Well heck.

As of Thursday, October 4th "Ultrasound consistent with a diagnosis of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis". Lovely.

Well the good news is you can all call me Goiter. The bad news is.. well... the goiter.

Goiters, bunions, it seems like I get all the sexy diseases. What's next? Lumbago?

Brother's comment at party during conversation regarding potential super powers each of us might have. "Mutant Superpower : Gaining Weight! Form of... I'll sit on you and eat!"

Later on, MJ (5 years old and precocious) came through and told me, giggling, that I had a big neck. Gasping with hysterics I asked her who asked her to tell me this - she said it was my dad. Hmm... he's in Wisconsin. We're not. Okay, plan b for interrogating a five year old. What do we know? Well, there's a kitchen full of men round the corner. Must have been one of them. Ask "MJ - did the guy who asked you have a hairy face." MJ looks puzzled. Hmmm... "Did he have a blue shirt, or a black shirt?" MJ looks puzzled "I'll go check". Off she toddles, then comes back followed by five grown men with the gigglesnorts.

Black shirt. Brother of mine, you're busted.

So now we wait for the doctor to call me with the numbers from my blood tests. At the last measurement my TSH was 2.94. "Normal" is between .5 and 3.0. Dr says that could be high for *me*, if my normal range is low on that scale. Now we're waiting on Free T3, Free T4, Total T4, Thyroid Antibodies, Renin, and Androstenedione (?). The last two are because Dr also suspects that I have Cushings.

Right now, am basking in the glow of sweet vindication. Why? Here's why...

1. It means I might not be so bad at looking after myself as I had thought. When you are overweight, everyone has an opinion. No matter what you eat it is either too much (high calorie) or too little (slowing down your metabolism) or the wrong stuff (too many carbs, not enough carbs). No matter how much you exercise it's not right; too much cardio, not enough cardio, too much weightlifting, not enough weightlifting, too much intensity, not enough intensity, exercising for too long, not exercising for long enough. Then there are the helpful folks who say, when you want it enough it'll come together, try harder. To them I say here and now, you try it.

2. It means I need not feel guilty for having pushed my Primary Care Physician to get me to a specialist.

3. It means I am not crazy, and I'm not imagining my symptoms.

So the plan... what's the plan?

1. Wait for the call from Dr and figure out what the medical response will be? Goiterectomy? Pills? Waiting?

2. Exercise. http://www.crossfit.com/ or rather http://forum.brandxmartialarts.com/viewforum.php?f=16&sid=74059d7b82f8aa7e7fa9cdcec3157228

Cheers.