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So how was today? Or-wait..it's still daytime there! LOL! How is work going? What sort of thing do you do for work? How are you feeling?

I am SO glad you are all doing good and I LOVE the story about how close you and your hubby are! It's beautiful indeed!

Hugs
T

I wanted to update everyone on the status of my low cortisol issue...

I was referred by my surgeon's office back to my PCP on Tuesday.  The nurse said my cortisol level was 2.7 and the normal range is between 4 and 22.  She said that the insurance company would not approve my surgery if that level was below the norm as this surgery is major surgery and low cortisol is very dangerous as your body can't handle the stress of surgery.  She said my surgery was on hold until my cortisol level was treated.  I asked if I would have to have all of my clearances done over if this took awhile to get fixed and she said no.  Once my blood results show the cortisol in the normal range, the paperwork will be submitted to the insurance company.

So I called my PCP and had my appointment with him this morning.  When I told him why I was there, he actually had a look of shock on his face.  He said, I'm sure you noticed the look on my face when you just said that, but it was the last thing I ever expected to hear.  He said that it is indicative of Addison's Disease, which I had already figured out from the wonderful people here at OH.  He said it is extremely rare... so rare that he actually needed to research his next steps and he excused himself.  When he came back in, he had a lab request with him and said that I needed to have a fasting blood test tomorrow morning.  He is testing my ACTH levels.  If my ACTH is through the roof, it's Addison's Disease and he will be referring me to an Endocrinologist.  He said if it isn't through the roof, he will still be referring me to an endocrinologist as endocrinology is a specialized area and not his field of expertise and my level  of 2.7 was not impressive in the least.  He added that I shouldn't stress over this as stress can lower my cortisol even more.  Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, not stress!  Okay, if you say so!

He did say as I was leaving that he was surprised that it took this long for them to test for this.  He said that he would have thought all the blood work would have had to clear before they moved on to any of my other clearances which was part of what shocked him when I told him why I was there.  I told him that I felt the same, but the order for it was overlooked... I'm just glad they did it before surgery, not forgetting about it altogether!  As bummed as I am that this is going to delay my surgery for God knows how long, I do not want to die on the table from Adrenal Failure, which is what could happen if left untreated.

I'll keep everyone posted!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!  Am I correct that you did not feel the craving that you would have before?  If anything that's one of the major WOW's.  To let members know that the craving goes away.  Well I hope your husband knows how much you truly love him because that was LOVE!!    Yep I was a Blizzard girl too. It was so good at first but I can remember how awful I would feel after I would eat one.  I'm so glad those days are over.  Congrats girl!!
Big hugs, Y

Yep, the Mars/Venus thing is a reality. And you're right....the whole being off track may have been bothering him and he may not have even known it consciously.  Men don't take failure very well and he could have started feeling like he was the one that was going to fail and misery loves company.  Can you imagine that he might be thinking....I'm going to fail but my wife will not and now I'll lose her.  You can't read minds and yet he doesn't help you much in that aspect.  We have a saying that "rarely are we upset for the reasons we think" so he could be acting out and it's not even about what it seems like.  My dad was the type that was so man like that "give me a task and I'll fix it".  If he couldn't fix it, it was a difficult process for him because he didn't know how to deal with it then.   

We love you girl, keep us posted OK?
hugs, Y

So as many may know I have been off work since the end of April '09. I was going to go on fmla May 1 but my father in law died the very end of april so I took bereavment time up to my fmla. Apparently my darling dh was diagnosed with cancer about the same time as his dad, but he decided to keep that information to himself. I knew, but I just allowed myself to fall into denial, like I never have before. Then One month after his Nephrectomy I had a total hip replacement, that I had a lot of problems with.  I tell you the whole story not for sympathy but to tell you I am thank ful that I was able to have this time with DH and learn things that would make him better and make me healthier. His prognosis is now very good!!! Both my mom and his sister (at different times) yesterday said wow he looks really good, his skin everything, he really looks like he's taking good care of himself. I can't wait for his doctor to see him!!! His doctor (who we love!) is one of those who tell his patients, just eat what you can to get the calories in. At first DH was doing that, he didn't want to hear what I had to say about sugars and sweetners. He did what many of us do he went to the comfort foods. So chrismas evening he had eaten the saltine brittle my mom made (omg it was good, well worth the dump...lol) and fruit cake, lots of fruit cake, and he was feeling BAD. He actually looked like he was dumping, so I took his blood sugar-289!!! It was his eye-opener. I am so thankful he is taking better care now. I can go back to work and not be worried sick about him. DH and I are bonded on a level that not many are, I beleive. We finish each other sentences like twins, and feel what the other feels no joke, The other day he spilled his water bottle and picked it up I asked him if the water spilled he said "no". all of a sudden I feel wet on my right hip, and he says "oh I did spill" and it was on his right hip, and mine was completely dry btw.

I don't really know what the purpose of my post is, to much coffee maybe..lol Or maybe just to remind myself How thankful I really am, luck and happiness always seem to find their way to me. Today I face my first day back at work with a smile on my face.

 

Be Well My Friends