I went to a new Dr. yesterday, because he has treated someone else with Addison's and she feels a lot better after seeing him for 3 months. After meeting her, I decided to give him a try. He ran a lot of tests, and yesterday he went over the results with me.
He said I was anemic, and gave me a Rx for an Iron supplement.
He said I was predibetic and discussed my diet with me, then told me it was pretty healthy and I don't have any weight to lose, but my lack of exercise could be causing my level to be high. I told him that was why I was seeing him, I wanted to feel good enough to exercise again.
He said my Testostrome is low, and I should use the cream I already have. I told him, my endo just started me on DHEA as that was also very low (last time my endo tested it) and that may tell my body to produce more testo. If not, I will start using the cream again.
He said that (which I don't really understand) my reproductive test indicate that my reproductive system should not be working, but it is. I am still ovulating, according to his tests. But the hormone levels are at a point that, that should not be happening.
All of my thyroid test indicate the thyroid is working fine.
tsh 1.89
T3 Free 2.52
T4 Free 1.25
But my Triiodothyronine, reverse is high at 378. That means that the thyroid is working and then this is blocking it so my body thinks my thyroid is not working. He said this is why I have so many thyroid symptoms.
Does that make any sense to anyone?
However the most confusing thing he told me was that he thinks I have a pituitary tumor. This is based on a prolactin level of 191.8 when the normal range is 3.34-26.72. He said a tumor is the only thing that could cause a number that high. This is also what is causing my headaches, and blurred vision. As well as the multiple cysts I have in my breasts and on my ovaries. I told him I had a brain MRI a year ago to look for a P.tumor and they didn't see anything, but were planning on rechecking this summer. He said it may have been too small last year.
This confuses me because I have primary AI and if I have a tumor, that would mean I have secondary AI too. Is that even possible?
In the end he refered me back to my endo. He said my case was too complex for him. All of my tests seem to contradict themselves, and at one point he told me I was a "medical anomaly." That really made me feel special. So I left his office with a copy of the labs to give to my endo next week when I see him, with the suggestions that I get another Brain MRI as soon as possible, and that I go over all these labs with my endo. He also gave me an Rx for iron, and ordered an ultrasound on my ovaries with a copy sent to my endo and PC.
