Today was an odd day. It started off with me waking up at 6 to get my classes ready for a sub. I hate having substitutes because it is more work to get ready for them and to clean up the messes they leave behind than it is to go through a day on the job. Today, though, I had a Dr. appointment in SLC, so I kind of had no choice.
After I got stuff ready for the sub, I went home for an hour or so, and then went to the Red Cross Blood Donation Center to donate blood. I've never done it before, since I was too young to do it in high school (you have to be 17 and I turned 17 after the last blood drive of my Senior Year), and it just never came up once I moved to Provo. Weird, huh? I hate Hate HATE needles, but I took it like a champ and now somebody has some life saving goodness coming their way. It was pretty cool to know that my blood could help save someone's life.
When that was over and done with I drove to SLC to see an endocrinologist, which was the biggest waste of time ever. All she really did was ask me a bunch of questions and then tell me a bunch of stuff I already knew, and ask to draw some more blood. Yipes. Now I have 2 bandages (one on either arm) and a stack of literature that has no meaning whatsoever to me because I already know everything about conventional fertility treatments. Oh well. Just another hoop to jump through, right? The good part is that she's agreed to reevaluate my PCOS diagnosis. When the diagnosed me a few years ago, it was mostly anectodal evidence and they really didn't run any of the tests they were supposed to. At least this chick is considering alternative diagnosis, which I guess is what I really wanted all along. And it confirms my suspicion that I have a pretty strong case for adrenal hyperplasia instead of PCOS.
Anyway, it's going to be a long night. Lots of grading to catch up on and a presentation to plan for tomorrow. Sick. I hate presenting to the faculty. I'll update you on the carnage tomorrow. Wish me luck!
2 comments:
Way to beeje! You know how much I hate needles but the few times I gave blood in LA were actually really good experiences. AND it's actually healthy for our bodies. Especially for those of us that have a little too much or too little of this or that floating around. It's like changing the water in the fish tank. Getting some fresh new clean stuff in there is good for the system.
Can't wait to hear the results of the labwork...
I donated blood the first time myself not too long ago. There was always something preventing me from donating (Age, or illness usually). The first time I went, I couldn't donate because I passed out waiting in line watching my husband donate! But I made it the next try (years later). But beware - you will be harrassed to donate again!
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