Been lurking on TuD for a while, finally joined. I have lots of medical probs so I figured I'd start here.
My name is Jennifer, but I go by Jen Jen.
I have Type 1 D w/insulin resistance, Asthma, Seasonal Allergies, Celiac's, IBS, GERD, Juvenile Rum. Arthritis, Generalized Paroxysmal Dyskinesia/Dystonia, Myoclonic Jerks, Tremors, Hashimoto's Hypothyroid, Reynauld's syndrome, Migraines, Cluster Headaches, had gallbladder removed because of stones a couple years ago, spinal probs(couple budging dics, slight scoliosis, pinched nerves), problems with chronic pain due to several of my health issues(doesn't help I tend to fall a lot because of the dystonia 'n neurological junk), anxiety, and depression(list kinda makes that one obvious, just irks me when the docs try to explain away things with it as if it's the root cause of everything.) There might be something I left out, but oh well.
Took years to get anywhere with the neurological stuff, even now still learning more. Docs wanted to blame the D and neuropathy instead of investigating what was going on, it took many trips to different specialties for a neuro to say "Oh, that's dystonia". Very frustrating. I even get the "it's the D" from eye doctors just because they don't want to take the time to correct me all the way, had to pay a fortune for a specialist to tell me my eyes are fine and there were absolutely no signs of retinopathy, instead I'm a carrier for a rare disease called X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa, so yay and F###!.
Even with all my health issues, I managed to have two beautiful healthy children and hope all my cruddy health problems didn't pass on.