mctrjt's Journal

I have been quiet.  Not sure why. Trying to get to know all our new friends on the site. Working 10-14 hours days.. insane… still behind… oh mind you I have been playing!!!! feb was TX for a conference, March was san Fran with a friend and mom and april was Cozumel… May is going to be home sweet home…yard work….house work….catch up work…This weekend was beautiful, sunny, slighty breeze ... I went up to our land…words do not come to me.. so I will try to post… a picture…

Health has been ok…. Actually by comparison it’s been great…. I know this and I am grateful but in the interest of helping others either by giving them hope or keeping it real... I am going to describe what is happening at the moment….since I think my endo is feeling confident…that all is well…although she does not say cured…so here is my update…

my body aches… on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the worst I recall ever feeling prior to surgery and 1 being how I felt on my wedding day!!! ( I also felt great after taking octeotride the 3 weeks before my surgery I probably felt like a 3 then) Now I would say I am about a 7… I have gained 40 pounds this year…. this makes me so sad…but I seem to have no… none …..nada …. self discipline… I know what I need to do and I don’t do it.. I crave carbs and sweets in massive quantities.. I do ok for 3 days and then off the wagon… I had an MRI done on a tumor in my arm.. but they say it is nothing.. (most likely fat) ..I had a pelvic and ab scan because I just feel like my entire middle is growing exponentially… that turned out ok... I had a brain  MRi in January.. I heard from no one!!! good news right…. not really!!!!  The last thing my endo said before I left her office 3 weeks ago was..so you got your MRi report back and your not to worried about that suspicious area ( I said no…since I did not know anything about it..!!! ) she said since my IGF1 is within the normal range.. I need not worry… apparently my acro is napping..

so symptoms I still have.. headaches, joint aches, heartburn, fatigue, shortness of breath, mental confusion,  memory issues…. The endo said it could be menopause or permanent damage from acro…so I guess that’s it.. I need to follow up on the Brain MRi stuff.. the endo said blood work in six months… I need to really try to slow my food intake .... since I know my weight is making the aches worse… another good thing  is I am only taking nexium… (although my doc friends says I may need some type of meds…. That in many places they treat people when they are on the high end or low end of  the range…) we will see… I take vitamins, calcium, iron, and vitamin D.. oh and the daily dose of one of the big 3..(Tylenol, advil or aleve) well I don’t take a daily dose..  I could !!!! but I resist… so I  all in all I am doing good…great actually… grateful is what I am…!!