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GEAUX TIGERS! AHEAD 24-10!!!!!!!!!!!

So very sorry for another whiny post. I thank you for visiting my lowly blog, and once we fix this latest issue I should be back to my former fun-loving self.

A week ago I went to the doc because of that big damn goiter we finally acknowledged during M's hospitalization. I probably would have let it slide but for the recent difficulty breathing and choking episodes. Anywho, Doc apparently thinks I am FOS* as he only did a TSH** and refused to do a T4, T3, etc or a thyroid scan. He then gave me a prescription for Ativan which I promptly ripped up and threw at his nurses and told them I would NOT be back, that I want to know the ROOT of my problem and not be treated like I have lost my damn mind.

Today, the lasix worked too well-I lost 3 pounds today and started having cramps in my legs and nausea. I finally gave up the fight and came home to take more potassium only to have the phone ring within 30 minutes-it was my doc, telling me my thyroid was "Screwy" and that I needed to come in right away.

My TSH** is .009, (which is too low) and my T4, T3 and triiodine were at least twice the normal levels. Congratulations, I have HYPERTHYROIDISM. Lo and behold, I had lost EIGHT POUNDS in a week (and I ate like a PIG. Not a bad problem-I can deal with another couple of months of that side effect..heh.) Look at the signs and symptoms...I have all but one, and that is only because of the hysterectomy God led me to 8 years ago. I am being referred to an internist ASAP for further eval, tx, etc. Also, my blood suger was 147, which is high, but not earth-shattering. Doc took me off work tomorrow, so I will lay around and ponder my impending ordeal.

It sucks to be me. Really. I mean it this time.

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*Full Of Shit
**Thyroid Stimulating Hormone