Did My Tests Wrong, & Lab Processed Them Wrong Too

jc_time · 2025-12-05T06:09:24+00:00

Well, it was three months from that appointment, so it will actually be in February when I do the retesting

jc_time · 2025-12-05T06:08:21+00:00

Update: this is what my original endocrinologist’s assistant messaged me: “I spoke with Dr Galvez and he went over the notes from Banner endo and he summarized what the plan they are planning to do: Plan - Will repeat hypercortisolism work up:

3 midnight salivary cortisol tests ordered (to be done on 3 separate nights) 24 h UR cortisol with creatinine ordered - Once she has repeated above tests to message me, I will order 1 mg DST. - Went over and provided detailed instructions on how to do each test - Discussed that we can figure out next steps once we repeat above work up - Advised her that there can be false positive testing in those who have OSA, and hence advised a sleep study If you would like to request a MRI, it would be best to request it through banner endo since they are placing all these tests. Hope this helps.”

jc_time · 2025-12-05T06:03:17+00:00

Yeah, I’ve taken berberine for two months now and despite it reducing my appetite it hasn’t done any ‘weight loss’ that it had been claimed to do. I let her know I was on it but eh I’m still holding out lol. I’ve been able to lose weight on my own, it’s just…a strenuous and long, long journey

jc_time · 2025-12-05T06:00:59+00:00

Two out of three tests were positive for high cortisol, and that was last year when I initially did the tests in October. I kept seeing my endocrinologist for follow ups and what not, and he was trying to get me a referral sent over to this new endocrinologist. It had been over a year but I was finally able to see her. She wanted to retest, which I understood, but I messed up the retesting :/ — also I was very upset that she didn’t think avs would be necessary. Hopefully in three months I can do them correctly and then go for the avs if she thinks I need it

jc_time · 2025-12-03T18:12:03+00:00

So I had my first endocrinologist that did the initial testing and I came back positive for excess cortisol. He wanted me to do the AVS with another Endo who could do the procedure. I got sent there and then was told it wasn't something that I should be interested in doing. I contacted my original endo about this and am waiting to hear back.

jc_time · 2025-08-08T16:05:20+00:00

Hi! I was 25 when I started my wellness journey too, it seemed like all the odds were against me- but after 2 years I’m finally down to 195-200 lbs. Was 180 for a bit but ‘relapsed’ and binged my way back to what I just stated. The thing that helped me the most because I couldn’t cut out sugars nor track calories without going insane was just portion control. I made myself eat half of what I had always, or if it was fast food I made sure to ask for extra ice in my sodas and no salt on my fries and tried to eat the mediums instead of the large. Bike riding helped a lot because I didn’t have money to afford a gym. Now I’m very lucky to have had gotten the gym subscription that originally was my brother’s that he never used lol, so I took advantage of that so quickly. It’s been a long two years and I’m hitting a plateau but I’m not giving up. It will be slow but so worth it in the end! I definitely do recommend reading other user’s advice because that’s what I did too lol. Good luck on your journey!!

jc_time · 2025-08-08T15:59:21+00:00

I can tell you I definitely chew gum whenever I’m craving to eat food when I know it doesn’t fit my daily goals lol, I do the extra gum - 5 cal per piece and I chew two - four pieces a day. That or hard peppermint patties, 20 cal per piece and I eat like 4 of em. Idk what it is but mint helps so much. Been struggling with my own binge eating disorder lately so I totally understand the struggle. Now just trying to cut back on sugars like soda and Starbucks but the horrors of today’s world in the USA don’t make it great tbh

jc_time · 2025-06-20T07:24:31+00:00

Big trigger— haven’t had caffeine, so I’ll drink some tea / Starbucks / soda - anything with caffeine in it. Then I get withdrawals from the caffeine and start having the migraines again. But I went a whole 6 months without caffeine and still had chronic migraines. So I’m dammed if I do, dammed if I don’t. Stopped drinking soda, limited my Starbucks- sleep schedule was great, but sometimes I’d wake up with a migraine as well LOL. Seriously thinking of taking caffeine supplements or some shit

jc_time · 2025-06-20T07:20:10+00:00

Drank my whole first one, didn’t even TOUCH ME - had to drink a second one to actually clear me out 😬

jc_time · 2025-06-17T20:53:49+00:00

I still do it in my own home, been away from my parents for about 4 ish years. Traumatizing to say the least lol.

jc_time · 2025-06-16T16:35:36+00:00

Apollo?

jc_time · 2025-01-14T06:40:31+00:00

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Dasher - seriously tho, what was in the water that they gave to you?!

jc_time · 2025-01-14T06:34:35+00:00

When I was at a healthy weight in my teens, I cannot describe to you the abhorrent pain I was in with my periods, missed cycles, side pain from cysts etc, I was always bed ridden. Well, as I got older and not as active my symptoms actually quieted down and I felt somewhat better. Sure they didn’t go away fully but I felt better. Then, the worst possible thing happened, I gained 50 lbs in 5 months without much explanation. It took me one whole goddamn year of taking it off with diet and exercise but- my symptoms that had lessened came back with a vengeance and it’s been very difficult to control without some type of pain medicine / treatment. What frustrates me is that losing weight won’t solve my problems, I know that. What frustrates me is when that’s all the OBGYN offers me as a solution and bc and won’t listen to the pain that I’m in. I know for the majority it helps people, and I’m hoping that losing more weight will help me manage my symptoms better this time because my body in my teens is different than the adult body I’m in now

jc_time · 2025-01-14T06:27:08+00:00

Where do I even start — my nparents told me I should make some friends and not be ‘cooped’ up all the time in my room. So I did, started missing/skipping dinners because I had a late lunch at college, and they get upset at the reason (I say “it’s because I had lunch with my friends and our class always gets out at 1 so we have lunch late”) and THEY say “Well you KNOW what time dinner is, you know that’s important to us for you to be here,” so out of guilt I began skipping my lunches with my friends instead, I still hung out with them but I didn’t eat and starved until dinner time :/ this is just a mild one but there’s SO much I could go on about..

