I forgot to update my status last week, sorry. I went to the dietitian last Tuesday. She was working at a diabetes/endocrinology center that morning, so that's where I saw her. She helped me a good bit and said I needed to add some carbs to my diet. That opened a whole 'nother can of worms I'll get to in a minute... I told her I had a possible thyroid issue, but couldn't get an endocrinologist appointment. She said "hold on" and talked to the receptionist. She came back and said the endocrinologist there had a cancellation and could see me shortly.

I saw him next. He felt around on my neck and said he wanted a biopsy of my thyroid. I'm thinking "great, when will that be???". I lucked out. He had an opening for the next morning (Wednesday) so I went ahead and scheduled it. So far so good! I went in to see the dietitian, ended up seeing the doc too on the same day and keeping the ball rolling on the biopsy.

Wednesday morning I got up and checked my blood glucose. It was like 140 or something, even though I hadn't eaten since midnight so I skipped breakfast. I drove to my mother-in-law's house and checked it again. It was now like 160, 6 hours after I'd eaten. I figured I would casually mention this to the doc when I saw him for the biopsy. I told him and he said that sounded more like diabetes, but the glucose test would have shown that. I reminded him that my general practitioner never ran any kind of tests, other than an initial finger stick and sending off bloodwork. Endocrinologist said I needed a glucose tolerance test (GTT) which he scheduled right after the biopsy. So 2 days in a row I went in for one thing and ended up getting something else done that I really needed to do! My glucose was finally down to 106 when they gave me the sugar syrup and 211 2 hours later. They drew blood at the beginning, 1 hour later, and an hour after that. After the GTT, nobody told me anything other than to go home and wait for the lab results. I checked my sugar when I got back to the house and it was up to 280. I was hungry so I ate a piece of turkey and when it started coming back down I went back to work. That was Wednesday of last week....

I feel better but have not heard any results of any of last week's bloodwork. I will call them tomorrow. I was looking at my insurance company's website and they listed something about "NONTOX MULTINODUL GOITER" as a diagnosis. I guess that was from the biopsy? I'm not too worried about it at the moment. I am more concerned with my blood sugar issues for now... and I don't even know what my issue even is officially. That's what bothers me. I don't know what's wrong with me, or what I can do about it.

My boyfriend just blows everything off and tells me not to worry. He doesn't even seem to care that deep down I'm worried and confused about all of this...