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pennie_dreadful) wrote2019-01-04 12:30 am
pennie_dreadful) wrote2019-01-04 12:30 am
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Apparently, I still have ten percent of a thyroid. This is interesting and possibly significant because I was never tested for Hashimoto's (an autoimmune disorder that attacks the thyroid--my cousin has it), only cancer. Considering my maternal grandmother and paternal grandfather both had autoimmune disorders, plus my cousin and one of my aunts, I wonder if my new endo suspects I may have had it, and it's still affecting me because of the residual thyroid tissue. That was one of the first things he asked about too, was if I was ever diagnosided with Hashimoto's.
Which, if I'm right and that's what he suspects is happening, then when I see him again to go over the lab results he'll probably want me to have more tests done. Assuming that wasn't part of my labwork this morning. Idk. This is kind of pointless speculation but I'm a worrywort, and wondering how much extra this is going to end up costing me. (It was over $300 for my labwork and ultrasound, after insurance. Smhd and missing my Obamacare so much.)
Which, if I'm right and that's what he suspects is happening, then when I see him again to go over the lab results he'll probably want me to have more tests done. Assuming that wasn't part of my labwork this morning. Idk. This is kind of pointless speculation but I'm a worrywort, and wondering how much extra this is going to end up costing me. (It was over $300 for my labwork and ultrasound, after insurance. Smhd and missing my Obamacare so much.)