My endocrinologist was supposed
to be the one who finally figured it out.
In eleven years, he never once ran the test that would have shown the actual problem.
When my hands went numb, he sent me to neurology.
When my hair fell out, he sent me to dermatology.
When I gained 31 pounds without changing how I ate
he wrote me a prescription for an appetite suppressant.
Not one of those specialists ever asked the only question that mattered:
"What do all these symptoms have in common?"
Because the answer wasn't in any of their specialties.
It wasn't even on their radar.