Scared for my son. Please help w/comments *Update 4/16*

[Rachel]

. He's big on vitamins and herbs and is always mindful of good eating habits, rest, exercise, etc.

You might want to suggest that he let the doctors know of all the vitamins and herbs he has been taking. It has recently been something that our clinic regularly asks us along with asking us about all our medications. Not that it is likley that these may be in any way involved as he is young and probably not taking any medication, but just to cover all bases.

[Medusa]

Thank you for that again. I'll be sure to tell him.

[cyber-sibes]

Just reading this now, you & your son will be in my prayers. i hope he continues to improve and gets his health fully back soon.
I can sympathize with how helpless you feel being so far away - we're all from OH, and when I was in IL, my sons were in CA...now they're back in OH & I had to move to RI. Frustrating! I think about what I would do if one of them became seriously ill. Thank God prayers know no boundaries!

[Medusa]

As I mentioned earlier, my son's girlfriend is a nurse and she has spoken to another nurse who served in Iraq and this nurse said that she saw this type of illness there frequently and that it was temporary. My son's girlfriend also spoke to 4 doctors, all of whom said that they're surprised that the ER dr. gave the diagnosis of myositis so quickly. So now my son is really angry because he feels like the doctors don't know what they're doing. I'm trying to get him to understand that his symptoms could be a host of things but that isn't helping his state of mind any. He's on his way to the walk-in clinic now and they told him to prepare for a long day, possibly he'll get an MRI and maybe an EMG. I guess I'll know more later but it probably won't be until tonight. So I wait. This is agonizing.

[moosmom]

Mary,

You and your son are in my prayers, honey. If you need to talk, call me on my cellphone. I'll PM you with it. I can call you back cuz I've got tons minutes on it.

[Pam]

This seems like it might be taking a turn. I don't know if that is good or bad but the "unknowing" must be unnerving. I know that being so far away must be driving you crazy. (((hugs)))

Thank God prayers know no boundaries!

Isn't that the truth! God is everywhere. He is with your son and you at the same time. I have often prayed when I am concerned about a loved one far away "I know I can't be there but you can."

[shepgirl]

I'm so glad things seem to be looking brighter for you. Hope your son keeps on improving every day.
Don't worry too much about the diabetes thing...sounds like your son is on prednisone for short term therapy. 6 tablets of 10mg daily is the usual dosage , I was on it a few times myself and my doc said not to worry about the diabetes thing since it was only short term. My dad was on for years and he never had a problem . If your son had a history of diabetes it might be different but not in this case probably. He could ask the doc so he could reassure you. Wishing you and your son best of luck beating this thing.

[Freedom]

Seems like now it is just a matter of him sitting back and patiently waiting fo rhis body to heal itself. Sounds like he isn't big on the 'patience' part! Glad to hear things are on the road to recovery, even if it SI at a snail's pace, and he woud prefer to be in an Indy car!

[Medusa]

Yes, patience is not his strong suit, believe me. He's got a heart of gold and will help anyone at any time. He's been there for everyone and now he's giving everyone else a hard time when they want to be there for him.

I just spoke to my dr. who is also a family friend and he told me that, judging just from what I've told him, that it indeed does sound like "viral" myositis and, if that's the case, it will have to run its course and treatment may take a while. Well, my son is self supporting and doesn't have a wife or live in girlfriend to pick up the slack w/finances, so that's part of his impatience. He wants to get back to work. If this drags out much longer, I may have to go to LA and help him out. But I'm closing one of my offices and I need to have my furniture out, so I've been moving things that I can carry and/or put in my car so that on moving day we'll only have the big pieces to move and it should go smoothly. (Lord willin' and the creek don't rise.)

I'll know more late tonight or tomorrow and I can report how he's feeling and what the dr/s. had to say.