Went to the endo yesterday...he feels that recovery is not going so well...Ends up my cortisol # is low (5) and he wants it 10 or higher...so I had to do some blood test where they take blood and then give me a shot and then take my blood again at 30 and 60 min intervals. He said with the symptoms I am having it's most likely a hormonal inbalance and I will have to start on HRT.
He called back later in the afternoon...the fact that I am still on prednisone skewed the results....BUT he says my baseline was 7 yesterday morning (still not up to 10 that he wants...and prednisone actually increases it)...then at 30 mins it was at 12.7 (he says not as good as he would like) and at 60 mins after the shot it was 19.3 (not good enough)...BUT he wants me to redo it first thing Monday morning...wants me to fast for 12 hours with nothing but water (what? No coffee???!).
This shot he gave me was like a big ol adreneline rush...then I crashed HARD and ended up sleeping for almost 2 hrs.
We will see what the results of Monday's tests are...If Monday's test ends up less than 10, we will have to repeat this other test...
This is the reason I have so much fatigue and hot flashes / sweats... Hoping this test Monday shows good results, but the dr said that he doesn't expect it to considering the symptoms I am having... BLECH!
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Oh no, sorry about your numbers. You are such a worry.
ReplyDeletePlease keep us posted of your appointment on Monday,
Thinking of you.