Absenteeism is all part of my philosophy

[astoryandasong]

So I'm here and still all alive and stuff.

My Grandad had a fairly major heart attack last week but we have been lucky and there is no permanent damage to his heart. He is back with us and being the same sarcastic old bugger he always is.

I have been unwell also- for the last year or so my periods had become light and irregular, which didn't bother me so much. But of late there has been hot flushes, bad skin, weight gain, excess hair. I've been tired and irritable. I also have some fairly bad back pain right now which tends to come on while sleeping. I finally called NHS 24 who told me I should see my GP within the week. So I did, and he is fairly certain that I have polycystic ovarian syndrome. For some women it never acts up  but for some it can make you produce excess testosterone and also it tends to  correlate with insulin resistance. The GP wants to do bloodwork for a hormone profile but we have to wait 21 days to do it because of my cycle (which is reaaallly long. 31 days or so).

I just want for my Grandad to be ok and for me to be not so goddamn hot all the time. For real, the minute I get stressed or something I start boiling in my skin.

Comments

[pat-t.livejournal.com]

So glad your granddad is okay. And that he's his usual snarky self *g*.

But, darn it, no fun with the hormones. Can't they go ahead and give you hormones to help alleviate the symptoms? Really sorry you are feeling so bad.

[astoryandasong.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It means a huge amount that he is. I get my sense of humour and sarcasm honestly.

It would actually be funny - the minute I get annoyed I am all TOO HOT OMG. But I can't take any hormones yet because it would mess up the profile in my blood test. Also my BMI is too high for the pill. ARGH.