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Re: Jennifer - endocrine test » Jennifer

Posted by noa on July 3, 2000, at 8:28:06

In reply to Re: Jennifer - endocrine test » Noa, posted by Jennifer on July 2, 2000, at 4:55:23

Jennifer, THANK YOU for the info. I will ask the lab for a "hat". It sounds like it makes the process so much easier.

My doc told me he was testing me for Cushings. When I read up on it over the weekend, I was not happy about what I read, ie, about the tumors needing surgery.

I have some but not all of the signs: weight gain, including a lot of weight gained in my abdomen in the past year or two, acne, swelling ankles, thin fingers and feet (but this runs in my family). I do have aches in some joints, like ankles and feet, and sometimes at the hips, but I don't have any fractures. I don't have the purple striae. My sleep is pretty good since being on the CPAP, and since lowering my effexor and raising my serzone.

I am so much hoping I don't have this disease. It is reasonable to think that if I have hypercortisolism, it might be secondary to chronic depression, with my most severe depression in the past year.

I brought in my first jug today. The doc's orders say to test for cortisol and creatinin. So I have to do another jug. I will do it Saturday, I think. It has to be a day that I can be at or near home all day. I could have done it today, since I don't have to work today, but I think it would have driven me crazy to stay home today. I came into work anyway, to check on email, etc. and just get some stuff done while it is quiet.


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