cortisol resistance?

[shweta_narayan]

It's a possibility anyway.  So the main mystery now is why, if my endogenous cortisol levels haven't really gone up, amd I doing better?  And why have I had low-cortisol effects on 40mg of exogenous cortisol, then later high-cortisol effects on 17.5mp of exogenous cortisol?

Before I thought the question was, why am I not doing better than I am.

Comments

[stephanieburgis]

I'm so sorry you're going through this

[shweta_narayan]

<3 thankyou! Not pushy at all, and def. helpful

[stephanieburgis]

Oh, that sounds like such a smart way to balance your different resources!

I think you're absolutely right about the value of spoonie persistence...and maybe even the value of having an outsider's attitude, too? There may have been times when secretaries at a doctor's surgery sounded startled or doubtful when I asked for a particular doctor, which may have signaled, looking back on it, that the more expected or polite thing may have brrn just to ask for an appointment without being fussy about who it was with...but since I wasn't raised British, I have an easier time persisting even when I'm faced with polite startlement from the person I'm talking to. (And that's part of why I'm the one, rather than Patrick, who handles all of our business that has to be done on the phone - being American actually gives a slight advantage there!)

And like I said, no one has EVER said no, even if they sounded surprised or doubtful about the request...so it can't actually be against the rules, even if it might not be traditional.

Good luck!!! *hugs

[elsmi]

Yes, I have been practicing my polite-insistence-on-getting-what-we-want... I think the receptionist at the hospital metabolic lab recognizes my phone voice now...

For clarification: the talk of registrars and consultations here is all in the context of endocrine specialists. So far as I know there's no problem with seeing the same GP repeatedly. The problem is that now that things are mostly diagnosed and all it looks like... the underlying problem is does not quite fall into any of the categories described in the textbooks, so... it is tricky to find someone with the right combination of detailed specialist knowledge, willingness/ability to work things out from first principles, and actual clinical skills.