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New Diagnosis of Adrenal Insufficiency. Anyone else?
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Mar 29 10:42pm | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
@ladyaceintx1 I am not very familiar with adrenal glands or ailments associated with it, nor the labs you’ve recently had done or the meds you’ve been put on BUT I took a look at your profile and see that you are a nurse and caregiver for your elderly parents. I have a background in healthcare and caregiving too. I took care of my parents and in-laws too. It is a huge workload and stressful too. You know that you are no good to them if you aren’t cared for first, right?! It is like what they say in the pre-flight spiels. “Put your own oxygen mask on first ….. blah, blah, blah”. My childhood BFF is a flight attendant. She would testify that this is true! For the sake of your precious parents could you first tend to yourself? Hope so!
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@cehunt57
I agree completely!
That being said, weaning myself from my daily responsibilities of providing both nursing and caregiver services to my 98 year old Father and my 85 year old mother with Alzheimer's Disease will be challenging to say the least. Yes, we do have a back up private caregiver company that we use for weekends when I'm "off" and my "vacations" and medical appointments. My parents are very dependent on me as not only their oldest child, only girl and a nurse who takes of all their needs. I'm going for the Pituitary Lab panel tomorrow and hopefully I will have a few more answers, if not, the next step will be a brain MRI. I had the conversation with my husband and adult son tonight. It's stressful in itself, as I'm sure you realize, to know that I have a life-threatening medical condition. Thank you for your support.