I have Klinefelters Syndrome (KS) in which the 47th strand of my DNA makeup is xxy in stead of the normal male xy. Females have xx. This is a genetic syndrome. I just recently learned that this is quite common amongst all mammals and some vertebrates and reptiles.

Imagine your hormone being slowly sucked out of your body for the past 20 years of your life. If you can imagine this then you know what my life has been like Testosterone was being slowly sucked out of me until one day I just didn't feel like I was alive anymore. This is how I have felt for the past almost 4 years until recently. At the start
I lost my job due to swelling of the legs and feet which happened 7 times in 6 months lasting for usually about a week. I did medical transcription and with that the use of a foot pedal to stop, play and rewind is needed. My employer was tired of me taking off work and fired me. I had worked at that same clinic for 16 years. The last time the swelli8ng occurred it lasted for 3 weeks and my mother said she'd pay for me to see a doctor. The Internal Medicine physician I went to depressed his finger in my foot to show pitting edema. He then sent me for an ultrasound to search for evidence of a clot which was negative. I didn't hear back from his office. I called to inquire about the results which they said were negative and that he couldn't help me.

The swelling cleared up miraculously but then I began to feel so tired all the time. I couldn't go anywhere or really do anything. I had no energy. Every time I tried to walk from one room to another (and my house isn't that big) my arms felt like they weighed 100 lbs each. I had to stop half way (about 20 paces) every time I went to the kitchen or anywhere else. When I'd get up I would have to bend over to keep from blacking out no matter how slow I stood or not. I spent most of the time in bed usually. I didn't even have the strength to sit up in a chair a lot of the time.

(to be continued…)