please read the following post. This is real.
Cheers, Sausage...
Another day with Polyendocrine deficiency type 2 aka Schmidt's Syndrome also known as a lovely combination of hypothyroidism and adrenal insufficiency. Another day of ups and downs, highs and lows and the recurring roller coaster of emotions that accompany me through my diseased journey. It is hard to believe that 20 years have passed since I was diagnosed with this bullshit, 20 years since Uncle Sam told me to get off his battleship and don't come back, 20 long years of pills and pharmacy lines behind old people, sick people and me telling myself I am not like them. I am not diseased just misdiagnosed by under qualified lab coat wearing clowns pimping for the pharmaceutical whores who line their lab coats with lies and dollars.
The last five years have been the most difficult with altered dosages and mood swings, the type of mood swings that can take a man from the pinnacle of happiness to the wearing of a hockey mask along with the desire to machete the limbs off of complete strangers. Now when I think of Jason Vorhees or Michael Meyers touting their talents on the good people of the world I stop and ask myself...I wonder what dosage they take...
The wary quest continues to find a cure but none will ever be found, the closest we came was when Oprah Winfrey was diagnosed with a thyroid disease and the national media groveled at her feet weeping over her symptoms and we were spotlighted for about a month. Soon after that the lights flickered and went out and moved on to some freak who's uterus fast tracked 8 babies and now has a reality show.
The last five years have been the most difficult with altered dosages and mood swings, the type of mood swings that can take a man from the pinnacle of happiness to the wearing of a hockey mask along with the desire to machete the limbs off of complete strangers. Now when I think of Jason Vorhees or Michael Meyers touting their talents on the good people of the world I stop and ask myself...I wonder what dosage they take...
The wary quest continues to find a cure but none will ever be found, the closest we came was when Oprah Winfrey was diagnosed with a thyroid disease and the national media groveled at her feet weeping over her symptoms and we were spotlighted for about a month. Soon after that the lights flickered and went out and moved on to some freak who's uterus fast tracked 8 babies and now has a reality show.
It could always be worse, my disease is not life threatening not even a disease just a lowly syndrome but one that pushes and bullies the emotions mafia style - take the pills and shut up....Next in line please.....
Gentlemen, no need to fight I have plenty of refills |
All the symptoms of a typical United fan :p
ReplyDeleteJoking aside, good to see you back mate.
Dave
appreciate that you can look on the bright side - that it won't kill you. but still, i think the chemistry issues within the body that are NOT visible can be pretty damn challenging. no one really knows what your going through - unlike someone with a cueball head who is obviously taking chemo.
ReplyDeletehang in there. we'll be around...
Ahhhh... finally I can comment once again.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear from you, SF, but not happy about your roller coaster ride. The endocrine system is so bloody complex and difficult to balance out. I hope you can find that balance in the very near future. Do the pills at least help somewhat? {{hugs}}
It is still unbelievably hard to get people to accept illnesses with no visible symptoms -- all too easy for people to dismiss.
ReplyDeleteYet they are real - and they are hard.
Getting the dosages etc. right can be a challenge and their attempts to change them make sense but for the sufferer?? So hard.
Hang in there bud
Hope it all works out for you mate
ReplyDeleteBoy, as if life isn't hard enough. Remind me to stop whining about all my woes. Thanks for the reality check. Nice to see you. Scramble two.
ReplyDeleteChigh - Being an United fan makes me want to jump of the tay bridge...
ReplyDeletecheers
daisyfae - thank you for the sentiments...I have put away my machete for now.
ReplyDeletecheers
Ponita - been on the pills for so long but as the body changes (ages) the dosages are altered...cheers for the hugs..
ReplyDeleteGlen - I understand that so much, I have even had questions about the validity of the syndrome close to home.
ReplyDeleteCheers...
Ryan - medication + whisky + being an DUFC fanatic = ?
ReplyDeletecheers...
UB aka king of gotham
ReplyDeletecheers...
Saus - explains a lot
ReplyDeletegood luck mate
xoxoxoxxo for you, sugar! glad you're back, i owe you a card AND thanks for stopping by! *hugs*
ReplyDeleteWell I've wondered!!!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, SF.
Pearl
p.s. I use the bookmarker you sent me and think of you daily.
:-)
Savannah - congrats again on the bairn...
ReplyDeletePearl - glad to hear that the feline dominatrix of the homestead has not used the bookmark for her private stash...
ReplyDeletecheers.
Breaking fitba news just been announced on the SFA website mate. USA v Scotland friendly match to be played in Jacksonville Florida in May.
ReplyDeleteGrab yer cairy oot and saltire and get doon there - mind an go in the away end though.
Ryan - Talk about a family divided!
ReplyDeleteno half saltire/stars and stripe shirt for me, it's the saltire all the way. I will be there with bells on..
One thing I have learned - never say never - and I pray life gets easier for you. So glad you are back. You are very brave.((hugs))
ReplyDeletePat - thank you...
ReplyDeleteHi You.
ReplyDeleteThough I don't have the same medical condition, I do feel your pain, frustration, helplessness, medication up and downs, and overall lack of a light at the end of the tunnel.
I hope it gets easier. And that the mood swings tend to be more "romantic comedy" than "slasher" film.
:)
StephanieC
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StephanieC - the wife has had the good sense to hide the machete.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words...
Cheers. sausage...
See, sometimes that's the worst, though.
ReplyDeleteWhen you are SO ENRAGED you need the machete RIGHT THEN, and is it in the drawer? NO!
The knife block?
NO!
*Rage bubbles*
lol.
Stephanie - I keep a spare (machete) hidden in the garage...just in case.
ReplyDeletecheers, Sausage...