Went to a new doctor this morning. Spent 1.5hrs in the office, actually with a doctor or nurse for at least 75 minutes of that time. Felt I was listened to. I took a list of tests that have been run with me and they asked some questions about them. The PA said she's not sure if they can help me since the other specialists couldn't find anything. But she's going to try.
After taking my history, they did an EKG, lung capacity test and drew some blood. EKG was, surprise, normal. Blood work will be the standard stuff, a thyroid panel, and check some hormones. I am to bring the CDs of all my scans to my next appointment along with the reports. So will have to get over to the hospital before next Tuesday.
She suggested I start weaning, so that they can check if it's a prolactin tumor issue, something related to the pituitary gland. I was planning to start 3/1 anyway, so that's fine. Now to spend the next couple times figuring out how many times a day James is currently nursing so I can figure out how to cut down.
If she's unable to figure anything out, she mentioned going to the Mayo Clinic. So there's that option there at the end of the road. We'll see what the next few weeks bring.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Bad night
So it's been a while since I wrote, I've just kind of accepted this as normal. But I recently found out that there are others out there battling these same issues and coming across this blog. I can't believe it's been almost 3.5 years since I started seeing doctors! And I remembered the dizziness while pregnant as well, so about 4.5 years with symptoms.
I haven't been to any doctors lately in regards to this. The recent MRA didn't show anything new. The neuro I saw (new one) suggested I take dramamine (or the equivalent). It made things WORSE, so I didn't do that for long. I decided just to live with it, hoping that once James is weaned (June 1), my body will settle down.
I have removed wheat from my diet and I was hoping that this would solve it. But tonight has been a rough night. I fought through getting my work done. But I will probably head to bed early, after I finish everything else of course. I don't use caffeine, never liked coffee or coke much. I have been eating super healthy. One thing I think I might try is to get more salt into my diet. Apparently when going low carb this can be an issue. I don't think it's related, but who knows. If I'm not feeling better by the end of the summer, I'm going to go see a new doctor. I heard of one in the area that suggests things other than meds, really looks at everything. So we'll give that a try if need be. I'm not really sure what life was like without worrying about dizziness.
I haven't been to any doctors lately in regards to this. The recent MRA didn't show anything new. The neuro I saw (new one) suggested I take dramamine (or the equivalent). It made things WORSE, so I didn't do that for long. I decided just to live with it, hoping that once James is weaned (June 1), my body will settle down.
I have removed wheat from my diet and I was hoping that this would solve it. But tonight has been a rough night. I fought through getting my work done. But I will probably head to bed early, after I finish everything else of course. I don't use caffeine, never liked coffee or coke much. I have been eating super healthy. One thing I think I might try is to get more salt into my diet. Apparently when going low carb this can be an issue. I don't think it's related, but who knows. If I'm not feeling better by the end of the summer, I'm going to go see a new doctor. I heard of one in the area that suggests things other than meds, really looks at everything. So we'll give that a try if need be. I'm not really sure what life was like without worrying about dizziness.
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