Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Getting Older?

or is it getting better? Today, it's def just getting older :-(

As a result of my upcoming physical exam, I went in for my bone density test this last week, and, unfortunately, I got my results back from my doctor already and I have osteoporosis.
Shit.
My physical isn't until the 19th, so I have to wait to find out more information. On the good side though, I also had my mammogram last week and I'm thinking no news is good news on this one, as I've heard nothing so far. 

(Aside: I woke up at the ungodly hour of 5am, and I think I couldn't either sleep or get back to sleep because I was worried. I used to wake up this early a lot, but haven't in a couple of years.  I've forgotten how light the sky is during the summer! There was no fog up here today, and the sky seemed so light and bright that I even looked up the sunrise time to make sure I wasn't dreaming; 5:58am.)

Anyway... getting this diagnosis may very well be related to my high TSH levels in my thyroid test that I received about 8 months ago, and which I will be re-tested for this upcoming physical.  I do know that I've felt in my bones (no pun intended) that I was shrinking sometimes, and that I also knew I wasn't getting enough calcium in my diet, but then again I've always disliked drinking milk, mostly because of the way it effects my digestion. In any case, as of today, I'm going to be taking some calcium supplements, and to increase the complimentary Vitamin D intake.

Oh yeah - and I really should just stop smoking too.

More soon!


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