Hello all! You may remember my first GFM where I explained my medical situation - missing a lot of work and visiting a lot of doctors to figure out a slew of crazy symptoms. That one reached its goal thanks to all of you amazing people.

I'm making a new one for my birthday, with updates for everyone: while we still don't know what is going on medically, I am finally getting my foot in the door to specialists! I was able to schedule the next step for laparoscopic surgery in April as endometriosis is a possible diagnosis, I am seeing an allergist/immunologist and have the second half of allergy testing later this month to investigate MCAS and possible food allergies, and have finally secured an endocrinology appointment in May to determine if the issues are being by thyroid/pituitary/adrenal/hypothalamic issue s. I got blood panels this week that will look for autoimmune markers, as my doctor has mentioned POTS as a possibility and has to rule others out.

Still missing work and paying for doctors a lot, so my cheeky birthday request: a donation of $1, $3, or $13 in honor of my Friday the 13th birthday!