catnapper
11-17-2005, 08:38 AM
After a lot of testing, and more blood tests than I care to count... I finally have a diagnosis! I have Poly Cystic Fibrosis. Which means I have a lot of benign cysts in my ovaries. Good thing I never wanted to have a baby as it makes having one much harder! ;)
It explains so much - I did a little reading on it last night. My wacky cycle, my excess facial hair, my inability to lose weight regardless what/how I eat, my high cholesterol & high blood pressure... all classic symptoms! And I'm not alone, 1 in 10 women have it! :eek: Which amazes me since it took so long to diagnose.
I still have to go back for one more test, as the medicine they want to put me on has a mean tendency to mess with the kidneys, so they want a baseline kidney function test and I will need to redo the test in 3 months, then 3 months after that to make sure its not ruining my kidneyts (oh gee... thats SO comforting to know!)
I will also have to watch very closely for diabetes. Apparently, it causes diabetes in women, and diabetes is already a huge herediary concern of mine. My blood glucose level is perfect, but my insulin level was "slightly" elevated, but not yet anything to concern myself with, and not yet in the diabetic range. Now I know and now I need to be especially careful.
I am just so relieved to FINALLY know whats going on! My doctor had me FREAKED and SCARED.
Anyway, now that this is off my back, I can relax and post here more again. I've been a little wound up lately in case nobody picked up on it ;) I am still in my busy season for work, and am still nutsy waiting for hubby's test results.... but I do feel like a huge weight is lifted.
It explains so much - I did a little reading on it last night. My wacky cycle, my excess facial hair, my inability to lose weight regardless what/how I eat, my high cholesterol & high blood pressure... all classic symptoms! And I'm not alone, 1 in 10 women have it! :eek: Which amazes me since it took so long to diagnose.
I still have to go back for one more test, as the medicine they want to put me on has a mean tendency to mess with the kidneys, so they want a baseline kidney function test and I will need to redo the test in 3 months, then 3 months after that to make sure its not ruining my kidneyts (oh gee... thats SO comforting to know!)
I will also have to watch very closely for diabetes. Apparently, it causes diabetes in women, and diabetes is already a huge herediary concern of mine. My blood glucose level is perfect, but my insulin level was "slightly" elevated, but not yet anything to concern myself with, and not yet in the diabetic range. Now I know and now I need to be especially careful.
I am just so relieved to FINALLY know whats going on! My doctor had me FREAKED and SCARED.
Anyway, now that this is off my back, I can relax and post here more again. I've been a little wound up lately in case nobody picked up on it ;) I am still in my busy season for work, and am still nutsy waiting for hubby's test results.... but I do feel like a huge weight is lifted.