Feeling a little ‘off’ these days

I’ve been off prescription medications and relying solely on natural supplements prescribed by my doctor for a good 5-6 weeks now. Initially I felt great and really didn’t notice a difference, good or bad. However, shortly thereafter I began to feel more tired and found myself starting to drag through my days. I thought to myself OK this is probably normal, my body’s just trying to adjust to the recent changes.

About 2 1/2 - 3 weeks ago I began experiencing 3 new (and all too familiar) changes in my body. First, my sleep was becoming restless and interrupted. Again, I thought my body’s just trying adjust or maybe I’m feeling stressed. Then the surges slowly started coming back. Fellow Cushie’s you know what I’m talking about. It feels like little bolts of electricity are pulsating through your body, from head to toe. And it’s just a flash, usually gone as fast as it came on. And lastly, my emotions were a roller coaster, going from one extreme to the other. All this time I’d been trying to convince myself that nothing’s wrong, my body’s just trying to adjust. But there was just no denying the changes I’d been experiencing.

For those of you who had a tumor removed from your pituitary gland, your first thought would probably be oh shit, is the Cushing’s back? It can very difficult to remove all of the tumor in the pituitary area during surgery and the reoccurance rate for patients with a pituitary tumor is known to be high.

I consider myself incredibly lucky that my tumor was on my adrenal gland and once my adrenal gland was removed (with the tumor), I was cured of Cushing’s. I know logically that the chances of Cushing’s reoccurring are slim to none, but given the recent changes in my body I couldn’t help but wonder what if?

I had an appointment with my doctor on Tuesday to discuss the symptoms I’d been having. She took some blood and ordered a chemistry work up. My blood pressure & pulse were 100% normal and in the healthy range (big sigh of relief). Her initial thoughts were that my thyroid may be acting up but of course wants to get my my blood work back before making any changes to my current regimen. I should have some sort of an update by Friday.

I’ve been focusing on treating myself to some quality down time - hot bubble baths at the end of the day, lots of stretching and a good 90 minutes of hot yoga tonight.

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