Well I have stopped all medications. I was having some really bad side affects and I am just tired of taking so many different medications. I have decided to start doing photo therapy light treatments, I did my first treatment on Friday. My insurance is covering this treatment but I have to pay my co-payment each time I go in which is $30 for a specialist and my doctor wants me to go three times a week!!! I am grateful my insurance is paying for it but that is $90 a week, $360 a month, $720 for two months I think you get my drift. I can't afford that :( So my doctor is letting me go twice a week and I will go tanning once a week for a month and we will see if I have any results. I am praying this will help!!! Plus I guess I will get a nice tan. They started me off at 45 seconds yep that is it, usually they start you off at 20 seconds but I tan very easy and rarely burn so then they just slightly increase your time each treatment.
Another reason for stopping all meds, even birth control is that we want to start trying to conceive. But have now run into some new complications, I actually have not had a period since last year. I was running a lot, training for the half marathon so my gyno and I thought it was because of all my running, so I have not been too worried. I actually stopped running this last winter, one because I run outside and it's too damn cold and I thought if I stopped running my periods would come back. It has been 5 months and still no periods. So needless to say I have seen two doctors and they are stumped!! One week they thought I was going through
pre-menopause, then maybe a tumor on my pituitary gland. Great just great this feels like deja vou'. So they are sending me to a endocrinologist but they can't get me in until June. We have since found out its not pre-menopause so that is good news!!! So once again I just have to wait, but I am getting pretty good at it. It really is amazing at how much I can handle, I still have multiple daily breakdowns but I am trying to hang in there. I will post any new news.
