Sorry to have not posted in a while. Now we are to the point in my journey that just pisses (sorry mom) me off more than anything. Therefore, I have been avoiding sitting down to my computer.
I just finished telling you about the Hormone Clinic that I went to and spent at least $4,000. I continued to take the vitamins and the hormone pills for at several months. My hope with the hormone clinic died when I called Dr. "S" several times to inquire about my increased trouble sleeping. I wanted to know if my increased sleeping challenge could be linked to the new hormones I was taking. He quickly brushed me off and told me to stop taking the medicine and to try again next month. Once again, I thought...are you serious? That is your advice as a doctor? Were these people listening to me, were they grasping the fact that I was struggling for my life? If someone were about to jump off a bridge would you ask them to hold on for another month before you helped them down?
I think it is probably time for a quick re-cap of the help I had sought so far. Here goes:
Highlights of my search for help include:
Dr. By the Book: told me to take more ambien and sent me to crazyville!
Dr. Free Samples - a bag of peanuts spilled onto the desk while he was searching for a box of samples, need I say more!
Dr. Dictator: Declared that I was bi-polar, put me on an obscene amount of a sedating medicine and refused to switch meds
Dr. Doolittle - office decorated with Betty Boop and lava lamps. When I told him about a negative reaction I had to the medication he prescribed, he joyfully told me that he sleeps well at night knowing he does his job well!!
Hormone Clinic = see above!
Over the next week I am planning on having some friends and family blog and describe their side of the painful and desperate year I went through. My hope is that something in their stories might spark a cord with you and that you will be able to better understand how to help someone in my shoes. Or perhaps you are in my shoes, I hope their thoughts might help you to understand how it affects your family and friends.
Stay Tuned!
Sharee! Oh my! My jaw is on the floor. God bless you for continuing to care and to stay alive. I really don't think I would have survived these trials you've endured. Again, I look forward to hearing more.
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