Archive for the 'thyroid' Category

Magical Disappearing Cervix

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Everything tastes off. My sore throat went from being vaguely hurty the past few months to being an actual genuine owie.
You’ll be happy to hear that my pap smear is over for another year. I hear your cheering. I won’t mention that my cervix was hard to find. I have a magic disappearing cervix [...]

ABCs

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Oh, I’m learning so much. For one thing, when you go in to get your blood drawn, make sure that the person that is about to remove 5 vials is an expert blood retriever and not someone new. I am not a good practice person with lots of available blood just teeming to the surface. [...]

Thyroid Things

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

A year or so ago I had a bunch of tests run and they found that my thyroid wasn’t working that great, but it wasn’t working that bad, either. Also, my heart and lung were having serious issues, so my thyroid took a bit of a back burner.
Fast forward to now. Since my endocrine system [...]

Good Times

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Know what’s fun? Going to the doctor and having them scold you for getting off medication 3 and a half years ago. Then having them refuse to give you any now because, dude, you are crazy. How do you know what you need if you are crazy?
Instead she ordered a blood panel, which is [...]

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