Can a single adrenal give you as much adrenal hormones as two adrenals?!
Question:
Can a single adrenal give you as much adrenal hormones as two adrenals?
I lost one adrenal from an illness. I just got off the steroid replacement and been told that I cannot take it longer if I want to recover the other adrenal. Doctors consider my levels normal. Problem is that my cortisol levels from the other adrenal are never higher than 15 in the morning and I have no idea if I am producing enough of the other hormones. Most doctors said that the other hormones are not as important as the cortisol so they never want to measure aldostrone, for example. It's been six months since my surgery and I feel weak, tired and fatigued with a bit of a problem with a racing heart. Is it possible that with some exercise you can start rebuilding more of the other adrenal? Is it possible that my other adrenal has reached the limit of what it can produce? How long can one adrenal sustain a person? How can I feel better without having to go back on steroid replacement?
Answers:
the second adrenal can make enough hormones that are required, just stay in touch with your physicians for symptoms, good luck