So, I went to the doctor last week to get my blood drawn to do some testing. When the results came back... they found out that my thyroid is borderline low again, which could be why when I eat so well and exercise why I can't get back into shape... So, hopefully that will help... I am also back on prescription vitamin D, thank you NW with your rain and clouds and all around dreary atmosphere. I have to say that I am glad that we had some sunshine today!!!
As far as the other tests... when I went in they kind of gave me some hypothetical situations. One is just keeping me on my same medication which they are hoping to get me off of because when you are on it for a long period of time it can damage your heart and cause problems when you want to get pregnant, someday of course. The next option was if my IGF-1 was high which is my insulin growth factor... If this is high after a couple of tests then it would mean my tumor is secreting a growth hormone and the first option would be surgery and if it is not in a good place that could not cause any potential damage to my spinal chord or nick my pituitary glad then we will look into injections to stop my tumor from secreting the growth hormone. I am not sure how long or how often I would have to get them, but they would make me really really sick which would not be ideal. :)
Anyways, back to my test results... my IGF-1 came back high so this coming Tuesday at 8 am, I have a 3 hour glucose tolerance test and then the next tuesday I have another 3 hour test and then after that I will meet with my doctor to discuss the results of the tests. From there we will discuss what steps we will take next... So that is the latest and I know it isn't the most interesting read, but I am tired and have a bit of a headache... Thank you all so so so much for praying and for all of your support, it means the world to me! I love you all to pieces!!
