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  Thans Sic. My doctor says I can ease myself back into exercize and start slowly with something low impact like walking or yoga.     I'm glad as well, and I think the Bystolic I was prescribed was the big difference maker in my case, since it helped flush out all the stress hormones from my...

Figured an update was in order.   My doc did some more testing and found my epinephrine levels were also a bit on the high side, and I seemed to have something of a sensitivity to it. She decided to take the cautious approach and put me on a combination of Zoloft 100mg and Bystolic 5mg. Almost...

Roman fact: The signal to spare a fallen gladiator in the arena was not a thumbs up, but a thumbs down, which was more a sign that the fight was over and for the gladiator to drop their weapon on the ground. The signal to land the killing blow was actually putting the thumb against the neck with...

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Had a follow-up with the doctor today, and she said she had a chicken-and-the-egg problem, the one I alluded to in the Gear Grinding thread. She's a bit stuck because she's only seeing half the picture with my bloodwork, and wants to hold off on doing further treatment until she gets the rest of...

You know what really grinds my gears?   The waiting when it comes to medical results for a major diagnosis. I donated enough blood to those bloodsuckers at Quest Diagnostic to open up my own blood bank, and about half my tests (the ones my doctor really and truly NEEDED to see) haven't come back...

Celebrity fact: Michael Jackson's autopsy showed he was completely bald and had been for several years, wearing wigs to conceal it.   Medical fact: Chocolate is more effective at suppressing coughs than Codeine   Practical joke fact: As a prank, Stephen Hawking's son added curse words to his...

    Thanks! I just brought a couple more bits of lab work in (one being a 24 hour sample of urine to test how much cortisol I produce over a day, and I also have to go at the buttcrack of dawn Monday to get blood drawn for the suppression test, which involves popping a pill at 11 PM the previous...

  Totally OK, LuckyDog, as a mater of fact, my doctor told me that laughing is something that reduced cortisol levels, so you were helping me out actually lol       Thanks SL. The results I got so far are encouraging, so I'm sticking with the good stuff.

Quick update: The first round of blood tests are done. The doctor wanted to rule things out first before moving on to Cushing's. The only issue blood test-wise was that my cholesterol was high, which wasn't a surprise since I know I have the genetic predisposition for high cholesterol, as well...

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This is already up to a great start, first post about a vendor in the Vault is the vendor themselves saying something like what you did Laura Jo :) It's very refreshing and I think a great start to the new venture of yours, since like Wicked Mike and others have said, Joe's reputation could've...

Pollution fact: Of the 20 most polluted cities in the world, 13 are in India   Internet fact: To this day, NetFlix uses unmarked warehouses and vans to store servers and to ship out DVD's   Animal fact: Dolphins give each other distinctive whistles for names, and will come when called, even by...

Something that grinds my gears: A doctor who comes back to work after a year and a half, expecting his accounts still work, then getting pissed at me when I told them that per national policy, they were deleted 90 days after they left the last time, and then claiming because they had the letters...