Hi there, I'm Violet and last month I was very ill and sick with cellulitis on my right toe. Doctors said my white cell count was only slightly raised and was given 3 kinds of different antibiotics over a month to try and get rid of the open wound & pus (yucky i know) at the same time as this my eyes hurt alot, and one night ended up in casualty with chest pain all over and fast heartrate. At that point I was so ill and shaking at the same time I thought it was sepsis, but luckily blood was ok so was sent home with stronger antibiotics. It's been 4 weeks now and although my toe doesn't look infected anymore, it's still red and swollen. I'm still getting a continous pain in my chest area which includes the right breastbone when i press on it, but of course when i tell doctors this they just tell me it's 'psychological' which is so unfair.
I was in casualty again last week with my head feeling like someone had chucked a brick at the back of it, i never get headaches. Pain has gone but before all this happened i told a dr my thigh's were always aching me every day & get random pain in my body..(arms, fingers etc) they don't do anything! I've read about Lupus as my aunt suffers from this; i don't want to jump to conclusions that I have this as I don't know, but dr's kept telling me my sore chest& head were not related at all to my cellulitis. I don't like the brightness of outside anymore for some reason, and have a slight red 'butterfly' rash on my cheeks which has turned v.dry now. Could this have been a flare brought on by trying to fight an infection? I'm exhausted and legs ache every day now and have been since July. I always used to be such a healthy person who never went to the doctors!
now i go back tomorrow as my toe is still sore, so is my ankle and hipbone? been resting all week, sorry if i seem like some hypocondriac but it's really getting me down having to put up with continous sore chest/pressure feeling and aching stiff thighs:worried: