Exciting news! My blood test results were posted online and my T3 and T4 are normal! My TSH is almost normal at 8.35. Normal is 0.40-4.50 so I'm close! This is much better than I expected. I was a bit worried for a while there, so this makes me feel a lot better. My cholesterol is almost certainly back to normal too, I would think. 

A year ago 75 mcg brought me to normal and then probably to hyper when I had pocket flares, so my thyroid is definitely deader now - yes! The deader, the more stable we can get the dosage with less risk of problems for me. Sure hope so anyway. 

I feel WONDERFUL compared to a few months ago. My symptoms are now very minimal. I still get a bit lightheaded at times, but I don’t know if my thyroid is responsible for that. I’m taking vitamins with iron now and that seems to help. Still a little puffy but what hypo isn’t? My skin and hair aren’t so dry anymore and I am surprised to find that they are growing faster. The only time my hair grew slowly was when it was short. When it hits the middle of my back it speeds up and then once it drops below my waist it flies. Well, it’s flying at my shoulders, so now that it’s thicker, healthier, and moving at breakneck speed, I think I’ll give it a year to grow and then get it straightened at least once. If I don’t then I’ll always be curious about it, and Tom has told me numerous times that any time I want to go to the salon, just say the word. 

I’m hoping the doctor will be okay with me leaving my dose alone for a while. We not only just got a refill, but I haven’t even had two months of bliss and I want to enjoy this good feeling without having to worry about anything else for a while. Since learning that there is a dosage (88 mcgs) between 75 and 100, I’m also hoping that the next time I do go up, we can try 88 before jumping to 100. Maybe 100 will never be necessary, but if my thyroid isn’t completely dead yet, then it probably will be necessary someday. 

I asked Tom if he felt it was wrong of A to want me to see the shrink on account of last year’s trauma, and he said naw. Unnecessary perhaps, but not wrong. He says it’s like going to a doctor and complaining of chest pain. Well, it’s not wrong to be cautious if they send you to a cardiologist even though you believe it’s because of asthma or something like that.