Hi all im back after a few months of hospitalisation and various specialty clinic visits.

So to tell you the story...
Couple of months back i noticed my legs looked like they were getting oddly larger, i thought i had contracted some type of allergy... then one night after only 3 beers with my girlfriends dad, i started to hurl my guts up 4 hours after we stopped drinking, the next day i thought "I have to go to hospital" So we rocked up to the ER and they asked for a urine sample, within 5 minutes i got in! which is very unusual cause we dont have a very good health service done here at the moment, after hours of waiting in a hospital bed and a few blood tests i was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome, a condition that causes my kidneys to filter protien out of my system instead of into my system, causing the mass swelling in my legs because protien is what soaks up alll the excess fluid in your system. After a week in hospital for monitoring and a Renal Biopsy were i had a 2.5mm Needle stuck in my back i started a Corticosteroid based treatment, plus a heap of blood thinners, blood pressure stabilisers and anti-inflammitries. One thing the doctors didnt explain to me is that the treatment medication has a very common side effect of Insomnia... So for the last month i have not slept at all, i'll be awake for 2 days straight then have a really bad sleep one night then be up for another 2 days. But luckily the treatment has started working and now i can start slowly coming off the meds, just not too fast cause theres a chance i could go in relapse :/ Now im back on my feet and able to do pretty much anything, just not sleep :S

Well thats my update lol... Didnt realise how much i just write

and this is all after the spinal prolapse ? Whats next for you lol, sorry but wow

Welcome Back

Lol yeah i know the spinal prolapse ive had for years though, dosnt really bother me that much anymore... mainly cause this is keeping my mind of it :S You should of seen my legs i put on 15kg of weight due to swelling in just under a week! My girlfriend was calling me the elephant man!!!! :/

I could imagine, I've had my leg clotted before and it's always remained slightly bigger than my other leg. Did they make you wear Ted stockings? And you know the blood thinners is just rat poison huh lol............seriously

Lol they were going to make me wear the stocking but i pleaded with them not to i couldnt stand waking up all throughout the night to my stocking inflating lol, The blood thinner i'm on im not sure has rat poison in it i know the blood thinner drug Walferin does lol but im on the daily injections of Clexane might look it up lol. oh and i had an ultrasound on my legs to check for clots and when the put the gel on some of it ran down to my private area lol i nearly kneed the doctor in the face it was that cold