared to how it used to be, and I honestly just feel foggy and stupid! 🙂

Hey everyone! Honestly, I think this thread should just be titled "Dr. Smith Answers"! 🙂

So, Dr. Smith—can I get a little help here? About a week ago, something happened that my doctor is calling hypoglycemia. It was pretty scary—I got dizzy, passed out, had this ringing in my ears, my hands went numb and then started shaking, and my vision went blurry—like I was seeing stars. My blood pressure dropped to 80/40, and my heart was racing like crazy... So, she sent me for blood work, and it turns out my red blood cell count, hemoglobin, and iron are all pretty low. She immediately told me I’m definitely anemic, but she was really thrown by the fact that there's blood in my urine. I'm not pregnant, my periods aren't heavy, and I'm on Yasmin, so she can't figure out where I'm losing the blood. Now I have to do a stool sample too, just to see if there's blood in there as well...
Anyway, I did a bit of surfing on Google and now I'm totally freaked out by the search results (stomach cancer...?). I guess I just want to know what she's actually aiming for with these tests?! What is going on with me?!😲
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