Earlier this afternoon I went to my doctors office with high hopes it would be nothing or at the very least, treatable with meds. *signal the red X from AGT* Not the case!
Liver: normal
Kidneys: normal
Heart: normal
BP: normal
Cholesterol: normal (last bloodwork showed higher levels)
Thyroid: normal
*sigh* Okay, I'm fine I thought to myself.
Then my dr said "Your ovaries have completely stopped working, as if you've gone thru menopause." *cue heart sinking to stomach*
Everything with my labwork was normal, except for my Follicle stimulating horomone and my Luteinizing horomone. In plan english, its like my brain shut off a switch to my ovaries. This would explain my rapid weight gain (a week ago today I had my labs and since then I gained 8lbs), my lack of sex drive, my hair loss... All of it! Now that we know what's going on, the trick is finding the under lying cause. My doctor suspects (and has his $$ on it) that its my pituitary gland. I had to google where the heck that booger is at and its at the base of the brain, I think. This would explain why I need an MRI. *sigh*
So now that we have an answer, I have to see a specialist, a reproductive endocrinologist. That title alone scares me. My doctor told me getting pregnant wasn't a problem, my ovaries are healthy and no sign of cancer, cysts, tumor, or disease. That wasn't the problem. He said he could put me on Clomed and I'd be pregnant asap. But that wouldn't fix or treat my problem. *sigh*
With that said, I hate asking anything from anyone, but I will ask for your prayers to help get me thru this hurdle. I am trying to be as positive and optimistic as possible. It could have been a lot worse. Then again in the same breath, we don't know if it could get worse...
Here's to PRAYING it doesn't get any worse.
X's and O's!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Sucks that you're going through all of this, but like you said it could be worse. Hope you get some solutions soon. Prayers for you!
Keeping you in my prayers. Hope you find the answers you need soon.
Actually your pituitary gland is in between your eyes lol. I had mine Cat scanned before when i had hyperprolactinema. If it is your pituitary gland there are meds that mimic the hormones if I recall. So then it isn't PCOS?
I'm sorry you didn't receive better news! I hope they can figure out what is causing the problem quickly.
So glad to hear it's not CANCER! Like Harmoni said, if it's a pituatary gland thing they SHOULD be able to control that with meds. I'm SO glad to hear that getting pregnant will not be an issue though. Clomid is my best friend. It's easy, it's CHEAP and it's what got me Zachary AND the twins! :D So no stress there! I don't know much about the rest but it doesn't sound nearly as bad as you had anticipated and that's GREAT! Love you!
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