cause i love the butterfly needles. yaaaaay.

[mousapelli]

apparently I have inflamed the cartilage in one of my lower ribs, is the (male) nurse practitioner's best guess. at least they had to refill my prescription ibuprofen, which was going to be my second demand going in there. Also they drew blood (out of my hand, motherfucker) to test for thyroid whatnot.

turns out irritability is also a symptom of thyroid whatnot (which Mr. Nurse mentioned after spending about ten minutes with me). I was like, if i have all the symptoms of a particular thing, can't you just medicate me for it? for chrissake. this is like Lyme disease where all the symptoms are my constant physical state, so we'll never know if I actually have it or not.

at least i got to sleep until ten-thirty and now I get to take a shitton of ibuprofen on doctor's orders. or male nurse practitioner's orders, whichever. and no, he didn't say anything shocking or incredibly helpful other than 'i don't think you should do crunches on the exercise ball anymore.' and that i have to wait 12 weeks instead of 8 before I complained, which I'm pretty sure he's going to regret saying in about 4 weeks.

school people called to ask me out for wings but in my current state there was no way i could stand to watch the teeny math teacher eat two dozen wings while i had another salad, so i took a pass.

Comments

[micchan.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, could your thyroid gland be working too slow, would explain a lot of things. But if it's this, the meds (L-thyroxine) for this are very effective. Hope you'll get your test results soon and people shouldn't mess with other people like that.

Take care and hang in there *hugs*

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

yes i know, thyroid issues run in my family, but they test me all the time and it always comes back normal. it would be nice to have something they could treat once in a while.

thanks.

[micchan.livejournal.com]

Very strange, but read this:

Hypothyroidism means too little thyroid hormone and is a common problem. In fact, hypothyroidism is often present for a number of years before it is recognized and treated.

source (http://www.endocrineweb.com/conditions/thyroid/your-thyroid-gland)

[jordensmom.livejournal.com]

On an upnote...if your blood test comes back with an abnormality in your thyroid (either too high or too low) at least when you get on the right medication you will start seeing some results with going to the gym! Good luck and hope everything turns out well for you!

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

it won't. they test me all the time and it never does. but it's nice to dream.

thanks.

[fantomeq.livejournal.com]

I'm a thyroid whatnot expert. Nope, can't be medicated without precise bloodwork results or you could die. (Almost did that after DD #1 was born when medication was off. It sucked.) You'd have to get rechecked a billion times to get the dose correct too. Hope you don't have any thyroid troubles, but if you do, it's an easy fix that makes you feel lots better. *Hugs* I hope the rib trouble heals up soon. I did something like that from a violent sneezing fit once, which is sort of a hilarious way to hurt myself. I felt most un-macho.

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I was going to suggest having your thyroid tested, so I'm glad they drew blood for that. Still, a sucky day. Summer is almost here?

[shabzilla.livejournal.com]

I think I need to come over there and kick someone's arse tang soo do style. I will do it.