Prolactin is the main hormone that governs a woman's body and is produced in the pituatary gland which is in the brain. This number should never be too far above 6, or else it can be extremely dangerous. My number has been up around 27 which is just insane. We discussed either re-running the blood test to see if it would come down or doing an MRI to see if there is a tumor. Luckily, my number came down to around 8 so there wasn't a need for an MRI. This time, after I had been on medicine to keep this number down since September, my number was 32!
DHEA is another hormone that was tested and it is produced in the adrenal gland. This number should be close to 150. This number the first time around was about 450 and then went up to 580 and then came down and finally suppressed pretty well. This time around, again with me on medicine, my number was at 566!
When I was talking with my nurse about what to do about this, so I will feel better, she honestly had no clue what to do anymore. It felt like she had given up because it was just so difficult to keep me normal and my hormones in check. We had to get my doctors advice on what to do..
My nurse kept saying over and over again how sorry she felt for me and how I seemed to be doing well even though my body is so sluggish, I can have a terrible attitude and horrible behavior at times. All of these things I have noticed about myself. It is very easy to be discouraged knowing all of these things about yourself. Knowing that sometimes, you just feel like crap, and you have a great way of making others around you feel like crap, yet there is nothing you can really do about it other than try, really really stinking hard.
However, the only thing I could really think about while I was sitting there looking at the test results was how blessed I was, and how absolutely incredible my God is. He doesn't make mistakes. One of these days, my body won't hurt and I won't feel like crap, and it will all be done by His hand, and not some medication. This is only temporary. As much as I can't wait for that day when none of this will matter, I am enjoying learning what He is teaching me. I, obviously, don't enjoy feeling discouraged and, at times, bringing those that I love around me down with me, but it is the days like today that I love. I love feeling completely at peace when my nurse tells me she has no clue how to make me feel better and I love that I know that way because I have a wonderful Saviour who will bring me through each day.
For now, I am going to let this feeling continue, enjoy my McDouble, and be thoroughly excited to go to Livingston this afternoon and eat at El Burrito.
My nurse kept saying over and over again how sorry she felt for me and how I seemed to be doing well even though my body is so sluggish, I can have a terrible attitude and horrible behavior at times. All of these things I have noticed about myself. It is very easy to be discouraged knowing all of these things about yourself. Knowing that sometimes, you just feel like crap, and you have a great way of making others around you feel like crap, yet there is nothing you can really do about it other than try, really really stinking hard.
However, the only thing I could really think about while I was sitting there looking at the test results was how blessed I was, and how absolutely incredible my God is. He doesn't make mistakes. One of these days, my body won't hurt and I won't feel like crap, and it will all be done by His hand, and not some medication. This is only temporary. As much as I can't wait for that day when none of this will matter, I am enjoying learning what He is teaching me. I, obviously, don't enjoy feeling discouraged and, at times, bringing those that I love around me down with me, but it is the days like today that I love. I love feeling completely at peace when my nurse tells me she has no clue how to make me feel better and I love that I know that way because I have a wonderful Saviour who will bring me through each day.
For now, I am going to let this feeling continue, enjoy my McDouble, and be thoroughly excited to go to Livingston this afternoon and eat at El Burrito.
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