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Originally Posted by Mari View Post
Dear Butterfly,



I apologize for reading this quickly as I am in the middle of a project for work. The nurse practitioner is using made up or (over simplified) language because the Mayo Clinic says that adrenal fatigue is not a medically accepted diagnosis.

On the other hand, actual Adrenal Insufficiency can be diagnosed by blood and other tests to show inadequate levels of adrenal hormones.
See link: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/adr...atigue/AN01583

I believe that you can request what materials you want for those materials. If necessary, you can get a referral for another doctor who can use materials appropriate for you. I do remember that pigs have material that is very compatible with our parts. Years ago, diabetics relied on insulin that came from pigs.

Try to take one thing at a time:
1 go for the blood work on Tuesday
2 go for the thyroid untra sound

Try not to get ahead too far. You can handle these things one at a time.

M
Thank you for the link Mari. The symptoms that I see that I have for adrenal insufficiency are fatigue, body aches, low blood pressure, and lightheadedness. In fact I was telling her about how I see these silver flecks sometimes if I get up too fast from beding over or sitting up or laying down.

Just pulled out my paper - these are my bloodwork orders:
blood type
CBC, WBC
comprehensive metabolic panel
cortisol, free
vitamin B-12
Epstein-barr virus early antigen antibody
ferritin (which I think is iron, b/c I have been anemic in the past)
free T4
free T3
lipid panel
Lyme western blot test
magnesium level
Molecular isolation or extraction, each nucleic acid type(i.e. DNA or RNA) MTHFR
reverse triiodothyronine
thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibodies
TSH
urinanalysis
vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy

I don't know what half this stuff is but I do remember her saying something about the cortisol having to do with the adrenal glands, and I see that in the bloodwork she ordered.
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