Crazy
Things have been a little nuts the past few months. I got a new doctor/nutritionist just over a month ago and she found so many things wrong with me it was unbelievable. It was a little unnerving at the time. She found out that I am hypothyroid (which I kind of already knew). I also have hypopituitarianism, which means that my pituitary gland does not release human growth hormone into my system and is the reason that I gained so much weight so fast. I had a raging urinary tract infection that I had probably had for years, but it didn't have any symptoms so no one knew it was there, except that my white cell count was high and I was extremely tired all the time. My vitamin B levels and vitamin D levels were almost non-existent. She found that I am severely hypoglycemic. My blood sugar after fasting was 60 and it should be between 90 and 100 first thing in the morning. She also found that my cholesterol is dangerously low. The total of my LDL and HDL combined only added up to 128, which is most likely the reason that my body would just ache almost constantly. I haven't felt good in so long that I couldn't remember what it was like. We spent over an hour and a half going over my blood work and my options. The funny thing is I have had plenty of blood tests over the years and even recently and my doctors would just say, "Oh you're fine" and "You just need to eat less calories and you will lose weight". I have been treated like a hypochondriac my whole life when I keep telling them that I DON'T FEEL GOOD. There were other things wrong with me but it was just a bunch of little stuff that could be fixed easily.
I am now on at least 7 different medications that all have to be compounded at the pharmacy. She uses all natural things unless it is necessary (like my anti-biotic for my UTI) I take thyroid meds now along with 10,000 IUs of Vitamin D3 daily. I have to get B-12 shots three times a week in my rump, I have to give myself an injection in my leg every night of a medication that makes my pituitary release the hormone it makes into my system like it's supposed to, and I have some medications that I have to take three times a day. I also have to eat protein every THREE hours. You have no idea how hard that is for me.
The good news is... I feel fantastic! I feel better now than I think I ever have. I am able to wake up in the morning and have the energy to function throughout the day. I have dropped from a 3XL shirt to an XL, and from a 26 pants to a 22 in just over a month. My severe lifelong depression is just gone. Apparently it was caused by the severe glandular imbalance I had. I still don't have much of an outward emotional response as far as facial expressions go, but I will probably have that forever. I'm okay with it. People that really know me know that I am happy. I can look myself in the mirror and not be disgusted by what I see.
In all reality this has probably saved my life.
I am now on at least 7 different medications that all have to be compounded at the pharmacy. She uses all natural things unless it is necessary (like my anti-biotic for my UTI) I take thyroid meds now along with 10,000 IUs of Vitamin D3 daily. I have to get B-12 shots three times a week in my rump, I have to give myself an injection in my leg every night of a medication that makes my pituitary release the hormone it makes into my system like it's supposed to, and I have some medications that I have to take three times a day. I also have to eat protein every THREE hours. You have no idea how hard that is for me.
The good news is... I feel fantastic! I feel better now than I think I ever have. I am able to wake up in the morning and have the energy to function throughout the day. I have dropped from a 3XL shirt to an XL, and from a 26 pants to a 22 in just over a month. My severe lifelong depression is just gone. Apparently it was caused by the severe glandular imbalance I had. I still don't have much of an outward emotional response as far as facial expressions go, but I will probably have that forever. I'm okay with it. People that really know me know that I am happy. I can look myself in the mirror and not be disgusted by what I see.
In all reality this has probably saved my life.