DracoJesi
April 25th, 2008, 05:11 PM
awhile back I had some test done, and they came back positive, it seems my body is producing a highly unsafe amount of cortisone, which may be related to a disease called cushings disease, which would explain not only my diabetes but how no matter how are I try, I can't seem to lose weight, the doctor told me, "you're not overweight, all of your fat is being concentrated in your gut, chest, and face"
which makes sense, my arms and legs are very skinny, especially compared to the rest of my body, it also explains why I have allot of acne, everywhere.
is has also, just recently caused me to have dangerously high blood pressure, I knew it was high, but when he said he as going to go get me some medication for it, and he'd by right back, I was like, is it really that high, and he said, yes, very high. it was 162/(forget the second one) and he said it should be 110-120/over second number.
and of course that affects by blood sugar, making it higher...
the disease eventually leads to such things as heart and other organ failure, it kills slowly, although it is treatable, and thankfully they found before it would have been to late, but it's usually caused by a tumor, and they haven't found it yet, I've had an MRI of my pituitary gland and they found nothing, but it could be to small to show up, but the next likely place is the adrenal glands.
and weather or not thats I have, the fact still remains that my body is producing dangerous hormone levels and they're not sure why yet.... allthough chances are this is what it is...
I was told the generally, the surgery involved isn't usually that bad, and that it's normally easy to remove once found, but then again, thats by surgery standards.... theres always some risk when you cut someone open.
and I can't honestly say I'm not scared or that it's not been on my mind, but I thing I'm mentally strong enough to handle this, but if theres one thing I've learned in life, it's sometimes you just can't prepare for and just when you think your ready, you're usually not....
and they still have to find it, so I can uses all the help I can get... so if you want to keep me around.....xd, honestly though....
I'll try and keep you all informed, but if I'm not on as much, I'm probably busy taking care of this.
EDIT: I just realized I mispelled Health, I'm really stressed right now so I'm not surprises, if a forum guide and/or Admin could change it, thad be great...
which makes sense, my arms and legs are very skinny, especially compared to the rest of my body, it also explains why I have allot of acne, everywhere.
is has also, just recently caused me to have dangerously high blood pressure, I knew it was high, but when he said he as going to go get me some medication for it, and he'd by right back, I was like, is it really that high, and he said, yes, very high. it was 162/(forget the second one) and he said it should be 110-120/over second number.
and of course that affects by blood sugar, making it higher...
the disease eventually leads to such things as heart and other organ failure, it kills slowly, although it is treatable, and thankfully they found before it would have been to late, but it's usually caused by a tumor, and they haven't found it yet, I've had an MRI of my pituitary gland and they found nothing, but it could be to small to show up, but the next likely place is the adrenal glands.
and weather or not thats I have, the fact still remains that my body is producing dangerous hormone levels and they're not sure why yet.... allthough chances are this is what it is...
I was told the generally, the surgery involved isn't usually that bad, and that it's normally easy to remove once found, but then again, thats by surgery standards.... theres always some risk when you cut someone open.
and I can't honestly say I'm not scared or that it's not been on my mind, but I thing I'm mentally strong enough to handle this, but if theres one thing I've learned in life, it's sometimes you just can't prepare for and just when you think your ready, you're usually not....
and they still have to find it, so I can uses all the help I can get... so if you want to keep me around.....xd, honestly though....
I'll try and keep you all informed, but if I'm not on as much, I'm probably busy taking care of this.
EDIT: I just realized I mispelled Health, I'm really stressed right now so I'm not surprises, if a forum guide and/or Admin could change it, thad be great...