Endocrine Woes, Traveling to NJ Tomorrow

[hsapiens]

I've been fatigued for a while now. We're checking the usual suspects: my crappy thyroid, anemia, blood sugar. *sigh* The slowly deteriorating thyroid thing is something I'd happily have done without inheriting from Mom.

My blood sugar test results from awhile back seem to show chronic low blood sugar so I'm having the fun of pricking my finger and taking readings in case that's the cause. I didn't think that my blood sugar test results were that far off normal (within the test's error range, in fact) but maybe it explains the unceasing tired and fuzzy-headedness. I have never been anemic so it would be a new development if I were now.

Me, I think it's thyroid. Weight gain is a big clue. I won't be wearing the cute rose-colored silk dress I bought for the wedding below. :( I have never so fully sympathized with those who are diabetic. I cannot imagine having to inject myself with insulin several times a day. *pets endocrine system* Let's hear it for biofeedback!

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mcroft and immlass, I don't know what your schedules are. Looking at our plans and knowing that you're headed in the opposite direction on Saturday night, perhaps Saturday lunch? Here are our plans:

Saturday -- Drive from Philly to NJ. Wedding, 4 p.m.
Sunday -- South Street Seaport Museum, Ships, Walking tour of southern Manhattan (Wall Street, The Village, Chelsea, Little Italy). Architecture photography.
Monday -- Cruise around Manhattan and Helicopter Tour, Central Park Tour (Yes, I intend to point out the wonder of the Met, which we aren't going to *sniffle*, and Cleopatra's Needle.) The first 2 will occupy most of the day, so Central Park is likely to be late-ish afternoon.
Tuesday -- Pierpont Morgan with jalabert (all day! woot! yay!). Closes at 5 so I'll probably drag Joe to Times Square because I think it's a law that City Virgins must make that pilgrimage.
Wednesday -- Driving tour of NJ pretty spots. Joe hasn't expressed a preference amongst Palisades or Princeton or eastern Penn so I expect it'll be up to my whim at the time. Maybe I'll wear my tattered old Harvard sweatshirt and see if I can get myself beaten up at Princeton. That should put off my return to Houston until it's cooler. :)

We want to fit in a Broadway play or two. The Spamalot tickets thru AmEx turned out to be available for 9/15 only so we're going to do a pot luck, show up at the half price booth kind of thing and buy whatever appeals most.

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[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

I think the person who called me thought she was giving me good news -- look at that! you're all normal! -- because when I asked her about the TSH *number* and explained that the number was not, in fact, "normal," she seemed surprised that I wasn't all cheery, too.

But then, I'm much more likely to go in and complain of being exhausted, having trouble losing weight despite a very healthy diet, and just feeling generally "blah" than I am to be complaining about polycystic ovaries. :| While one is annoying and needs to be cleared for QoL issues, the other is far more dangerous.

(Ok, yeah, I'm also kind of vain and I hate that half of each of my eyebrows thins out waaaay too much.)

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

Don't tell me it's the outer half of each eyebrow that's too thin. People are always telling me I've overplucked, but it's just naturally sparse hair there. I've always had to fill in there.

I learned early on not to go in about exhaustion and all that. I must have gone to a good 6 doctors for it before I was 20, and they all just assumed I was lazy. Makes me hope someday they have a real problem and no one listens to them, either.

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, it's the outer half of each of my eyebrows. I don't pluck my eyebrows so I know it's a natural phenom. *shrug*

Man, you make me realize how fortunate I am in finding my physician on the first try. I'd hug him the next time I go for an appointment but I suspect that would weird him out. :)

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

Well, that eyebrow thing is just one more weird thing we have in common, I guess. *g*

As for luck with doctors... not my strong suit. I've currently got two that I sort of trust, and if you'd asked me a year ago if that was physically possible, I'd have said no.