I was going to stay out of this, having no medical advice to give, but I thought I'd share an interesting thought on this topic: Medical advice on the forums.
Stratus is new here so I'm sure you clowns can cut him some slack and explain nicely that seeking medical advice from compugeeks isn't the best idea.
Also when someone asks for car advice everyone is glad to post their opinion, right or wrong, but how is that much different? You might say, well, medical advice is a life or death situation and so deserves a more serious consideration, but if bad repair advice causes your brakes to fail and hit a tree or god forbid a head on with another car that could potentially be dangerous too.
So my question to ponder and to save a failing thread is: why is one frowned upon and the other not?
Hope you feel better soon and welcome to ATOT Stratus.