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Its time to post about a bunch of medical stuff!
I dont think I posted about this, but a couple weeks ago I had this incident at work. After I ate lunch, I started feeling dizzy and shaky, and felt like I was about to pass out. This freaked me out so I went to the doctor about this. She suspected I had hypoglycemia. This past monday I did the 3 hour glucose test thing. You drink this horrible fruit punch drink and they take your blood 5 times over 3 hours. It took more like 5 hours with all the waiting, plus they forgot about me during my last blood test! I think I got stuck a total of 10 times (my veins are HORRIBLE and they never want to give up blood) and it was freezing in there, so all in all it was a shit day. But it was for the best, because yeah it turns out I do have hypoglycemia. My blood sugar was at 52 and its supposed to be like 60-70. I'm pretty in line with the symptoms, I get sleepy and confused, and I get pissed if I dont eat.
So yeah, I want some answers... of course I've looked all over the internet at the scary afflictions that can possibly cause it. But really what I think is, I have some sort of hormone imbalance. I stopped having periods like 2 years ago, and after lots of testing I still have no idea why. Went to 3 different doctors and they couldnt figure it out - one of them thinks its some kind of issue with my brain not working with my body correctly to make it have periods. It tries sometimes but for the most part theres nothing. Birth control doesnt help. So they ruled it as ammenorhea which is just lack of periods. Well I'm starting to think these 2 things are connected.
Next week I'm going to see a dietician, and the day after that I'm going back to my doctor to talk about what all this means. I'm going to ask her alot of questions about what might have caused this, if its permanent, and if its related to my girl issues. I'm glad I discovered this and didnt let it go on unnoticed, but I want some damn answers and I gotta wait a week before they can even think about what might be going on. Normally I'm a pretty patient person, but not about this shit! I wanna know dammit!
So thats life right now... isnt it grand?
I dont think I posted about this, but a couple weeks ago I had this incident at work. After I ate lunch, I started feeling dizzy and shaky, and felt like I was about to pass out. This freaked me out so I went to the doctor about this. She suspected I had hypoglycemia. This past monday I did the 3 hour glucose test thing. You drink this horrible fruit punch drink and they take your blood 5 times over 3 hours. It took more like 5 hours with all the waiting, plus they forgot about me during my last blood test! I think I got stuck a total of 10 times (my veins are HORRIBLE and they never want to give up blood) and it was freezing in there, so all in all it was a shit day. But it was for the best, because yeah it turns out I do have hypoglycemia. My blood sugar was at 52 and its supposed to be like 60-70. I'm pretty in line with the symptoms, I get sleepy and confused, and I get pissed if I dont eat.
So yeah, I want some answers... of course I've looked all over the internet at the scary afflictions that can possibly cause it. But really what I think is, I have some sort of hormone imbalance. I stopped having periods like 2 years ago, and after lots of testing I still have no idea why. Went to 3 different doctors and they couldnt figure it out - one of them thinks its some kind of issue with my brain not working with my body correctly to make it have periods. It tries sometimes but for the most part theres nothing. Birth control doesnt help. So they ruled it as ammenorhea which is just lack of periods. Well I'm starting to think these 2 things are connected.
Next week I'm going to see a dietician, and the day after that I'm going back to my doctor to talk about what all this means. I'm going to ask her alot of questions about what might have caused this, if its permanent, and if its related to my girl issues. I'm glad I discovered this and didnt let it go on unnoticed, but I want some damn answers and I gotta wait a week before they can even think about what might be going on. Normally I'm a pretty patient person, but not about this shit! I wanna know dammit!
So thats life right now... isnt it grand?