Final Appointment & Finally Home

Hi Everyone,
I'm so sorry its taking me such a long time to get this up. I was so exhausted after that second appointment that all I could do was roll into bed. The 2nd day I started with the doctor at 11:30 a.m. and didn't finish until 6:00 p.m. It was some concellation that he said he was drained too :-). Frankly I'm pretty shocked that I made it that long, but he did give me breaks to go lay down in a separate room which really helped. I had brought tons of food and water along so everything helped keep me afloat.

Basically what he was trying to do was fit two weeks worth of work into two days. Once we got into my situation he felt like he didn't want to send me home until we completed some things. So, we ended up having to stay over an extra day which was fine.

In a nut shell he specializes in the mind/body connection and needed to go back through my history during different events that may have triggered my endocrine system to go haywire. That was the hard work to do. The easier stuff was going through my blood work to see what that was showing. He felt very sure that my pituitary gland was not functioning correctly causing my thyroid to underfunction and my adrenals to underfunction. This was not news to me and I had been asking other doctors forever to treat this issue. But, most only used harsh drugs that I couldn't handle. Because he is both an MD and a naturopathic doctor, he had some things that tested really well for me. He knows how freaked I am about taking meds after all the crazy things other doctors have given me and so had me take everything there in the office to see how I handled it. Things went well there, but I have been having a few hiccups here and there since then. He says those things are to be expected because when you have certain systems that basically are nonfunctioning for awhile, it feels uncomfortable when you try to get them jumpstarted again. Hey...my body is getting jumpstarted :-). I love the sound of that.

Bob and I both liked him very much and so appreciated all the time he took with us. He didn't even charge us for the extra four hours. It felt like we had finally met someone who knew how to help me get my life back without making me feel miserable in the process. The other nice thing is that he felt like he spent enough time with me to work with me over the phone so that I don't have to go down there all the time. That was also a blessing. I'm all for road trips, but Bob and I feel like we're done trucking the I-5 for awhile.

We are so thankful for all the prayers and support from everyone. Honestly, we know it sustained us because it was truly a miracle I was able to tolerate the length of those appointments and the four days worth of driving. We had no problems traveling or with any part of the trip. There is nothing that could have gone better than it did. Thank you so much.

So, I'm finally back in my pj's feeling happy to be back at home. We were so happy to see our kids and of course Buddy the dog. It was a total frenzy when we walked into the house with the dog jumping up and the kids screaming "Welcome Home". It all feels great. I'm looking forward to see how I feel after a few weeks of the meds and feeling very optimistic right now. I'll keep you posted...Much love from all of us!!!