Patience and Change

It's been 5 weeks since I was put on Desmopressin for my diabetes insipidus. I started with 1/2 a tablet at night. I was getting my sodium checked at least once, sometimes twice a week. My level never went to low which is always the concern with this medication. However, I wasn't getting a ton of relief from my symptoms during the day and I was still getting headaches. My doctor continued to up the dosage and told me to try and only drink when I was very thirsty. Almost two weeks ago, I went into the lab to have another check and they were having a very difficult time drawing my blood. Come to find out, I was very dehydrated and for some odd reason I was also hypoglycemic. The doctor upped my dose again and told me to drink more water which I found kind of funny. I am now on 1 pill at night, 1 in the morning and a 1/2 in the middle of the day. My last check was the on the 11th and it came back normal. So, my doctor is keeping me on that dose and will be doing another blood draw two weeks from the last one.

I was pretty much feeling the same up until the beginning of this week. Last Friday, one of my friends came over and gave me a foot zone. She did this one other time just before I was officially diagnosed. (I would recommend a foot zone to anyone!) Saturday was pretty rough and I got really down; one of the worst days I could remember as far as my mental health since this all began. Sunday was a little better. Monday I dragged myself out of bed to go on a run with my friends. It felt so good, FINALLY!! I ran again two days later and still felt just as good! I was so surprised!

I have an amazing group of ladies I consider some of my bestest friends. There are 8 of us. We are all runners and have spent a lot of time on our feet together. We share everything going on in our lives and have all been through a lot in the short two years when we all came together. A couple of them wanted to run the Mt. Lemmon marathon in Tucson, Arizona. Before we knew it, almost all of us bought plane tickets and a girls trip was born. In the beginning, my plan was to just go, have fun, and cheer for everyone else at the finish line. After my last two runs went so well, I started to get an itch to do the half marathon. I have not run much since the beginning of June. I did attempt a ten miler down part of the Huntsville, Utah marathon course the end of July but, I've mostly been running 5 milers and an occasional 6 here and there. I attempted another 10 miler this morning. It was a very hilly course. I struggled with the steep hills but overall, I felt like I didn't do too bad!

The Mt. Lemmon race is on November 3rd. I am excited not only to spend the weekend with the girls but to run this race and prove to myself I can come back from all of this. I will never be able to run another race without diabetes insipidus again. I have to find my new normal and that's ok! I don't know if the lymphocytic hypophysitis will start affecting other hormones in my body. I may have to find my new normal another time or even several more times. This year has definitely been my year to learn patience and adapt to change. I struggle a lot with both. I know I will never completely master either but I have learned a lot these past 5 months!