Have you ever went to the doctor for one issue and it turns out you have a few more? I went to an appointment last Wednesday and actually had a high blood pressure reading. Now mind you I am only 35 and I have NEVER even once had a high reading. Nothing extreme but it concerned my doctor so she asked that I take my blood pressure for a week and call in the results. Not a problem. She also ran some blood tests. Again, no problem. The nurse calls on Thursday to let me know the results. First thing is my cholesterol is 460! Normal levels should be no more than 200. Second thing is my thyroid isn’t working properly….to be exact I have Hypothyroidism.
I hop on the Internet to do some research and find out a lot of the problems I have been dealing with could very well be the symptoms of this disease including the high cholesterol reading, fatigue, weight gain, memory issues and constipation. I go tomorrow to pop a radioactive capsule and within 24 hours will have my thyroid scanned to check for nodules. I am very hopeful about this and ask if you could squeeze in a little prayer that everything goes smoothly. I will blog about the results the end of this week.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I love you Wendy Wallace….I will be praying for you tomorrow….If Shawn can’t go and hold your hand, I will….after youg get your cholesterol under controll, you guys need to come over again for mashed potatoes/gravey and then we need to go see that scary movie and get popcorn and nachos!!!!!