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Time for the bitching
Dec. 16th, 2014 07:07 pm1. I am already being inundated with a constant stream of emails from students about their grades. "I expected to get a B," "I have to pass this class, or I will get kicked out of school," "I did so much better on the last essay; why am I still failing." Well, when you get a zero on an essay, there's pretty much no coming back from that. Or when you start out writing barely passing essays but progress to B-level writing by the end of the semester, that's a huge feat you should be proud of, but the first essays you wrote still count; that's why you have a C. I don't know why because this kind of whining from students is par for the course, but it's irritating me much more than usual this time around.
2. I went to the endocrinologist Monday. Best doctor's appointment ever. This might be the only time the actual doctor has spent like thirty minutes talking to me, taking my history, examining me. I am really impressed with this practice. The doc is pretty sure my symptoms are part of perimenopause. So, she is testing me for ovarian failure with a very sensitive test with the warning that even if I am perimenopausal, the test may still read negative because I am on birth control. She ruled out any thyroid issues at this point with the caveat that I will need to be vigilant in having that periodically tested because of my mom's history. She said there are a handful of weird and rare endocrine issues that could be responsible for my symptoms, so I have to do a 24 hour urine collection which is about as fun as it sounds. All the pee, all the day long! LOL And there's a whole list of things you can't consume during the 24 hour period like caffeine, alcohol, citrus. I will starve and dehydrate! LOL Anyway, I hope that one of these tests tells me something.
2. I went to the endocrinologist Monday. Best doctor's appointment ever. This might be the only time the actual doctor has spent like thirty minutes talking to me, taking my history, examining me. I am really impressed with this practice. The doc is pretty sure my symptoms are part of perimenopause. So, she is testing me for ovarian failure with a very sensitive test with the warning that even if I am perimenopausal, the test may still read negative because I am on birth control. She ruled out any thyroid issues at this point with the caveat that I will need to be vigilant in having that periodically tested because of my mom's history. She said there are a handful of weird and rare endocrine issues that could be responsible for my symptoms, so I have to do a 24 hour urine collection which is about as fun as it sounds. All the pee, all the day long! LOL And there's a whole list of things you can't consume during the 24 hour period like caffeine, alcohol, citrus. I will starve and dehydrate! LOL Anyway, I hope that one of these tests tells me something.
