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Isocort, one month review

So I’ve been taking the Isocort for about a month. Here’s what I can say about it: It didn’t help my sweating at all. I’ve still been sweating like a horse when the temperature is even slightly elevated or when I do any remotely physical activity, like walking up a hill. My sleep pattern and [...]

Posted at 10am on 10/24/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Uncategorized | Tagged: isocort, lactose, mood, sex drive, sleep, sweating | read on

Isocort, day five

Yesterday I increased my daily dose of Isocort to six pills – two each three times a day – and I’ll keep this dose for at least another week or week and a half before deciding if I like it. Here is what I’ve observed so far using the Isocort along with my normal daily [...]

Posted at 2pm on 9/18/09 | no comments; | Filed Under: Uncategorized | Tagged: acne, armour, fatigue, flatulence, isocort, lactose intolerance, sweating, weight gain | read on

About

Who am I? For a reason that should be obvious, I’m not going to put my name here. If the reason isn’t obvious to you, it’s because I also try to have a life, and when people on the margins of my life find out too early about my medical problems, they get turned off and shut me out. Prospective employers who’d google me and find this site wouldn’t offer me a job; girls who’d been out on two or three dates with me wouldn’t want to go on a third or fourth. Most everyone finds out eventually, of course, but I wait to tell them until they’re ready and until it’s relevant.

Suffice it to say that I was born in 1981 and grew up in the United States. I am a boy. I live in a certain eastern Mediterranean country with a socialist history and government control of the health system. And I’ve not been feeling well for a long, long time.

Want to know more? Please read through the blog. I’m writing about my symptoms, doctors visits, memories, analyses and complaints, as they occur. And I’m also going to add occasional critiques of the medical system and profession, as well as an ongoing conversation about House MD and the New York Times Diagnosis column.