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Yet another update....
Dec. 5th, 2008 10:11 amIt's more of a question of "what don't I have?" now. Or, at least, it feels that way.
First, Mom suspected I had hypoglycemia, and eating like I did has certainly improved my health by quite a bit. We haven't gotten back a test that specifically confirms this diagnosis, as I was eating properly for a few weeks before we got tests. Although, they did say my average blood sugar was a bit low when they did it for the last 120 days. But since I've been eating "right", my blood sugar wouldn't be extremely low, and it wouldn't show up. Same thing with the fasting test I did over Thanksgiving break--it takes a while for my blood sugar to go low after I wake up. Although, they didn't tell us the numbers, so my blood sugar could've still been low. I've been noticing that, as I continue to eat more often, my blood sugar tends to stay up, and I'm having fewer lows. Yay!
My doctor decided to send me to a sleep study, just in case, over Thanksgiving break. There, we learned that I had mild sleep apnea. We won't be able to do anything major about it until after the semester is over, so I'm basically just going to have to sleep more, which seems to be helping.
There are still days that I feel crappy despite that, and now we know why. The test results from that fasting test were also testing for something additional to my blood sugar. Turns out that he was also testing for Mono. I don't currently have it--the "active infection" part of the test returned negative, but I had it either 30 or more days ago (as the antibodies were present). This kinda frustrates me because I complained of exhaustion and having swollen lymph nodes in my neck before, but the doctors ignored the second part whenever I mentioned it. AND I could have infected members of my family, at the very least, with it. :| Everyone seems to be fine, though, so far.
What that basically means is that I'm in the "recovery" stage for Mono, and it could take months for me to recover fully. So I could still have days I feel like crap, and there's nothing I can do about it. But at least I know why there was also something in the back of my mind nagging that whatever I had was more serious than the doctors were taking it.
I'll probably be scarce online for a while--I gotta catch up on a lot of school work now that I'm starting to feel better. I just wanted everyone to know what's been going on with my life. Hope everyone is doing well! ♥
First, Mom suspected I had hypoglycemia, and eating like I did has certainly improved my health by quite a bit. We haven't gotten back a test that specifically confirms this diagnosis, as I was eating properly for a few weeks before we got tests. Although, they did say my average blood sugar was a bit low when they did it for the last 120 days. But since I've been eating "right", my blood sugar wouldn't be extremely low, and it wouldn't show up. Same thing with the fasting test I did over Thanksgiving break--it takes a while for my blood sugar to go low after I wake up. Although, they didn't tell us the numbers, so my blood sugar could've still been low. I've been noticing that, as I continue to eat more often, my blood sugar tends to stay up, and I'm having fewer lows. Yay!
My doctor decided to send me to a sleep study, just in case, over Thanksgiving break. There, we learned that I had mild sleep apnea. We won't be able to do anything major about it until after the semester is over, so I'm basically just going to have to sleep more, which seems to be helping.
There are still days that I feel crappy despite that, and now we know why. The test results from that fasting test were also testing for something additional to my blood sugar. Turns out that he was also testing for Mono. I don't currently have it--the "active infection" part of the test returned negative, but I had it either 30 or more days ago (as the antibodies were present). This kinda frustrates me because I complained of exhaustion and having swollen lymph nodes in my neck before, but the doctors ignored the second part whenever I mentioned it. AND I could have infected members of my family, at the very least, with it. :| Everyone seems to be fine, though, so far.
What that basically means is that I'm in the "recovery" stage for Mono, and it could take months for me to recover fully. So I could still have days I feel like crap, and there's nothing I can do about it. But at least I know why there was also something in the back of my mind nagging that whatever I had was more serious than the doctors were taking it.
I'll probably be scarce online for a while--I gotta catch up on a lot of school work now that I'm starting to feel better. I just wanted everyone to know what's been going on with my life. Hope everyone is doing well! ♥
