Lessons from an Adrenal Crisis

After almost heading into an adrenal crisis I came away with a few important lessons. I wanted to share what I learned from this recent experience and ask that others share the safety tips they have to offer.

I consumed expired food and found myself sick and unable to move. My hydrocortisone and emergency injection kit happened to be in another room and I was alone at the time. Luckily my partner and friend were able to get to me in about 30 mins and able to bring me my steroids.

Since then I found that having extra steroids on hand is 100% necessary for my safety, even when I’m just at home. I’ve been wearing scarves with zipper pockets, made by my talented and dear friend Serra and her textile company ‘WestboundFabrication’ and keeping 10 additional pills at all times. I’ve also been keeping my emergency injection kit in Fanny packs and just wearing it around the house for additional support.

I have felt much safer since then having medication on hand and being able to administer stress dosing or an injection if needed.

I already had a day since then where I ended up having to stress dose from one of the steroids I had stashed away in my scarf and deeply grateful for it!

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As always I am not a medical professional, just sharing my own experience with the hope it helps others with their own healing journey.

Light, Love & all the Spoons
❤️🙏🥄
Vanessa