So at my physical, my lab results returned a TSH result of something north of 5. My NP says "that looks like early hypothyroidism, you should go get a second lab done in a month to double-check". (To me, TSH of 5+ seems pretty straightforward hypothyroidism, but what do I know?) So okay, I went back last week and got another blood draw. Today's ( Read more... )

I'm just now, 14 hours (and at least four Aleve and some uncounted quantity of saline solution and xylitol) after I woke up this morning, able to stop thinking that it would hurt less to remove my sinuses with a titanium spork and no anaesthesia than to leave them in place. Dear $deity, does my head hurt; it's one of those joyous sorts of ( Read more... )

Today is Prickle-Prickle, the 11st day of Discord in the YOLD 3171If I ever end up in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of improvement, my most fervent wish is that my loved ones do not let me be used as a political pawn in the way Terri Schiavo has been. Like that "get your war on" strip says, “[My living will] says that if I fall into a ( Read more... )

I have Wellbutrin now, hallelujah!

And slightly high LDLs, and a little less blood then I came into the office with (again), but otherwise I seem to be okay health-wise (assuming none of today's tests come back with anything unusual, which I don't expect them to).

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I went in for a physical today, and I walked out with a piece of paper directing me where to go for my first mammogram. I suppose it's getting harder and harder to deny that I really am getting older. (To be fair, my mother and my grandmother both had breast cancer, so I need to start with them sooner than I might otherwise. I'll keep telling ( Read more... )