Latest Blood Test

My T4 was at 23 pmol/L which is ALMOST in the normal range (you can see the normal range on the side of the blog)!!!

My TSH was still less than 0.01 which is pretty much non existent. Just means that hormones don't need to stimulate my thyroid because my antibodies are STILL stimulating it like crazy.

I'm altering my PTU (antithyroid meds) daily because when I took the dose recommended by my endo I was gaining a pound a day and feeling tired. I sort of take the amount that my body needs each day if that makes sense. I'm getting quite good at gauging where I'm at. Maybe next month I'll be in the normal range!!! Go me!

Feeling pretty good.

Maybe even at 83% normal. Yup, best I've felt in 7 months!

Love, Louise at 83%

Good News, Bad News

I'll start with the good news! My eyes are fine. Yes, some muscle inflammation below my eyes that makes it hard to look up and still the dryness but other than that, they are perfect! I just have to remember to keep lubricating and make sure I blink enough when I"m on the computer:)

Bad news is the ophthalmologist made me feel stupid for being there. He's the one that told me to come back in 3 months after he had seen me last time. He made me feel like my doctor or I had made the appointment because we were concerned about my eyes. He made me feel like I was wasting his time. I do not like that feeling. He is a nice guy, I just felt bad.

So back to the good....I'm feeling good! Dare I say that in the past week I ran 15 minutes straight two times?!! I know, not much, but for me, I got to sweat for the first time in MONTHS. My face was pink and sweaty but my heart rate was normal (I had taken a beta blocker). Yippee for sweating!

Ophthalmologist Trip #2

Tomorrow I'm heading down to the Eye Care Center in Vancouver to get my eyes looked at again. I have to say that my eyes are so good!! The last time they were in bad shape was about a month ago. I still suffer from dryness but as long as I lubricate them every night I'm pretty good! I feel bad `wasting' the doctor's time but he told me to come back.

In other news...I have stopped doubling the dose of anti thyroids. I can tell where my body is at and it was slowing it down to much (hence tiredness and weight gain). I should go for another blood test (just impossible taking Koen now as he is a wild one!) to confirm that I'm doing pretty well.

So ya, feeling pretty good!