We're getting there???

If you're a woman reading this you can understand a bit better than the males.  I've got so many emotions running through my mind right now I'm about to explode!  I had a really good follow up appointment with the endocrinologist this morning.  He went over the results of my hormone panel, mammogram and sonogram.  The hormone panel indicated they were all very low (which I knew in my heart they would be based on years of searching for someone to listen to me on this issue!).   He's very NOT into "doc in the box & one Rx fits all" ...PTL!!  He explained what was happening with me hormonally and how it affects your entire body.  This particular doc is not even at the hospital 20 out of 30 days a month due to lecturing, etc.  THAT is no coincidence, and I shared that with him, too : ) He referred to me a breast specialist on Monday to go over the cysts issues.  So for all of that I'm extremely grateful!!!  He prescribed a very unique supplemental plan just for ME...only ME.  Imagine that... one Rx doesn't fit all!?!?!

I sat in this beautiful office and tears just flowed because he was telling me that my muscular problems are not from disease but a result from the unbalanced hormones. Yes, it could be a combination of many things and that's what I'm currently leaning toward, but I do think we're getting closer to seeing the big picture.  I just think it's funny (actually pretty sad) that so many docs won't even check hormone levels???  Now I've got several "cooks in the kitchen" telling me different things and it was all a bit overwhelming and frustrating for me to process it all thus the tears. I am feeling a bit better and stronger so I'm so thankful for that, too!  I was given some vitamins to help begin repair the muscle damage.

I can't be anything but thankful though because I just would have never received this kind of medical care in the states.  They are so thorough, so professional, so friendly, so efficient, so accommodating ...it's truly remarkable.  They take time to explain things...imagine that!  I just stand in awe of how, when, and where God works- and who He chooses to work through.  I would have never thought I'd be in Bangkok getting treated for all this.  Never, never in a million years...

I'm one who has to take it all in and process things for awhile so, again, Super Daddy is seeing to the girls while I hang at the hotel for the afternoon and rest.  You know...that whole "personal space" thing that I like!   It's killing me not to be exploring around with them, but if you're going to be illin' you might as well be illin' in someplace cool like Thailand, right???  I can't believe I've been seeing docs for a week and I'm still not finished...wow.  Maybe I'll post some pics of the "healthy" family members afternoon adventures later (hopefully not in the middle of the night like last night though due to insomnia!).