Today I'm feeling

Well, I'm back!!

Hopefully things will start getting back to normal now I've been diagnosed!! And what a surprise!!

I had my CAT scan last week and I've been terrified about what it might show. Then finally got to see someone the day before yesterday to find out what's going on. He gave me a full physical, grilled me about this and that, and it turns out I've got Post Natal Illness!!

I know I shouldn't be glad I've got such a thing, as it's such an awful illness, but at least there's light at the end of the tunnel!

Half of the battle was just finding out what was wrong, I already feel better than I have done for weeks or even months!

I'm just completely surprised that you can get such awful physical symptoms with PNI. Everyone thinks it's just depression, and maybe being tired or disinterested in your baby. No one ever told me I'd be physically sick.

The specialist I saw said "well, if you'd spoken to someone about it sooner then maybe it wouldn't have got so bad". I told him I'd been back and forth to the GP and Health Visitor since about 4 weeks after having the baby and he was completely shocked. I think some people will be having their knuckles rapped for letting it go so far.

If someone had just said there was a possibility it was PNI, I wouldn't have had so many months of worrying myself sick about brain tumours, cancer etc.

I've already told my Health Visitor how angry I am that no one picked up on this - aren't they trained to look out for these symptoms in new mums??? I think it hit home, as usually she visits once a month if I'm lucky, but she's coming back again this afternoon - so twice in one week, plus a phone call!!

I found a wonderful forum of women with PNI and am overjoyed to find so many with the same symptoms as myself. I finally don't feel like I'm going insane!

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