Happy Hana Day!

Apr 10, 2015 22:47

Today is the second anniversary of Hana's arrival, and it hardly feels like two entire years have gone by! I'm so lucky in my kitties and how well they get along together ( Read more... )

maia, cats, hana, rl, health

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shirebound April 11 2015, 15:06:07 UTC
because I lost out on 'best hair'.

How is that possible?? :)

Wonderful news about the kitties. I wish I knew how old Pippin is, but so far she's doing very well.

Is an elevated TSH indicative of lower thyroid levels or higher?

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ancalime8301 April 11 2015, 23:28:29 UTC
Haha, well, there was a girl in my class with lovely straight, long hair in a striking (and completely natural!) shade of red... :-)

Maia's age is just a guess, to be honest. But whatever her true age, she's been healthy as a horse so far!

Elevated TSH (=thyroid stimulating hormone) means insufficient levels of thyroid hormone are present--hence the need to stimulate it. :-) Some fluctuation in TSH levels is completely normal as the body responds to various stresses/stimuli (and it can even vary by time of day), but there's usually a fairly consistent point that each person's levels hover around.

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claudia603 April 11 2015, 18:26:57 UTC
ha, if they could see your hair now! :D

I don't think I got nominated best anything, which is just as well because SO MUCH PRESSURE to live up to it! :D (jk)

Happy kitty day!!!! My kitties are insanely affectionate today.

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ancalime8301 April 11 2015, 23:32:30 UTC
Mine probably wins out in length at the moment, though I think my classmate still has me beat in terms of color! (Hers is a very nice red.)

LOL. Oh, yes, so much pressure. ;-)

Yay for affectionate kitties!

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lindahoyland April 11 2015, 20:35:37 UTC
I'm glad all went well for you and your cats.

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ancalime8301 April 11 2015, 23:33:29 UTC
Thanks, me too. :-)

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febobe April 11 2015, 23:46:22 UTC
Yippee for good newses, especially in the kitteh health arena! :D

I'm with Shirebound. It is so hard to imagine anyone ever beating you out for best hair! If I were a coveting person, I would covet how amazing and thick yours is. It's so beautiful.

And I'm glad your health visit went great too. :) It's always nice when there's less battle than one expects trying to get something accomplished. Especially on the thyroid front. Ped hem/onc would NOT start levothyroxine despite consistently high TSH (we're talking closer to the 4-5 range, seriously); started with new guy when I moved, who was immediately like, "Why are you not on that already? Let's fix this!) and started me on it first time I saw him. We've tweaked my dose as needed since, and now my primary care dr manages it, but - yeah.

*hugs*

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ancalime8301 April 12 2015, 00:18:28 UTC
:-D

N'aww. :-}

Yes, I really expected to have to push for it... for whatever reason, a lot of doctors will dismiss whatever you say as long as the labwork is technically in the normal range (and 5 is still technically normal according to many labs, though 4.12 is the current recommended upper limit). I've heard lots of stories along those lines in the thyroid community. :-p At least my numbers had the courtesy to be WAY out of whack when I was first diagnosed, so there was no doubt what the problem was, haha. (I believe my TSH then was over 90, but that was a long time ago and I don't have a copy of those records to be sure. ;-) )

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lavendertook April 18 2015, 02:01:17 UTC
Happy Hanaversary to you and your lovely girl! (-: I'm glad both your pretty girls are doing well.

I'm sorry you're having thyroid trouble. I send you saki sympathy, since I know with her how thyroid values can bounce around just when you think you're all balanced and clear. *hugs*

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ancalime8301 April 25 2015, 02:49:28 UTC
:-)

Yeah, bodies are wonderful like that--you think you've got everything figured out, but nope! Something changes. :-p *hugs back*

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