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January 25, 2006

Medi-Blogging II

Just got back from a dr.'s visit for my 3rd round of antibiotics to try to get rid of this stubborn sinus infection. While I was there, he went over some test results that had came in since my last visit....yay. It wasn't very good.

If the next check of my blood sugar comes back at the same level as the last one, I get a prize. And not a good one. Full-blown diabetes. Yikes. Stick to my diet & hope for the best he said. I will, I said. And you can bet your ass I will. Hopefully the combination of the diet & getting (slowly) off prednisone will do the trick. I hope.

But wait. There was more. The ultrasound scan of my thyroid showed not 1....not 2....but 3 freaking nodules. 2 were pretty small; 1 was over 1 cm. Well crap. I had one removed about 5 yrs. ago. It was not fun. So now I get to see an endocrinologist to examine my options: 1) Surgery; 2) Biopsy; and/or 3) Keep a close eye on it.

Plus I'm to see a neurosurgeon to see if he will whack the lipoma out of my spinal cord so my freaking leg will stop bothering me.

*sigh* Good grief, I'm falling apart. I'm getting to the point that I dread going to the doctor because I know I'm going to find out something else isn't working.

I think Mike's right. If I'd known I was going to live so long, I'da taken better care of myself.

Golden years, my ass.

Posted by Rita at January 25, 2006 04:40 PM

Comments

Oh, honey.

Posted by: Keith at January 25, 2006 09:35 PM

Eh, I'll survive. I'm just going to be more careful about sticking closely to my diet. That was pretty hard to do while traveling. I tried, but I just couldn't drink diet sodas, even Diet Dr. Pepper made me gag.

It is helping, though. I feel better, and have even lost about 5 lbs.....which one of my dr.'s nurses said she never seen anyone do while on prednisone. So yay me.

Posted by: Rita [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 26, 2006 04:55 AM