I went to see a new thyroid doctor, Dr. Wong on June 15th. I wish I could say that I had a clean bill of health, but that would be lying straight through my teeth. I have hyperthyroidism as posted previously, and I have Graves disease, a thyroid disease. It sounds pretty horrible, but the worst part about it is I have to live with it for the rest of my entire life. Yup, oh well, one of my many flaws, but I am glad it won't paralyze me and it is very manageable.
So I previously had Dr. Membrano, who seemed to love thyroids. Unfortunately, for her customers, she has no people skills or sympathy at all. Yes, she probably has some fans, but I had to withdrawal myself from her list of patience and get someone I feel more comforatlble with. Sorry Membrano, but you pretty much lost me at my last appointment "I don't see you getting any better you should consider surgery, oh and your anemic, see you in 6 weeks". That is a ton of information for someone to obtain in a span of 2 minutes and 30 seconds. I finally manned up and decided that the "spitting in my food" syndrome will not apply in a hospital, hopefully. I also didn't want my pride to get into my road to a healthy life. I don't want doctors to think I shop for doctors, but I want to trust my doctor really cares. Any who, Dr Wong taught me in 45 mins the most I have ever learned from almost a year from seeing Dr. Membrano.
I just wish the info I got was a lot better, but it was my own fault for not taking my thyroid problems seriously. My heart is beating way to fast, she said that it basically like running a marathon, but not moving a muscle. I know I have had some stress moments, but I always wondered why I could never feel relaxed or un-stressed. I have had heart palpitations and a lot more symptoms I don't wish to share with you. Bacially, the doctor said if I hadn't come in I could have been like her previous patient my age that basically had a heart attack. Talk about a rude awakening. Oh and she also said I could become infertile, which my heart stopped for a couple of seconds, because I want kids really bad. Not now of course, but in the future having children are really important to me. I am glad I made the move and got Dr. Wong she put my life into perspective that my health should be my priority.
I don't want to have my thyroid ruling over my life so I have decided my health is on my list of things to change. Joel and I have made a commitment to ourselves to change our ways. Should be interesting. Once I get all my levels back to normal, by taking my meds, I will hopefully be able to post something a bit more chipper about how I have completely changed my health. Until than, please keep me in your prayers.
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