I’ve never posted before so please be patient with me 😬
I recently had an unrelated ER visit where they discovered a tumor on my left adrenal gland, when I went down the rabbit hole I assumed I had high cortisol based on symptoms, body type, weight gain, etc. I’m currently in the process of getting VSG because I’ve gained 60lbs in the last 5 years and 20lbs of that was gained within two months.
So the part that is confusing me is that I had a follow up with my PCP and got an AM cortisol test and it’s low! 5.4 ug/dL . Has anyone else experienced this? Is it possible to experience both? MRI is in a month and the results came in on Friday and haven’t been reviewed yet but Google is so unhelpful and I’d love to hear from people who actually have gotten useful information.
Edit to add: I have an MRI coming up 05/28, endocrinologist referral appt on 07/01, haven’t heard back about cortisol results yet since I checked mychart on my own.
I’m hoping to get more info on what others did to receive either a proper diagnoses or managed their symptoms on their own!