Back in the saddle...

Again...

All the docs seen (for now), and multitudes of testing results are in. What started, in January, as an esophageal spasm that had my son scooping me off the kitchen floor to head to the ER, has turned into all kinds of fun stuff. Nothing life threatening for which I'm very grateful, but it's frustrating...to say the least.

I get those nasty spasms in my esophagus when I take certain medications, which I don't know will do that till I take them. At the time, I was taking an antibiotic for a severe sinus infection, which, apparently, is what caused this one. So...it was added to an ever growing list of meds I can't take. The problem with that last episode was that it was so severe, and that I had three episodes in less than 24 hours, which never happens. So, specialists seen...tests done...and results show that I have issues with esophagus (duh), mild/active gastritis (isn't getting older fun),  very low vitamin D (again), and am pre-diabetic...all of which are manageable with medication and diet/weight loss. Ok...doable...done.

The other thing that was "incidentally" found is that I have an adrenal adenoma (benign tumor) on one of my adrenal glands. Endocrinologist determined (through a crap load of tests) that it's not active, which just means that it's not over/under producing hormones that would make me pretty darned sick. Ok...no problem. Next step is to determine if it's a "fast growing adenoma", but that can't be done till early June with another CT scan. If it's growing, then it has to come out. If not, then it just needs watching once a year, or so. Keep your fingers crossed that it's a no grow adenoma.

I'm a tad tired of not feeling well, but am assured that I'll start feeling better as my sugars level out, and with a higher level of Vitamin D. Health issues aren't new to me. I have Fibromyalgia, an auto-immune disorder that causes my central nervous system to shut down from time to time, and a few other things that I deal with from time to time. Nothing life threatening...slows me down sometimes, but doesn't stop me from living my life as I choose...chuckles...much to my children's chagrin at times. So...moving on.

None of this will stop plans for my cabin/homestead, nor will it delay my moving up there Spring 2015. It will, however, slow the process throughout this year, which is ok...'cause it'll still get done by next Spring as planned. Glad to be feeling a little better, and having some energy for the extras.

Thanks for reading...ciao

Lu