Eh…is there no way to see a different nurse? I’d have been rude back, were that me, but then I’m from South London.
Is the 67" your height? Cos that’s 5’7. I can’t believe you’d shrink that much unless you mismeasured in the first place? If that’s for real then you should get your back checked out.
Anyway, some good lifting despite the setbacks. You’re a scrapper, that’s for sure.
Well, DAMMIT sorry you froze up at the Dr. I’ve been there. It can be overwhelming. And freakin’ intimidating. And I can really get an anxiety attack going, truth be told. You did come out of there with an Rx for thyroid meds, right? That’s a start. And maybe it will put you on the right path. OR, message her and set up a phone consult with some follow-up questions?
You are getting some solid one arm OH presses going. 40 lb DBs above your head for reps is no small thing. And lots of pushups there. You’re building upper body strength fo sho!
Thanks Cal!
I wish I was rude back…GRRRRRRR.
yes, I can see someone different as long as they are taking in new patients. I’m going in there this morning to file a complaint and request a different care manager. It will make this whole process take that much longer, but I’ve waited this long.
I am also going to call the original Endocrinology place I was seen at to see if the referral is still good.
There is a good possibility that I was mis-measured way back when. But I consistently came in at over 5’8.5" so I just rounded up.
I had my back looked at a long time ago and there were some bulging discs/arthritis developing.
yay me.
pPuff- thanks…no, I did not get meds. And I wouldn’t take em even if I did. She has no clue. Its like going to see a brain surgeon for your foot.
I want to do this thing, right! My thyroid is not ‘just a thing.’ hmph!
I have to go through her to get a referral to see someone else out in town but I couldn’t even manage to ask that.
There is no point asking questions. She believes all the info out there is made up to scare people into getting more expensive care or some crap like that. That’s when she told me I was ‘hunting zebras.’
Zebras wrapped in bacon? mmmm
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That’s when she told me I was ‘hunting zebras.’
Zebras wrapped in bacon? mmmm[/quote]
OH HAI THERE!
“Well, my good friend Ink said that hunting zebras is really quite simple, and they’re delicious!”
HI MIM, I’m back in your log!
<— wants to see a video of MiM sprinting.
One should squat and sprint, your squats will suffer temporarily, but after awhile they will come up again.
Trying to get back into sprinting myself, nothing too rigid though, might as well since I can’t work on my squat.
Eh many doctors and nurses have lost their bedside manner, but I think it could actually help the healing process if they would just listen and show some empathy. It is a lost art on many of them.
I love sprinting but I’ve managed to do a mischief to the ball of my right foot. I always think it’s best to ease back into such things.
When you go to the Dr., bring a notepad with all your questions, and room for you to take notes. I always forget shit if I don’t write it down.
5’9" to 5’7"??? That seems like someone messed up their measurements to me?
I hate doctors. I spent all day at the doctors yesterday. They really are some of the dumbest smart people around (no offense to any doctors who may or may not be reading this <3)
everyone should sprint to survive the zombie apocalypse, right?
I think I will really enjoy it once I get better at it. I suck and I still dig it. As long as my knees hold up 
Counseling session this morning.
Then oil change and retail therapy after. I got a dress that is casual enough to wear whenever and doesn’t look hideous! yay!
Went on a walk + 30 push ups!
Tiiiiired today. daughter woke at 3 this morning crying. Only I didn’t hear her crying, but my son came in to tell me. Couldn’t fall back to sleep properly after that.
Greg- I’m 5’7" 
It’s true. Well my nurse is just plain DUMB. can’t stand that bitch. But she’s no longer my problem!
PMPM- oh, I’m highly obnoxious with my list of questions. But there really wasn’t a point in asking. She basically thinks the thyroid is this made up thing and all the information about it is made up. And people who specialize in this “junk,” are just trying to get rich. LOL! And I’m hunting zebras!! (with bacon??)
HI INK!! Thanks for being back and thanks for the lolz…
great pushups MiM 
Thanks Brutey-brute Have you been practicing?
Last 531 session today and next week I’ll be ‘chillin on a dirt road,’ perfect timing for a deload.
Not sure if 531 is good for me right now.
It’s going to be a couple more months until I start getting proper care for this thyroid hoopla. It takes a lot of energy to show up to the gym. Even though I love training and I love my ‘me time.’
And pushing strength gains?..even more energy. I’m working on negative energy levels as it is. It’s all mental at this point.
I feel like I’m going to break something.
I don’t want to use this an excuse to slack off, but I don’t want to be stOOPid either.
Song related–
Leavin tomorrow evening to go to MI. Always good to go ‘home.’
I went over to GULP the figure athlete side to dig up Molly’s old thread about how she was working through all her health stuffs.
She was lucky to have found such a good Doc!!
There are naturopaths here, buuuut you have to pay out of pocket. The Dr I found that is in our insurance network, is holistic in nature. And she’s over two hours away.
The endocrinology people are right over the bridge. I got the sense they weren’t very holist-y. Would they be willing to work with how I felt and not treat me by lab values?
I don’t know. I will call next week while in MI to set up an appt with my new Dr. at the clinic. Either way I have to go through her to get the referral.
Hi Betty,
I’m so sorry to hear about all your health stuff. What a BITCH of a health care provider. Yeah, getting a good holistic doctor is pricey. I know Molly’s was not cheap. Molly is on vacation until the end of June, but you may try to email her or something. She had to get lots of tests to really know what was going on.
Also, I don’t know if you know this but Molly’s holistic dr. still put her on a prescription medication for her thyroid. Molly insisted and for a short time tried to take the all natural route. The dr ended up telling Molly that if something is so far gone, no amount of supplements or foods can bring it back to its proper function.
I’m sending you good thoughts that this will soon get straightened out!
Hey, if I’m not good for lulz, then what the hell good am I?!
Hope everything gets sorted out quickly and correctly for ya. Enjoy your retail therapy, I hear it works wonders!
Hope the retail therapy helped.
Your nurse sounds like a dumb bitch that probably shouldn’t have gotten into the health care field if she doesn’t 1. want to help people and 2. believe in half the shit that you’re taught in a basic A&P class. I don’t know much about dealing with thyroid issues, but it seems like one of those things that is difficult enough when you have a supportive, knowledgeable doc on your side. Best of luck trying to get things straightened out.
what a jerk nurse!!
…and um…I’m still stuck on 22-23 push ups :{ you’ve got me beat!!
Hey Sarah-
I know I’ll have to take meds for it. I’m fine with that. It’s just the waiting to get seen part that is keeping me from doing so.
I want to make sure that the person treating me is at least willing to listen, be willing to answer my questions thoughtfully and knows wtf they are talking about and be willing to let/help me explore. Seems like a lot to ask for nowadays.
I’ve been in denial for a long time…and maybe my thyroid went hyper for awhile before crashing again. who knows! I’ll have to shoot Molls a message sometime…thanks!!
Ink- you have a point there
…it’s still gonna take a minute to start feeling better. The day that comes that I wake up and feel ‘normal,’ I will probably look back on this time and realize how sick I’ve been.
BG- I agree!! I’m shocked that she hasn’t got enough complaints against to get her thrown out of there. And she smokes. And she’s ugly. hmph!