Jo's Cafe

I tell you its a bad day when your doctor calls in sick!   He evidently had wrenched his back out sometime on Monday and had been in the ER himself most of that night.   Appointment was pushed to the afternoon.  He said old age was catching up to him – but I know I’m older than he is.  

Anyway – he changed my blood pressure medication.  One of the reasons he won’t put me on what the hubby takes is that the Atenolol will mask low blood sugar symptoms and that’s not good for a diabetic.   We tend to ignore low sugar symptoms as we go along anyway and if they are masked, we could miss them all together and cause major problems.

The big thing that surprised me is my TSH was suppressed to 0.   I have been at a .2 or .3 for seven years now, on the same dose of Armour the whole time.  This could also explain some of the odd cold like issues I was having.  We are going to back the dose down a half a grain.  (Armour is dispensed in grains.  1 Grain is 60 mgs.   I take 120 mgs a day.  So now I’m going to take a grain and half, or 90 mgs).

This morning I feel much better than I have in the last three weeks.   Still tired, but that could be from the stress of it all.   Slept like a baby last night.   Sugar was a nice 70 this morning and I have more energy than the last few days.

Oh, and I lost 6 pounds without trying LOL

Thanks for all the support on here and Twitter.