I realize that I have been extremely exhausted over the last few weeks. At first I attributed it to being a mommy of 2 with one having constant medical issues...that would wear anyone out. But lately I am literally feeling like I just took a sleeping pill with how hard it is for me to stay awake doing anything, like driving, working, eating, or even talking. It is getting embarrassing because I lose complete track of conversation because it feels like my brain just goes to sleep on me. My vertigo is also kicking in more and I literally walked into a door at work, which was really funny but kind of embarrassing.
I played around with my allergy medicine to see if that helped (taking it at night, stopping it all together) and checked my blood sugar which was fine.
Now that things are calming down with the kiddos, I decided to call my doctor. I am thinking it is probably an iron deficiency, because iron deficiencies cause pretty much all my symptoms, but I can't just start a suppliment without talking to a doctor because if it is not it and I take too much iron it can hurt Olivia through my breastmilk (definite no-no!).
I went to see him this morning and he did all the basic stuff...checked my heart, blood pressure, which was on the low side, and talked about my symptoms. He checked my heart which sounded good...that was his first concern. I told him extreme fatigue, more vertigo attacks than normal, and headaches from being tired. The doctor jumped on the headaches and immediately began on my caffeine consumption. Now I may joke about my starbucks, but in reality I usually have ONE cup during a work day and none on the weekends. I drink diet coke, but that hasn't changed since before Olivia was born so why would it just now cause problems.
We then started talking about my sleep. He asked why my 6 month old still nursed at night. I laughed and said there is the million dollar question and gave him a brief (as I could) summary of Olivia's medical issues and showed him the picture of her growth curve. First he asked me when I am filing my lawsuit which I found amusing, then he asked me if I am back at work. Well, duh, I've been working this whole time, just taking off for doctor's appointments and stuff. He asked if I felt like I could continue to work. I said of course, I don't have a choice. I have already used up just about all of my sick and vacation time on doctor's appointments for the kids. He asked about me not working at all and I not so discreetly told him that I carry the health insurance.
His theory...I have spent the past few months wearing myself down taking care of the kids and my body is calling in the loan. He wants me to take a few weeks of FMLA (not gonna happen) to let my body recover from the stress. He is also doing the full bloodwork thing checking for vitamin deficiencies (DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER IMO) and thyroid stuff. If that all comes back normal he wants to do the brain scans to check for tumors...talk about worst case scenarios geez! He is lucky I am too tired to get freaked out because I used to get all panicky and stuff...now I just roll my eyes. I am also not allowed to take tylonol or aspirin for headaches until we get to the bottom of my problems. Grrrrr.
So now here I sit, no diet coke, no coffee, no reece cup even, trying to stay awake at my desk. Yeah, this sucks. That bloodwork better come back quick becuase once it does I am getting me a grande caramel frappachino!
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