Long-time readers of this blog (Hi Mum!), will recall I waged an extended war with my thyroid having contracted Grave’s disease. I won the final battle with the over-excited little bugger more than two years ago, by swallowing a radioactive iodine pill which killed off a substantial portion of the gland; but of course there were repercussions.
At first, output from the thyroid became even more violent as the dying parts vomited out into my bloodstream. Then the activity died down and we waited to see what would happen. Would what was left of my thyroid operate sufficiently, would it stagger along weakly, or would it die off completely? For more than a year I went to see my doctor in Bangkok and we monitored activity in search of an answer to these questions. There were fluctuations; but the overall message was that the thyroid was almost coping but not quite. In the end, I decided to put myself on a small daily dose of thyroid hormone to help things along. I then forgot about my thyroid for a year or more.
Last week I finally took the time to pop into town and have a thyroid function blood test performed and the results were the best I have seen in the thirteen years since this problem started. Only one marker was outside normal range; and it was something that could be fixed by a slight increase in daily hormone intake. Good times.
The thyroid is a tricky thing to understand, and my wife has long since given up trying to get her brain around my ailment. But she does understand the word “hormone”, albeit in the context of the female hormones being ingested in industrial quantities by her ladyboy acquaintances. It was therefore perhaps unwise to tell her of my latest news while standing in a busy queue in Starbucks.
“My test results are good, I just need to slightly increase my daily intake of thyroid hormone.”
“Oh dear, will this make your nipples grow bigger?”
Cue numerous heads turning to look at me, anticipating my response.
“I don’t want coffee any more, can we leave now?”
Comments 🔗
2014-12-08| Grant saysWell done you! Does this mean you’ll need a bigger bikini…?
2014-12-08| Kevin saysNice to hear some good news although I think bigger tits won’t do much for you ( or our trips alone into the jungle )
2014-12-08| rjmorgans saysA nice piece. Made me smile. Glad to know you are functioning well again.
2014-12-09| Chang Noi saysGood to hear your nipples are OK …. you may purchase some clothespins now.
2014-12-09| Grant says…and if there’s piercing we’d like photos…