How was your Thanksgiving/thursday?
Hi, BestVase7265! and anyone else who wants to reply,
How was your Thanksgiving/thursday?
Yes, finding out that at age 53 I will be getting my first IUD was not pleasant. But I am working on getting through it.
@bestVase7265
If this is too personal a question, please tell me. What is the reason for the IUD? It sounds like something you don't want, but I thought they were birth control. I get that I am wrong about that, huh?
It is absolutely birth control. It is a way of regulating hormones inside the uterus. I am still bleeding to the near hemorrhage stage every month. This will hopefully keep that from happening. But it is also a bit of a risk since I believe most of my mental health challenges are caused by hormones. So changing those hormones could be a bit dicey. We will see.
I hope that you had a good day! @purpleTree4652
@bestVase7265
Oh my, that's shocking to hear how much you are bleeding. I feel for you. I hope the IUD helps.
What makes you think your mental health problems are caused by hormones? I ask because I have had mental problems all my life, and knowing what caused it or when is a void to me. I believe some of my problems could be inherited, could be learned, could be a chemical imbalance, could be other things, or could be a combination. Since we can't see our mental problems, we constantly search for their roots. I'd love to be able to take a blood test that could tell me what exact mental problems I have and what caused them. Then I would know how to combat it.
I am certain that I have a cortisol deficiency. It causes very deep depression early in each day, if I don't take supplements to counter act it. Doctors don't have a clue about it. I did my own research and discovered that I have most symptoms for this deficiency.
My day was not the greatest. The University of Alabama wants 3 letters of recommendation. I am running out of people to ask. I asked 3 who are being quiet about it. Two of them are in California and 1 is my new boss. But she is at home recovering from a knee replacement. I talked to her briefly and she said she was in a lot of pain. I didn't press the matter. Luckily the deadline is at the end of the month, so I have time. I might end up asking the intern who is the fill in for my boss at work. That is not the best of recommenders, but it will fill their requirement. I can't let not having enough recommenders be my downfall.
Well at least it isn't cancer. I spent most of December wondering whether what I was experiencing was even worse (although depression is as bad as cancer sometimes I think).
My two worst periods of depression were as a teenager and when I hit about 45. It is just a guess that hormones are heavily involved because the time frame is when you are most hormonal. But the doctor agreed with me that it is distinctly possible.
The challenge with hormones is that they are really difficult to test for. They go up and down daily so if you do test it is just a snapshot of one day. That is probably why cortisol is also hard to test for.
Do the best you can in getting the recommendations. If you have gotten a "yes" from anyone submit the names and then wait a week to ask if they have filled out the forms. Also, do a little more research. Is there someone from your previous research job years ago that might still be there? Someone who you met while becoming a pilot?
You basically just need to get someone to submit something. Don't worry, you will figure it out. @purpleTree4652
