My fight like a girl story begins directly from the womb, but I wouldn’t have to fight seriously until I was 10. I was born with a rare pituitary condition called septo optic dysplasia which caused my pituitary to not be able to keep up with my growing body. I was diagnosed with growth deficiency at the age of four and started growth hormone shots. When I was older, between the ages of eight and 10, I was getting a bit heavy for my short frame and that’s when they diagnosed me with hypothyroidism. Between the ages of 10 and 15, I had some very scary life-and-death experiences with Addison’s disease and adrenal crisis which led to seizures and actually "dying" a few times. When I was older, I started female hormone replacement. Not for it's regulating my system but more because the medication for Addison’s disease eats bones, and calcium and vitamin D are better absorbed with female hormones. I did have significant bone loss already. I take massive amounts of meds daily … [Read more...]
