Yep, I got to see Dr. Stratakis just after lunch.  Breakfast was another mishap.  I woke to the nurse telling me not to forget my 8:30 MRI, but when I looked it was 7:30.  Any meal takes a minimum of 45 minutes to arrive, and while they promised it by 8:08, my escort arrived at 8:05.  I shoulda just told her to wait and eaten.  I was the first ( Read more... )

Whew!  I mentioned my worries to the nurse, and my endocrin fellow dropped by to let me know that bad news usually gets passed to him immediately, and my MRI technicians and echo technician have not even reported yet.  That, he says, means there isn't anything to report.  And the ultrasound of my thyroid does reveal that the spot I've had for three ( Read more... )

Today started slower than I had hoped.  Getting to bed at 11:30 didn't help any, but at least the konk on the noggin has faded, as far as I can tell.  First thing, during my shower, my IV popped somehow, and I had to get a new one higher in my arm.  Well, lower, I guess.  On my wrist.  More painful than the other, if I flex ( Read more... )

Okay, so yesterday was weird.  First was the whole not eating thing.  I got "breakfast" at about 12:30.  Then, I took my roommate to see the Patient Library, and pick up a couple more movies.  Then, when we got back to our room, her right arm was swollen-up and painful, and nurses and doctors swarmed for quite a while, trying to figure out what ( Read more... )

Alrighty!  Today started off with blood draws and then a blood glucose tolerance test.  So... I'm still flat on my back.  And haven't eaten yet.  Grrrr.  LOL  Talking to the doctor yesterday, he told me that overdoing my hormone replacement can be dangerous - things like osteoporosis and diabetes.  I think I have been, because I've sometimes taken ( Read more... )

Well, I am here.  Rebecca loves Dad's place, and zips around with little trouble, even with the 1-inch drops at each door where he stripped down to the original hardwood floors.  Outside, she loved the wet grass and toddled about enthusiastically up and down the rough ground.  Dad says the property is part of the pastures of an old farm, and the ( Read more... )

Well, my expectedly stressful week was just that, but it all proved irrelevant yesterday afternoon when I had my summary meeting with Dr. Constantine Stratakis. All of my test results were extremely good. My internal organs and my blood-glucose-tolerance and chemistry were in excellent shape ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back East. Just wrote a looong, detailed description for the delightful four day trip here and... this acursed system won't let me save, I can't access the note pad and... I pressed the wrong button for Copy, and I can't undo. *ZOT* Gone. I'm tired. Good night.

I'm told it got to nearly 80˚ today. I don't know, I've been buried in a bit of a funk ever since my Sunday morning job at SAM (Seattle Art Museum) from midnight to eight A.M. I mostly enjoyed it thoroughly while I was there, but it totally wore me out, destroyed my weekend and wiped out the last two days ( Read more... )

Whew! I opted not to renew my pain-killer this morning at about 2:00, because the pain wasn't bad, maybe a 2 or 3 out of ten. I woke at about 6:00 with the pain at about a 7. A couple Percosets got me down to maybe 4 by the time breakfast arrived, but I'm creeping up to 6 again and have to wait until 10:00 for another dose. Just got two Tylenol ( Read more... )