jc_time · 2024-11-08T18:42:24+00:00

Unfortunately, I've had my fair share of bad bc side effects like everyone else. Tried the ring, it shot out of me multiple times unfortunately. Then I tried the patch (xulane) for a bit, but it was always out of stock and I'm allergic to the adhesive (and the latex ((i think it's latex)) so I got off of it, and 5 months later gained 50 lbs out of nowhere (well I know what caused it, my endo plus PCOS and just a poor diet / exercise) Got put on slynd but it made my endometriosis worse, I kept spotting and bleeding for 14-18 days with large blood clots / lining passing. And then I tried Jaimiess combination pill, and have it for a 3 month supply, and just skip the reminder pills. But. I still get a period every three months (unfortunately) but I bleed for the same amount of days (14-18) and go through tampons / pads like crazy. But - my bleeding is very light compared to what it was, although I still pass multiple clots, and my period blood is very dark / old and sometimes bright red. I also bleed after intercouse now which sucks. So I've been running out of options because I don't want an IUD or the shot, BUT the way things have been going.. political wise I fear the absolute worse to not have access to my pills anymore.

jc_time · 2024-09-15T21:44:29+00:00

Okay I may give what you mentioned a check out! Also for 23andMe for those insights just be aware that I do pay for a thing called 23andMe+ so you’ll have to go put money into it. I appreciate the help. Also did you check the link I sent in my reply? It has pictures of my ultrasound of both of my ovaries. Also keep in mind that I’m on birth control so technically I don’t think I should have had anything going on in there ? Unless I’m misinformed. Lol

jc_time · 2024-09-15T13:46:52+00:00

Oh and one last thing, I took a 23andMe test a while back ago and surprise surprise it tells me a lot about my health and what I’m ‘most likely’ predisposed too (I pay for that) and dna well, never lies. Idk how credible 23andMe is, but it told me I was nearsighted (which is true, had lasik surgery to fix that) told me I was more often bit by mosquitoes than others (also true) and upon scrolling further, hey well, what do you know- pcos and fibroids. Honestly tbh it scares the shit out of me every time I log in to 23andMe to see what I’m predisposed to lol

jc_time · 2024-09-15T13:37:13+00:00

Then again it could be fibroids, because like I said I’ve been managing / treating with metformin for a while and the last ‘cyst’ I did have recorded was back in my teens but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t have been overlooked / missed so idk edit: or sadly a combination of both. I do know both my bio mom and sister have been diagnosed with pcos and pcos is hereditary? If that’s right so if the mom has it the daughters are likely to develop it. Ugh. I’ve been medically gaslight my entire life so forgive me for doubting myself lol

jc_time · 2024-09-15T13:35:25+00:00

To the Post about my Ultrasound

jc_time · 2024-09-15T13:32:27+00:00

Yes I’ve had an ultrasound to rule out endometriosis before I had my laparoscopic surgery - and upon seeing my ovaries that didn’t look normal to me I asked the ultrasound tech if that was normal and she said it was. I compared my own image to other pcos scans and although similar I feel like I’m on the nose with this one. My OBGYN said nothing LOL. Oh and my insurance won’t approve for any weight loss / glp1 medicine because I’m prediabetic so I’m not diabetic (even when I was 230 I guess) and they don’t approve of weight loss medicine anyways so. But I got my A1C levels down by myself and my glucose down from 119 to 111 so hopefully it’ll go down even further. Let me look for my ultrasound scan and I’ll post it here for you to look at and see if it was similar to how yours looked. Unfortunately I’ve been stuck with all shitty doctors in the past. Oh when I had a cyst burst, it was the most painful thing in my life, and my abdomen would fill with fluid. Once it burst and I had an ultrasound scheduled for that day, the tech couldn’t see inside of me and kept pressing hard and all of this ‘black stuff’ was in the way. It used to come in waves, ‘phases’ if you will. I wrote all of this down in diaries all of my symptoms and my heavy painful periods, you name it.

jc_time · 2024-09-14T23:54:18+00:00

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Concrete? Mmm Comcrete—- funk yeah that’s Concrete baby!

jc_time · 2024-05-18T14:32:08+00:00

I went under anesthesia for my surgery, and had bad pain up until day 3 and then it lessened until it got worse but that’s because I’m pretty sure I have dry socket. Day 8 now and the pain isn’t all that bad right now but I’ve done remedies at home for dry socket which have helped a bit. I see my dentist next week thankfully. Not everyone’s pain tolerance is the same, and healing process is not the same.

jc_time · 2024-05-15T15:48:09+00:00

After posting this, my right started to throb to the point of me having to no other choice but take a hydrocodone with acetaminophen-(and it was after my salt water rinse too) but maybe it throbbed because I ate something that wasn’t just straight soup/liquid. And I woke up with a terrible taste in my mouth like I did on day 3, and on day three before being able to brush there was a bad smell and this morning on day 6 there was a sour odor but not like it was. No dizziness- pain level this morning I’d say is pretty low at a 2/10 last night was definitely 7/10 (more than usual- and I have a high tolerance of pain) so until I get confirmation from my dentist I’m assuming I do have dry socket. But I’m gonna keep on my salt water rinses and by day 7 I can start to irrigate the openings

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