Thoughts on anything & everything

Like any other woman in her 30s, I have my share of hormonal problems. I believed doctors had a solution to whatever I was suffering from. Until they decided I was a soccer ball. 

I saw my doctor for bigtime period issues. Very irregular, heavy bleeding lasting for days sometimes. She referred me to a gynaec. They did loads of tests and concluded that I am hypothyroid. The only solution to my period problem they offer is birth control pills. I refused. They recommended I see an Endocrinologist. That made sense. 

Next two days I made a date with the bed and rested as much as possible. Feet up on pillows, ice pack on my lower abdomen. It worked. The 4 week leakage slowly stopped. 

But I had to keep looking for what was causing all this. I was determined to find all help I could.

I got myself an appointment with an endocrinologist. She ran some more tests and prescribed Synthroid 50mcg. I gained about 7 pounds within a few days of starting it. My jeans became tighter. I called their office and spoke to the nurse so she could pooh-pooh my concerns."Synthoid causes weight LOSS, not gain!", she said. I thought well, may be I was eating too much/ not exercising enough. Was I? Anyhow, my next period was moderate. Not crazy heavy, no clots, little discomfort. Awesome! I had 3 regular periods. I thought well, I'll watch my diet more, exercise some more, not worry about feeling heavy and bloated. At least my periods are back to normal. 

I couldn't be more wrong. I skipped the period in 4th month and got little spotting in the 5th. I was near the 6th month after starting Sythroid when I decided to stop the darn medication. If I am going to  have these problems with my periods either way, I would rather have them on no medication. I asked the endo If I need to stop it gradually. She said I could stop right away. I asked her about my periods. She said my TSH was fine, in 'normal range'. It couldn't be the thyroid, something else could be causing the period problem. She recommended I see a gynaec!

It makes it imperative for these specialists to come up with something. After charging all that money, how could they say, "We don't know"? So what do you do? Play soccer with the patient. Refer them to specialist after specialist who has no clue what's happening. They come up with theories until it's time to KICK and PASS.

It is like the fabled story of blind men and the Elephant. One blind man gets the tail and concludes, 'The elephant must be like a rope.' Other says it must be like a pillar. I have compared myself to a ball and to an Elephant here. Hmm...doesn't get any worse now. does it?

I walked out of the endo's office to never go back. Here's the interesting part. The day after I stopped Synthroid, I started spotting. It has been 3+ weeks and I am still spotting/ have light bleeding. Synthroid had nothing to do with periods? Ya right!

Now should I go back to being a Soccer ball? Decisions! Decisions!