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More health ramblings
Aug. 13th, 2012 05:51 pmSometimes, when it comes to my health, I feel like I'm moving two steps forward and one step back. Or one step forward and two steps back. It varies. My thyroid hormones are apparently balanced again (though I have some reason to doubt this, but I'll deal with next time I see my doctor), so we can no longer blame my messed up menstrual cycle on that. I'm still bleeding far too heavily and for too long. Not a repeat of the time I bled for 6 weeks straight, but it's still worrying when I bleed through the highest absorbancy tampon in 15 minutes. So I have an ultrasound scheduled for September 18th. My doctor thinks it might be PCOS. And in all honesty, I hope it is, because that can be controlled with relative ease.
But it seems that sometimes I get on top of one thing and another thing pops up. Or gets worse. This being a great example.
Then there's the fun of my heat-induced clumsiness that seems to come along every summer during the worst months for humidity. For years now, heat and humidity make me clumsy and awkward. I stumble. I walk into walls and doorframes. My hands shake when I try to reach for things, and the spasms in my hands and arms (which I attribute to Tourette's) get worse. My joints and muscles ache, and get stiff really quickly. Always with the heat. I've never been that great with high temperatures to start with, but I've started to dread the summer months because this always seems to happen.
And this is something I really can't go to the doctor about. "Excuse me, doc, but when it's hot my coordination goes out the window. Can you give me something for that? Besides a Popsicle?" I mean, really, what can be done about it? My body just gets too worn out from the heat and doesn't want to work properly, and I suspect the only thing that will fix that is to fix every other problem that I'm going through.
Sometimes I feel like I don't use this journal for anything beyond ranting about how my health sucks. I wish I could be more optimistic. I try. I put on my brave face every day, as often as I can, and I try to focus on good things and things that will make me happy and improve my mood. But sometimes it piles up, and I need a place to vent a little.
Even if it makes me look like a whining hypochondriac.
At least my voice doesn't really suffer from heat-induced crap. I get sore throats a little more if I'm not careful, but I don't stutter or verbally stumble, and I can still sing. Which I make a point of doing when I'm alone, because being able to sing out loud makes me feel really good!
But it seems that sometimes I get on top of one thing and another thing pops up. Or gets worse. This being a great example.
Then there's the fun of my heat-induced clumsiness that seems to come along every summer during the worst months for humidity. For years now, heat and humidity make me clumsy and awkward. I stumble. I walk into walls and doorframes. My hands shake when I try to reach for things, and the spasms in my hands and arms (which I attribute to Tourette's) get worse. My joints and muscles ache, and get stiff really quickly. Always with the heat. I've never been that great with high temperatures to start with, but I've started to dread the summer months because this always seems to happen.
And this is something I really can't go to the doctor about. "Excuse me, doc, but when it's hot my coordination goes out the window. Can you give me something for that? Besides a Popsicle?" I mean, really, what can be done about it? My body just gets too worn out from the heat and doesn't want to work properly, and I suspect the only thing that will fix that is to fix every other problem that I'm going through.
Sometimes I feel like I don't use this journal for anything beyond ranting about how my health sucks. I wish I could be more optimistic. I try. I put on my brave face every day, as often as I can, and I try to focus on good things and things that will make me happy and improve my mood. But sometimes it piles up, and I need a place to vent a little.
Even if it makes me look like a whining hypochondriac.
At least my voice doesn't really suffer from heat-induced crap. I get sore throats a little more if I'm not careful, but I don't stutter or verbally stumble, and I can still sing. Which I make a point of doing when I'm alone, because being able to sing out loud makes me feel really good!