Hi everyone - sorry no update yesterday but I did want to come by and let you know what happened. I got a call on Friday afternoon that the surgeon wanted to do some bloodwork. So I went in Saturday morning and did the bloodwork. Got a call yesterday morning that they wanted me to come earlier for the ultrasound. Get there and they said the surgeon saw no reason to do a biopsy so she wouldn't be there. Didn't know this on the phone but that's okay. Do the ultrasound and then head down to the surgeon's office to see if my blood test results are in. So they take me back to the room because the doc wanted to see me. She didn't think the ultrasound was going to be necessary but didn't catch me in time so it was fine that we did it - not a problem. So she says - I don't think you are going to believe this. And I'm like - oh no, not what I want to hear I bet. So she proceeds to tell me I currently have, according to my bloodwork, hyperthyroidism. My response - DANG. She laughed. She knew I didn't want to hear that and I told her true because I was hoping for hypothyroidism so I could get the meds that would also probably help me lose some of this weight.
We laughed, which was nice.
So she goes on to tell me that she still wants me to see an endocronologist to see what meds I need to be put on. We talked about the symptoms and I have some of the classic symptoms - I go, go, go, go and then about 6 weeks later I crash for a few days. Then I go again. I can function on a small amount of sleep, I've noticed a bit more hyperactivity in myself over the last couple of months. My heart races on and off and my blood pressure has been higher than normal during this whole time, which is not very usual for me - I've always, at non-workout mode, been at 120-130/80-85. Once I started losing weight and working out it dropped a bit and was at a good point until December when I started getting sick.
She did say she was a bit concerned as to why my levels were pretty normal in August but then went up with this bloodwork. Another reason to see the endo. I'm anxious to also see the ultrasound results which I won't get until maybe next Wednesday.
So that's me in a nutshell. Not much to report on the weightloss - I've been too focused on this the last couple of days.
Thanks for all your good thoughts. I do deeply appreciate them very much - this has really made me rethink some things in my life again. It's time to slow down and enjoy it. So I'm starting to reevaluate what I can give up at the end of this year. Some I can give up in May and will. I need to be more available to my daughter next year and not be worn out as it's college hunting time next year.
Thanks again
Keep on
Chris