Individual Acupuncture Therapy #9 Thursday, January 10, 2019 I knew today was my ninth individual acupuncture visit and I intended to enjoy it to the fullest! The young non-white female who ushered me into Paul Simon’s treatment room was pleasant and efficient, scheduling me for #10 on February 14–an appropriate date to end my individual…
Category: thyroid
Thyroid Medication
December 13, 2018, 3:30 p.m. On the night of December 9, I went online to my Pharmacy record to order a refill of my current dosage of levothyroxine since I had not heard from Dr. Prabaharan about changing it. I got a message from the system that this medication could not be mailed; I had…
Lab Tests Again
Thursday, December 6, 2018 After my acupuncture appointment today, we drove directly to the San Leandro Kaiser where I got two lab tests: one for TSH which Dr. Prabaharan had ordered three months ago to be done on December 6, and the other one the c-peptide test that I had requested. As I pulled out…
Two Appointments in One Day
September 6, 2018 It started on Labor Day, September 3, when I got up enough courage to send an email to Dr. Prabaharan, requesting a new meter, the OneTouch Verio IQ meter starter kit, which includes the meter, charging cable and AC adapter, a OneTouch Delica lancing device, 10 lancets, control solution, and 10 test…
A Look Back at the Year
Tonight is New Year’s Eve, and we’ve just come back from an early party at the senior citizens’ group. I was lucky that there were big bowls of green salad on the buffet table, so I filled my plate. Then I topped the salad with 1/4 c. of potato salad, just to see what would…
A Look Back at the Year
Tonight is New Year’s Eve, and we’ve just come back from an early party at the senior citizens’ group. I was lucky that there were big bowls of green salad on the buffet table, so I filled my plate. Then I topped the salad with 1/4 c. of potato salad, just to see what would…
Over Halfway
It’s been several weeks since my last blog post here, mostly because I’ve been on vacation, plus consumed with getting ready for vacation and then recovering from vacation once we got home! Also because things have pretty much leveled out on a plateau. A plateau that I’m not satisfied with, but have to accept nonetheless….
Is This Progress?
Today I got an email from a doctor in Dr. Chan’s office (who wrote to me in her absence) the following: “I’m Dr. Douk, covering for Dr. Chan while she is out. Your thyroid test showed that your levothyroxine dose might be a little high for you now. I have reordered a new lower dose…