Just an update: Today, I had an ultrasound on my thyroid. I’m now really confused and more than a little scared. The woman doing my ultrasound kept asking me if I was on an thyroid medicine (I’m not; my endo wants to wait until all tests are done to put me on anything) and if my neck hurt. I replied no to both. She kept going around my neck, and then left abruptly to get another woman. This other woman started doing the ultrasound on my neck, and she looks at the first woman, who says, "See?" Before I can say anything, they both tell me that they are going to get a third colleague.
Now, the third is doing the ultrasound and asks me again if I am taking thyroid meds or if my neck hurts. I again reply no (although at that point, my neck was starting to hurt because of all of the pressing on it – gal #1 was pretty rough). They turn off the machine, turn it back on, and then go back to doing the ultrasound. They proceed to ahh and hmmmm around the ultrasound machine. I ask what they are thinking. They tell me that I need to make an appt with my Dr. to go over the results.
Luckily, I do have an appt with my endo this week (Thurs). She wanted me to do the ultrasound, and then the uptake and scan. Due to the machinery being broken, I cannot have the latter for another few weeks. Thus, this Thurs, we are going over my recent bloodwork and my ultrasound.
Obviously, I’m nervous due to the women all being enthralled by my ultrascan. I couldn’t really see much of anything, but at one point, I *thought* I saw a red area (not sure I did though, as this is all based on my peripheral vision, and the machine was actually to my right and behind my head).
I’ll update again once I meet with my endo.
One more question: Do any of ya’ll take sleeping pills (Rx or not)? If OTC, which do you use? I just cannot sleep, and I’m thinking I might take a pill every once and a bit to help.
