In the absence of objective findings on imaging and testing, it is possible that weight in itself can cause the multi-system problems that you have. Obesity unfortunately affects numerous organ systems in subtle ways initially.
Please, please help...no one can figure out whats wrong and at my wits endI've posted here before and no one ever seems to answer but I'm getting so sick that I'm basically bed bound from pain.I'm a 32 yo woman, overweight at 280 lbs, diagnosed with Sjogren's, PCOS, and on these medicines:Metoprolol for tachycardia I've had since childhood Metformin for PCOS Spironolactone for low potassium I've had since childhood (used to have constant racing heart and passed out a lot as a kid because of low potassium) as well as PCOS Nuvigil for chronic fatigue Pilocarpine for Sjogren's dryness Doxepin for ribcage pain Rosuvastatin for high cholesterol Low dose naltrexone 3mg for chronic pain Trintellix for depressionA few years ago, like 5 years now, I was healthy and 125 lbs. Then I had my 2nd child, was about 180 after she was born, and developed PCOS. I could not lose weight and gained a little more and got to about 225.In Dec 2019, my psychiatrist put me on Trileptal for mood stability. About a month later, I started to develop pitting edema and severe low ribcage pain and then had absolutely zero appetite whatsoever. I went to the ER with grade 4 edema, severe low rib pain, and blood in my urine and bloody vaginal discharge. No sign of infection, no excess protein, nothing really out of the ordinary aside from GFR that would dip into the 50s before sometimes coming up again and blood. I did get low iron and potassium, needed iv potassium several times, but they could find nothing to easily explain symptoms. This goes on for nearly a year...I got up to 325 lbs even though I could barely eat or get out of bed. I truly thought I would die.I stopped taking my medicine when I couldn't eat, and noticed I felt worse after taking it again. I also felt worse if I exercised. So I stopped Trileptal and rested for about a month and slowly seemed to recover. Then my OBGYN found uterine polyps and I had surgery to remove them. The next month, my gallbladder was removed. The next month, I had surgery to "fix" my urethra since they thought maybe I was having urinary problems stemming from that.But I got better and tried to be okay mentally with the constant dismissals I got from so damn many docs before I finally got some help. It was extremely difficult and I suffered with health anxiety because of it but have done great with therapy. I even managed to get my weight down to 235 after starting exercise after being sure my kidneys were fine again at a consistent GFR over 110.Then a month ago, I got a very bad case of flu. The lower rib pain came back bad. I dismissed it as flu. Recovered from it, then had several days where every muscle in my body felt like it had been lifting heavy weights for days. Everything hurt, and doc said maybe mild myositis from flu. Then I noticed urinary changes. I normally have frequent urination, going a few times a night and usually at least every hour or more. No one can find a cause though. But suddenly not going at night at all and only going like 3 times in the day. Started having white flecks in urine sometimes and strong odor. Then urinalysis started showing blood in urine consistently. Then sharp pains in urethra all the way to anus at times, which I'd had before as well. I have brown vaginal discharge too. A few days ago, I couldn't pee at all and was sent to the er. They can find no reason for my symptoms...nothing on ct, no bacteria in culture, no stones, no nothing. No one knows, but I had to have a foley catheter inserted (was very painful like stabbing) because I had retention and could not pee. Was sent home with it and had it removed next day and I was able to pee again but then developed pitting edema. It's currently grade 1. No cause can be found.I will add in case it is relevant, just before the flu, my pcm referred me to neurology for mris of head and spine and nerve conduction test. I've been having nerve pain for several months. Buzzing, tingling, numbness, shocks, in various places for sustained periods and sometimes just sudden and then goes away. She was thinking the lower rib cage pain may actually be nerve pain since it feels burning at times like the burning headaches in the base of my skull and my neck. My thyroid is sometimes hypo but usually fine, my b12 and magnesium are normal, and I do not have any markers of diabetes other than just being fat currently. My grandma has MS, which she believes was healed by Jesus, but I know enough about it to know that's what she's trying to rule out I'm pretty sure.Can anyone, please , give me some insight about what might be wrong with me? I'm in so much pain with the gnawing, burning pain in the bottom of my ribcage and the electric shock pains in my urethra and anus, and I am so scared of the fact I've got urinary bleeding, vaginal bleeding, and putting edema but no one knows what's up. I've seen rheumatology, nephrology, urology, obgyn, even was sent to a hematology oncologist as a hail-mary.I stay away from Googleing anything because for one, I have too many symptoms to easily fit in a search bar, and I know there's no good coming out of looking at it anyway. I have gotten better care since changing hospital systems after last time this happened, the urologist I saw kept insisting the blood in my urine was from my vagina even though I still had blood in my urine after a catheter was used to sample, and I e just had a really hard time getting docs to push to figure out what's wrong. It feels like since I don't appear to be imminently dying, and they dismiss my pain and exhaustion, no one sees a point in helping.So sorry for the long post but I'm just trying to give as much context as I can. Please let me know if you have any questions as I'm happy to answer.