What is up?

Another person I barely know decided to offer "help" (say stupid things) and "advice" (say stupid things) about health issues. Crikey! And it's not that I'm asking for advice and being annoyed by it. I'M NOT ASKING! Thankfully most healthy people don't feel the need to lecture people with chronic health issues about it, but the ones who do.... I think this is where having a real, concrete diagnosis can be helpful. People aren't going to tell somebody with something like lupus (as a random example) to just buck up and put on a happy face, that their attitude is "so important."

I'll tell you, my attitude would be a LOT better if people would show some compassion and common sense before they launch into this stuff. This is largely why I consider my FRIENDS (capitals on purpose) to be few and far between. Being so...odd...does by its nature set me apart. So if you're my friend, consider yourself special, and thank you.

Argh! Ok, shake it off... Anyway, I finished and sent in my testing. I have a couple of more tests over the next month. One is a simple lab test, but one our simple lab does not do. So that one will have to happen when we're in Seattle for my vocal cord follow up in a couple of weeks. Kind of a pain, as we'll have to travel further away, back into the No Man's Land that is Redmond for us, but at least it's by a Panera Bread.

The other one is probably the definitive test for what I've been pursuing, what I think is a probable adrenal disorder. That one I have to take medication every six hours (religiously) for a couple of days, then go to the lab in Seattle (at 8:00 a.m., mind you) where they'll do...something...for an hour (Don't really want to know at this point, I'm worried enough.). While I'm over there for that one, we'll also go see Dr. Nice, for by that point all my exotic testing will be done and processed. Then I suppose we'll get some answers? I just hope they're answers that explain not only my fatigue and other weird things, but for me, right up there with the back pain is my weight (Ah, I'd pretty much have to get around to that on this blog, eh?).

I cancelled my hcg round for January. That is not compatible with the other lab testing. And I feel peace about it--not to be confused with happy about it. When I stopped by the doctor's office to talk to the receptionist and pick up my vitamins, I saw the hcg doc. I was not happy to see her. I still resent what I feel is mishandling of my case, and being overcharged. The doc she took over for did a much better job.

But resentment never helped anyone. It's like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. She tried, I'm sure. It's just hard to be the one percent of the one percent.