Re: Another Dead End - can I vent?

[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear about your bad experience. You are not alone with these idiot

docs. It reminds me all the years I would go to the doctor and my temperature

would register at 97.5 and they would say that was NORMAL. They still do. They

also think it's great when your blood pressure is low. How ridiculous is that?

Another Dead End - can I vent?

I thought I was so clever. I went on the National Adrenal Foundation

website and found a doctor in my area that treats Adrenals. I went in

with all my labs and told my story. He is supposed to be an expert as

he trained at Vanderbilt in their Endocrinology Department focusing on

Adrenals and Pituitary issues. That was quite awhile back, " but I keep

up with it "

His view, with adrenals you are either healthy or have addisons. What??

By being on 30mg of HC, I have caused my adrenals and possibly my

pituitary gland to atrophy. For him to test, I would have to wean off

the HC and be off of it for 6 months for the adrenals to recover and

ACTH to kick back in. Because he says the cortisol curve is not a

smooth one, he prefers a 24 hour urine test to the saliva test. Oh and

that 30mg was a dose for 's patients.

Meanwhile he(himself!) checked my BP sitting, laying down, and then

sitting up again. He then declared that I had low BP, that is why I am

having orthostatic hypotension and that my husband should get me a

good pension plan because I would live to be very old. Well, that did

it, I started to get teary and said if this is the quality of my life,

I don't want to live that long.

Oh well, at least he is going to test my LH,FSH,and one other thing I

cant recall. He also gave me 24 hour urine test for Aldosterone. I

asked for Vitamin D and he agreed to add that. So at least I'll get

some more info out of it.

Hopefully my Safe Uses of Cortisol Book will get here quickly and I

will be able to understand it. Thanks for letting me vent!

English

[Guest guest]

Thanks , it's nice to know I'm not the only one.

English

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> Sorry to hear about your bad experience. You are not alone with

these idiot docs. It reminds me all the years I would go to the

doctor and my temperature would register at 97.5 and they would say

that was NORMAL. They still do. They also think it's great when your

blood pressure is low. How ridiculous is that?

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[Guest guest]

I can sympothize with you. I fell down my front steps a month ago,

went to the hospital for xrays. The nurse took my temp and it was

95.5. She said it was nothing to worry about. I said yes it is when

it's that low all the time. And this nurse had never heard of Armour

thyroid. She asked if it was a new drug. (She's a young girl). I said

no, that it's been around for a hundred years. It is natural. She

said " Well, they didn't teach us that in school. " I said, " No they

wouldn't. Most doctors frown on using natural medicines to heal the

body. "

This the mindset of the new generation. They are never taught

about natural healing.

And thank God, I had Isocort to help me with the stress of this

incident. I really think it has also helped me to heal faster. I'm

still sore, but I seem to have healed quicker.

Does anyone else find themselves falling or tripping a lot? I've

caught myself tripping a lot, especially when I'm tired.

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> > Sorry to hear about your bad experience. You are not alone with

> these idiot docs. It reminds me all the years I would go to the

> doctor and my temperature would register at 97.5 and they would say

> that was NORMAL. They still do. They also think it's great when

your

> blood pressure is low. How ridiculous is that?

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Robin wrote:

> Does anyone else find themselves falling or tripping a lot? I've

> caught myself tripping a lot, especially when I'm tired.

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I used to. I've fallen on my stairs several times, slipped and fallen,

tripped and fallen, and just plain fallen. Shattered my shoulder, broke

a bone in my foot, broke a tooth, ruined my glasses. Even when nothing

has broken, a scary fall can really shake me up badly for days.

sol

[Guest guest]

I have problems with clumsiness all the time. I'm forever walking into

things. You know you think you've cleared the table, couch, chair, box, bed,

or whatever, and you really haven't. I'm also very prone to dropping things.

I broke my little toe on my left foot about a year and a half ago. Guess

what I ALWAYS hit when I hit something with my foot. I don't think the poor

thing has ever fully healed up because I'm constantly catching it and

jerking it out sideways from my foot.

Cherie

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> Robin wrote:

> > Does anyone else find themselves falling or tripping a lot? I've

> > caught myself tripping a lot, especially when I'm tired.

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> I used to. I've fallen on my stairs several times, slipped and fallen,

> tripped and fallen, and just plain fallen. Shattered my shoulder, broke

> a bone in my foot, broke a tooth, ruined my glasses. Even when nothing

> has broken, a scary fall can really shake me up badly for days.

> sol

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10:16 AM

[Guest guest]

Believe it or not, I almost (several times) tripped on the bottom of my

pj's (uniform of the day) while going down the steps and was wondering

what was happening... probably adrenal/thyroid related... hasn't

happened in a couple of weeks.. but I was feeling pretty tired and

foggy during that time.

[Guest guest]

My psychiatrist is a little smarter. I told him before treatment my body temp

was 97.5 and he told me he knew of patients who wo uld go into a coma at that

tempeature!

[Guest guest]

As part of trying to figure if I was hypoT I started taking my temp

about this time last year. I NEVER got to 97. Stayed mostly in the low

96, but was as low as 95 (not basal!).

My son didn't believe me and said I'd be dead if it really was that low.

It was that low, and I wasn't dead, but didn't feel at all well, LOL.

sol

Liz Hensley wrote:

> My psychiatrist is a little smarter. I told him before treatment my body temp

was 97.5 and he told me he knew of patients who wo uld go into a coma at that

tempeature!

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