15 June 2016
The latest labs are in and I have no right to be functional. TSH is at 62.0!!! Yes, you read that right, 62, which means I should be in a thyroid storm.
What’s a thyroid storm? If what I’m finding online is correct, it’s an acute, life-threatening condition characterized with high levels of thyroid hormones. Symptoms include hypertension (nope, blood pressure 110/72), tachycardia (heart rate over 100, nope, 68 bpm), fever (nope, not running a fever), and abnormalities of the neurological and gastro intestinal systems (you may have me there on the neurological side but I’m not experiencing any problems with #2, if you know what I mean).
I have no explanation for how and why I’m feeling ok in spite of my completely whacked TSH levels. I just very thankful that my body is holding up as well as it has and hope it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. One of my close friends affectionately calls me a ‘rock’ but sometimes I wonder if she is referring to the object between my ears or because I’m tolerant to extremes (not bothered by cold or hot, generally high tolerance to pain – see reference to object between the ears, etc).
As predicted, I’ve been notified to stay off the methimazole and get another test in a month and a half’s time. The challenge here is that is just about when I will be off for a 2 week vacation with mom, cruising down the coast of Alaska to Vancouver, with stays in Vancouver and Seattle before returning home. More than likely, I will do another test before leaving and then prepare a medical kit of sorts to address whichever condition I may be in at the time. Hopefully, I will not need anything and stay symptom free as I am now.
Life is so interesting and unpredictable. The journey continues!
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