Posts Tagged ‘thyroid’
Perhaps The Start Of A Plan?
Posted by: Admin on: November 13, 2008
It’s the end of September now and we have arrived for the next neuromuscular appointment. The doctor begins the appointment by giving his report to my daughter on the MRI which was normal and the last batch of blood work, also normal. He tests her arm and leg strength and notices a definite improvement. Since her muscles (mostly in her [...]
Follow-Up Phone Calls And A Neurology Visit
Posted by: Admin on: November 7, 2008
About four days later, the primary doctor’s office called and said the echo was normal. The day after the neuromuscular doctor would call. The newest blood work showed a normal thyroid TSH T3 and T4, but suggested keeping any appointment with an endocrinologist, when we were able to get one. There was a slight elevation in [...]
Echocardiogram
Posted by: Admin on: November 7, 2008
It’s Friday and there will be two appointments today; one for an echocardiogram and one for the primary physician. We arrive at the hospital and go to the basement floor. The echo lab seems enormous, but once checked in, my daughter, my husband and I find a small out of the way corner to sit in. I’m not sure why we [...]
The Neuromuscular Appointment
Posted by: Admin on: November 2, 2008
We were asked to arrive 1 1/2 hours earlier than the appointment, they wanted to do a few tests before the actual appointment with the physician. Unfortunately, when we arrived, we found that ”the tests” would be another muscle and nerve study (EMG/NCS) ). My daughter began to get ready for the doctor; the amount of time [...]
