Welcome Back

Actually, it is I who have been missing. But now I'm back with vigor...literally. Not that I felt bad before, I didn't. After a four or five year hiatus (did I spell that correctly?), I had a complete physical a few weeks ago. A few days later I received a call that I needed to make an appointment to discuss my lab results with the doctor as my thyroid was "abnormal."

My thyroid has been abnormal as far back as I can recall. The first time the doctor discovered my under active thyroid, he told me he was not going to start treatment but would monitor it for a while. The following year, the reading had actually improved, but was still out of the normal range. Still no treatment as I was asymptomatic. So, this call was neither unexpected, nor did it cause me any real concern.

When the doctor came into the room he announced I was going to feel wonderful. "I already do!" I said. The doctor said he couldn't believe it...when he got the test results back he reread my chart noting I was running and exercising regularly, felt great, no excessive weight gain...none of the symptoms one would expect to find when the normal range is somewhere around 0.4 to something over 4.0 (the higher the number, the less active the thyroid)...and my test came back over 25!!

I asked the doctor, "How good am I going to feel? Will I be able to run 7 minute miles instead of 8 or 9?" He had no answer.

So, Synthroid is my new drug of choice, apparently for the rest of my life. To date, I don't feel any real difference...but how would I know? I am hoping http://www.smooth-male-voiceover-talent.com/ will notice an improved sound (it could happen). And who knows, maybe I'll be collecting new trophies when the weather breaks.

Next time, I'll talk about some new "almost" clients and my prostate (they're not connected). Until then....