Patience Peter!
In short she believes that the trauma of my Ironman day, combined with my thyroid problem, has sent many of my hormones into disarray. I didn't really understand the details but I remember hearing about my pituitary gland, and my adrenal gland. She mentioned things like adrenalin, cortisol and I think, glucisol. And apparently she talked to one of her expert friends, and got confirmation of her theory. I guess that all this is further complicated by emotional stress, and god knows that with Sallys death, my Ironman catastrophe, and then the executor stuff, I've had lots of that!
But the last and most important thing she said, I heard and understood quite well. That as long as I keep taking the thyroid medication, it's all gonna go away!
And as to the doctor, he seemed to accept Cory's theory, perhaps for lack of a better one. I will go into the office once a week for the next 3 weeks so that they can check me out, and hopefully see a positive trend. When I was in his office it was still quite high, at 160/90.
We shall see.
And because laughing is good for your blood pressure, here's your smile of the day, compliments as well, of my family doctor.
He gave me a colorectal cancer, screening kit, which they now try to get you to do every 2 years. Of course that involves taking stool samples, and in this case you need to provide 3 different samples taken over the course of a week. There are very clear instructions as to how to collect and save the samples. When you've got all 3 prepared and appropriately labelled, you would expect to take them back to the doctors office right? NOT! Maybe deliver them to the local lab? NOT!
Believe it or not, you just drop your shit in a mailbox, postage paid!!! Yup! Yup! I smell (pun intended) a wonderful advertising opportunity for Canada Post. Try sending shit via e-mail eh!!
And although I can tell I still have a long way to go to get back to normal, I felt a bit better about my run today. It was steady, and my heart rate was good. On the other side, I'm afraid that my shoulder is gonna keep me out of the pool and the weight room for now. It hurts like mad. Hopefully I learn some things about that next week.
run 7.4 kms
.....and this one's for me for sure....
"Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears."---Barbara Johnson
Love
Peter
In short she believes that the trauma of my Ironman day, combined with my thyroid problem, has sent many of my hormones into disarray. I didn't really understand the details but I remember hearing about my pituitary gland, and my adrenal gland. She mentioned things like adrenalin, cortisol and I think, glucisol. And apparently she talked to one of her expert friends, and got confirmation of her theory. I guess that all this is further complicated by emotional stress, and god knows that with Sallys death, my Ironman catastrophe, and then the executor stuff, I've had lots of that!
But the last and most important thing she said, I heard and understood quite well. That as long as I keep taking the thyroid medication, it's all gonna go away!
And as to the doctor, he seemed to accept Cory's theory, perhaps for lack of a better one. I will go into the office once a week for the next 3 weeks so that they can check me out, and hopefully see a positive trend. When I was in his office it was still quite high, at 160/90.
We shall see.
And because laughing is good for your blood pressure, here's your smile of the day, compliments as well, of my family doctor.
He gave me a colorectal cancer, screening kit, which they now try to get you to do every 2 years. Of course that involves taking stool samples, and in this case you need to provide 3 different samples taken over the course of a week. There are very clear instructions as to how to collect and save the samples. When you've got all 3 prepared and appropriately labelled, you would expect to take them back to the doctors office right? NOT! Maybe deliver them to the local lab? NOT!
Believe it or not, you just drop your shit in a mailbox, postage paid!!! Yup! Yup! I smell (pun intended) a wonderful advertising opportunity for Canada Post. Try sending shit via e-mail eh!!
And although I can tell I still have a long way to go to get back to normal, I felt a bit better about my run today. It was steady, and my heart rate was good. On the other side, I'm afraid that my shoulder is gonna keep me out of the pool and the weight room for now. It hurts like mad. Hopefully I learn some things about that next week.
run 7.4 kms
.....and this one's for me for sure....
"Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears."---Barbara Johnson
Love
Peter
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