Following Edge

I've been holding out great hopes for good news from Dr. Lommen for two weeks, and the call came today. I'm afraid it wasn't the good news I was hoping for.

I previously reported on my worrisome diagnosis and the long-term solution to my overwhelming and debilitating fatigue, which involves Testosterone injections, as well as a raft of pills. While the expectation was for an improvement in 6 or 12 or 24 months, I was totally thrilled that my energy significantly returned for about 6 weeks this Summer. I was alarmed when my energy was down again about a month ago. I really hoped that a change in my Testosterone dose would get me back to where I was. Unfortunately, the doctor reports that the levels from my blood tests indicate the doses shouldn't be changed. Curses! Where is my magic pill?!?

Dr. Lommen offered that I could talk to her colleague about heavy metal detoxification, or other naturopathic treatments that I still consider a bit "out there". Maybe I am toxic with heavy metals (probably from the Donettes that I ate this morning), but my feeling is that I'm best to stick with the original plan and wait for things to improve in the original 6 to 12 month timeframe. I should appreciate the unexpected surge of energy early in the treatment instead of letting it cause me to put aside the plan. Easy to say, but it's hard to get over the disappointment.

Oh, and I need to slow down the projects that I started when I was feeling great. You may have noticed that I have been bit grumpy about work lately. When I was feeling better, I should have taken up jogging instead of starting a bunch of new work.