“Or it could be stress from work”. This is what my doctor says to me after I give her a list of symptoms a mile long. As a known hypochondriac with a tendency to exaggerate; I am use to my doctors taking me with a grain of salt.  Note: new doctor has referred me to have 3 MRI’s, to see a neurologist, a pulmonary specialist, an occupational therapist and  an allergist, tested me for celiac disease and lactose intolerance as well as drawn vampiric amounts of  blood and squeezed more pee out of me in the last six months than all other doctors in the course of my 34 years. She’s test happy and I love it.

Maybe she caught on, but my symptoms are real. I am lethargic, moody ,I do not want to do anything – ever, I have low energy and could pass out easily before 8 pm every day. I explained how I was eating better and lost weight and then gained it back as well. She agreed to take blood to test me for anemia and vitamin D deficiency but said most likely it is stress from work.

I almost told her not to run the blood work.

Stress from work makes sense, my day job is in retail sales and it’s not exactly a relaxing environment. Also, my appointment was after two days off from work so I was more relaxed than normal.

Today I received notification that I do indeed have a vitamin D deficiency. I am not happy that I HAVE SOMETHING, but rather HAPPY THERE IS A REASON FOR WHY I FEEL LIKE CRAP ALL THE TIME.

So listen up. This is something that was a side note to a follow-up doctors appointment to my last MRI. If something doesn’t feel right, tell your  doctor. Who cares if you are test happy. I would rather take the test and be fine than ignore a chronic problem.

My doctor being test happy worked in my favor. I could have easily chalked it up to stress. So I need to take a supplement and step out into the sun for a while…