And they are……………………………………NEGATIVE. Told ya in the last post didn’t I???? I knew they would be too. Nothing is ever easily explained with me. When I started this medical mystery journey they were looking for myasthenia gravis because of my symptoms and it turned out to be iron deficiency. Yeah they are related…not! No one thought to [...]
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December 10, 2009
The Plan
Had my appt with the endocrinologist today. My TSH is still down. 0.27 this time. My T4 is down too. It sometimes is but not always. Not surprising they are down since I am still having symptoms. We talked of going on anti-thyroid meds, but she wants me to wait a bit longer and try to get [...]
December 2, 2009
Testing for Celiac
Thanks to Regina (who has been a wonderful resource for my commentors….thanks Regina!!!) I called my endocrinologist before my latest round of lab work and asked her about the connection between Celiac disease and the other problems I have been suffering from. I told her about the:
Iron deficiency
Vitamin D deficiency
Autoimmune thyroid disorder (Grave’s)
Generalized joint pain
Vague [...]
November 15, 2009
Thyroid and Iron updates
I missed my last thyroid appt (oops, forgot and overslept!!). Actually that isn’t like me at all but my 4 year old son had had open heart surgery the week before so my mind was in another place. I got the appt rescheduled for a month later but knew something was up with my thyroid. [...]
February 26, 2009
Quick biopsy update and new plans
Just had my 1 month follow from the LEEP and I am currently cervical dysplasia free!! Yipee! Next pap smear in 6 months.
At this appointment we also talked more seriously (we have been talking about it before now but the cervical stuff took precidence) about my iron deficiency and it’s symptoms etc (see this post) [...]
January 28, 2009
LEEP procedure
The biopsy results came back (see this post) and I have CIN 2. This bought me a LEEP procedure. It wasn’t much different from my prospective than the colposcopy really. Except that the cervical numbing agent came in the form of a shot in the cervix instead of a spray…..OUCH!!!
The whole thing was pretty funny actually. [...]
January 8, 2009
I have a diagnosis finally!
I had a follow up appointment with my endocrinologist today for my hyperthyroidism. We were discussing how my symptoms had come back. The double vision, shortness of breath with any exertion, muscle weakness, etc. See this post for more on that. Luckily it’s not nearly as bad as it was when I started this blog.
During the appointment [...]
January 7, 2009
Colposcopy time
If you remember from this post or this post I had an abnormal Pap smear. The next step was to have another one in a few months. Well that one was even more abnormal. So here I am just after having a colposcopy. This is where the GYN goes up with a microscope and looks [...]
November 1, 2008
Spinal Headache & Blood Patch
That spinal tap was not so great. Not only did it not feel good when it was being done but I ended up with a spinal headache just after trick or treating on Halloween evening. It was awful.
The pounding in my head was so intense. I could do nothing but lie flat. If I [...]
October 30, 2008
It’s not meningitis!!
It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged mostly because I’ve been sick for 6 days now. And really it’s been almost 3 weeks in total. I had a bug for a few days where I had a fever, chills, headache and muscle aches then got better from that but coughed like crazy for about a week. [...]
