GROSS.
It looks like a turkey gobbler.
Pretty awesome if you ask me.
Good thing there is no charge for awesomeness.
26 February 2010
Gobble Gobble...
GROSS.
It looks like a turkey gobbler.
Pretty awesome if you ask me.
Good thing there is no charge for awesomeness.
17 February 2010
Ouch
Doesn't it look lovely?
What have I been up to lately? I've been recovering from this little beauty. What happened you ask? Well... get ready for your health lesson of the day!
I originally went to the Doc because I thought that maybe I had picked up a little bug or something from Ecuador. I was getting nauseated easily, especially after eating a big meal, and I was super exhausted so often. So after elimination and what seemed like a thousand of tests later, my awesome Doctor was able to determine that I had primary hyperparathyroidism.
Everyone has 4 parathyroid glands that are (usually) in the neck behind the thyroid. Their job is to create a hormone that helps control the amount of calcium that goes into the blood. In my case, one of my parathyroid glands is creating too much hormone and so the calcium level in my blood is too high. Basically, my bones aren't absorbing any calcium, it's leaking out into my blood.
This is a picture from the back that shows where the parathyroids are in relationship to the thyroid.
Usually these little babies are the size of a rice grain or pea, unless they are over-active like mine. Then they grow to the size of an olive or grape. Some can even get as big as a lemon!
So the cure? Surgery to take out the bad parathyroid gland. I had a scan done which showed that my lower right gland was the culprit. I've been so lucky to find awesome Doctors that are close by and well practiced. Surgery was last week and since then my bed and I have become real good friends.
The bummer is that surgery was NOT successful. Once inside, the Doc couldn't find the gland that he went in for. He said sometimes they hide in random places like on top of the lung, or even on top of the heart! He searched everywhere and couldn't find it. So he ended up taking out my top right gland and some of my thyroid thinking that maybe the bad gland was hidden in there. Once everything was out, my calcium level hadn't gone down much. So I get to start all over again. Even though it's a frustrating set back, I'm hopeful that things will be fine and the second time around will be the charm.
I guess one of the upside of things is that I was able to receive these gorgeous flowers! I practically have my own little garden :)
Thanks for all the thoughts, gifts, flowers, and prayers :) And sorry for such a long post! People have just been asking a lot of questions! So now you're all educated on this random topic :)
Hope everyone had a great lover's day with your special someone! I promise to be better about updates, so stay tuned! :)
I originally went to the Doc because I thought that maybe I had picked up a little bug or something from Ecuador. I was getting nauseated easily, especially after eating a big meal, and I was super exhausted so often. So after elimination and what seemed like a thousand of tests later, my awesome Doctor was able to determine that I had primary hyperparathyroidism.
Everyone has 4 parathyroid glands that are (usually) in the neck behind the thyroid. Their job is to create a hormone that helps control the amount of calcium that goes into the blood. In my case, one of my parathyroid glands is creating too much hormone and so the calcium level in my blood is too high. Basically, my bones aren't absorbing any calcium, it's leaking out into my blood.
This is a picture from the back that shows where the parathyroids are in relationship to the thyroid.
Usually these little babies are the size of a rice grain or pea, unless they are over-active like mine. Then they grow to the size of an olive or grape. Some can even get as big as a lemon!
So the cure? Surgery to take out the bad parathyroid gland. I had a scan done which showed that my lower right gland was the culprit. I've been so lucky to find awesome Doctors that are close by and well practiced. Surgery was last week and since then my bed and I have become real good friends.
The bummer is that surgery was NOT successful. Once inside, the Doc couldn't find the gland that he went in for. He said sometimes they hide in random places like on top of the lung, or even on top of the heart! He searched everywhere and couldn't find it. So he ended up taking out my top right gland and some of my thyroid thinking that maybe the bad gland was hidden in there. Once everything was out, my calcium level hadn't gone down much. So I get to start all over again. Even though it's a frustrating set back, I'm hopeful that things will be fine and the second time around will be the charm.
I guess one of the upside of things is that I was able to receive these gorgeous flowers! I practically have my own little garden :)
Hope everyone had a great lover's day with your special someone! I promise to be better about updates, so stay tuned! :)
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