What’s Actually Wrong With Me (And Why It Matters for Survival) | Episode 609

whats wrong with me What’s Actually Wrong With Me (And Why It Matters for Survival) | Episode 609

This One’s a Little Different

This is going to be a different kind of episode.

If you’re brand new, this might not be the best place to start. But if you’ve been listening for a while, you’ve probably heard me mention that something hasn’t been right.

Fatigue. Pain. Just feeling like absolute shit for months.

And I finally have answers.

I Thought It Was Just Getting Older

For the longest time, I chalked everything up to getting older.

I’m 44. I’ve got a physical job. I’ve got a six-year-old with the energy of a nuclear reactor.

Of course I’m tired. Of course I hurt.

That’s what I told myself.

But it kept getting worse.

Getting off the couch became a chore. Playing with my daughter became something I physically couldn’t do some days.

That’s when it stops being “just getting older.”

The Long Road to a Diagnosis

I tried a lot of things.

Checked testosterone. It was low-ish, not terrible, but enough that I went on TRT.

At first? I felt like a god.

Two months in, energy through the roof, felt amazing.

Then it all came back.

Pain. Fatigue. Everything.

That’s when I knew something else was going on.

I went through telehealth, got some blood work done, and one test came back just barely positive for something that could indicate lupus.

Barely.

Like right on the line.

So I go to a rheumatologist. They run a ton of tests—vials and vials of blood—and we wait.

Meanwhile, I’m feeding all this into ChatGPT, tracking symptoms, trying to figure it out. My wife is Googling like crazy, trying to prove it’s not lupus.

Because if you look up lupus?

It’s scary as hell.

The Answer: Not One Thing—Two

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