I brought pasta in to work today in an effort not to spend obscene amounts of money on overpriced food. It was quite nice actually, spiral pasta with pecorino cheese and garlic and tomato sauce. Sometimes I prefer cold pasta to warm pasta.
I am so glad it's Friday, I am so tired! My blood test went okay on Wednesday, I'm not scared of needles or blood or anything. I watched the nurse fill up the little tubes with blood, it was quite interesting actually. I am going to go back next Friday to find out the results.
My doctor thinks I might have an underactive thyroid. Looking at this list of symptoms, it seems like the right answer to me.
I'm going to bold the symptoms I've had (and italicise the ones I have/had slightly):
Slowed speech and a hoarse, breaking voice. Deepening of the voice can also be noticed.
Impaired memory
Impaired cognitive function (brain fog)
Urticaria (hives)
Migraine headache
Increased sensitivity to heat and cold
A slow heart rate with ECG changes including low voltage signals. Diminished cardiac output and decreased contractility.
Pericardial effusions may occur.
Sluggish reflexes
Dry puffy skin, especially on the face, and hair loss, especially thinning of the outer third of the eyebrows
Depression (especially in the elderly)
Mild weight gain
Anemia caused by impaired hemoglobin synthesis (decreased EPO levels), impaired intestinal iron and folate absorption or B12 deficiency from pernicious anemia (of course I don't know exactly why I've been anemic)
Slowed metabolism (this is connected to the weight gain / inability to lose weight)
Constipation
Fatigue (physical)
anxiety/panic attacks
Choking sensation or difficulty swallowing (not often but it's weird when it happens)
Shortness of breath with a shallow and slow respiratory pattern.
Impaired ventilatory responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia.
Increased need for sleep
Muscle cramps and joint pain
Brittle fingernails
Osteopenia or Osteoporosis
Paleness
Irritability
Yellowing of the skin due to impaired conversion of beta-carotene to vitamin A
Abnormal menstrual cycles
Impaired renal function with decreased GFR.
Thin, fragile or absent cuticles
Infertility or difficulty becoming pregnant
Elevated serum cholesterol
Mood instability
Acute psychosis (myxedema madness) is a rare presentation of hypothyroidism
Poor muscle tone (muscle hypotonia)
Decreased libido
I hope it is this, that sounds weird, "I hope I have a life-long illness", but if it's not, it'll mean other tests and waiting to find out what it is. I have felt awful for months, and if it's this then I can start on treatment and start feeling better.
I was going to do a really long entry, but I can't remember the other stuff I was going to write!
I am so glad it's Friday, I am so tired! My blood test went okay on Wednesday, I'm not scared of needles or blood or anything. I watched the nurse fill up the little tubes with blood, it was quite interesting actually. I am going to go back next Friday to find out the results.
My doctor thinks I might have an underactive thyroid. Looking at this list of symptoms, it seems like the right answer to me.
I'm going to bold the symptoms I've had (and italicise the ones I have/had slightly):
Slowed speech and a hoarse, breaking voice. Deepening of the voice can also be noticed.
Impaired memory
Impaired cognitive function (brain fog)
Urticaria (hives)
Migraine headache
Increased sensitivity to heat and cold
A slow heart rate with ECG changes including low voltage signals. Diminished cardiac output and decreased contractility.
Pericardial effusions may occur.
Sluggish reflexes
Dry puffy skin, especially on the face, and hair loss, especially thinning of the outer third of the eyebrows
Depression (especially in the elderly)
Mild weight gain
Anemia caused by impaired hemoglobin synthesis (decreased EPO levels), impaired intestinal iron and folate absorption or B12 deficiency from pernicious anemia (of course I don't know exactly why I've been anemic)
Slowed metabolism (this is connected to the weight gain / inability to lose weight)
Constipation
Fatigue (physical)
anxiety/panic attacks
Choking sensation or difficulty swallowing (not often but it's weird when it happens)
Shortness of breath with a shallow and slow respiratory pattern.
Impaired ventilatory responses to hypercapnia and hypoxia.
Increased need for sleep
Muscle cramps and joint pain
Brittle fingernails
Osteopenia or Osteoporosis
Paleness
Irritability
Yellowing of the skin due to impaired conversion of beta-carotene to vitamin A
Abnormal menstrual cycles
Impaired renal function with decreased GFR.
Thin, fragile or absent cuticles
Infertility or difficulty becoming pregnant
Elevated serum cholesterol
Mood instability
Acute psychosis (myxedema madness) is a rare presentation of hypothyroidism
Poor muscle tone (muscle hypotonia)
Decreased libido
I hope it is this, that sounds weird, "I hope I have a life-long illness", but if it's not, it'll mean other tests and waiting to find out what it is. I have felt awful for months, and if it's this then I can start on treatment and start feeling better.
I was going to do a really long entry, but I can't remember the other stuff I was going to write!