Panhypopit & Adrenal Fatigue - Be Prepared!

[Sheri]

New Message on Pituitary Chat Panhypopit & Adrenal Fatigue - Be Prepared! Reply   Reply to Sender   Recommend Message 1 in Discussion From: Sheri One thing is for certain, you need to be ready in the event you have adrenal fatigue.  Be prepared in the event you need to get medical attention.  I ended up in the ER today.  To make a long story short, I was having problems with adrenal function, no extra steriods, and sick with an upper respiratory infection.  I called the endo on call at my pituitary doctor's office (which is 5 hours from my home) and was instructed to go to the nearest major hospital for treatment.  She told me that if I had any problems to have the doctor in the ER to call her.  She assured me that any major hospital would be able to take care of me.  So off I went to a Top 10 Hospital and basically the doctor didn't believe me.  He said he thought that I had a viral infection, but he could see no evidence of adrenal insufficiency.  I told him to call the pit doctor.  He conferred with the pit doc and she instructed him what to do.  Once the ER doc learned what he needed to do, I still had to lay in the ER waiting for the steriod IV drug from the pharmacy for an hour!  Can you imagine if someone in a full blown adrenal crisis would come through the ER room unable to speak up for themself?  I told the ER doc exactly what was going on, but he did't believe a word of it.  I mean, what would I know??  I'm an uneducated patient, and the ER doc went through how many years of medical education??? View other groups in this category. Also on MSN: Start Chatting | Listen to Music | House & Home | Try Online Dating | Daily Horoscopes To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. Remove my e-mail address from Pituitary Chat.