And It's About Time There Was Some Support For Cushing's!
I am the luckiest person in the world, I have a wonderful husband, a beautiful one year old daughter who is the love of my life. I live in a cute house that I always imagined in my mind and one day last year we bought it!
The only problem is how bad I feel physically. My pregnancy was unexpected, but the best thing that could have happened to us. I had a difficult pregnancy, morning sickness is a joke! It's not just morning! For me it was 24 hours a day for nine months straight! I started my pregnancy at 120 pounds and in good shape. I was a size 6 and happy with where I was at. I didn't gain much more than 30 pounds during my pregnancy, it's hard to gain weight when you throw up nonstop! After a long and tough delivery she was here, at 8 pounds 8ounces a perfect, beautiful baby girl.
Postpartum wasn't too bad, I was just so excited to have her here. I was nursing and losing weight. At my postpartum appointment I had already lost 16 pounds.
Right around 4 months though things started to change. I started gaining it all back, but only in certain areas. I have become irritable, depressed one minute and happy the next. My hair has started falling out and I have gotten puffy around my face and neck. My stretch marks that were going away are now coming back! I'm tired all of the time and my daughter has been sleeping through the night for over a year now! I have had three broken bones in the past year and on two of them I don't know how I broke them. Everytime I've been to the doctor we have done tests for possible hypothyroidism and every time it comes back normal. In the last 6 months I have counted calories, quick drinking coke (my favorite thing in the world) and I work out 5-6 times a week, usually jogging with the jogging stroller and my baby.
I have also gained over 50 pounds in that same time period. Finally today a urine cortisol test came back high. I am being sent to an endocrinologist for further testing with a diagnosis of "Cushing's Syndrome".
For anyone suffering with these problems, hang in there, I know its tough!
