This is my CRAZY Season. . .

First an update of sorts:

All of my blood work came back "normal" meaning what we wanted to show something didn't. Actually this is a very good thing because the chief treatment for what the doctor was looking for is chemo therapy. . .don't want that. My thyroid hormone level was normal, but one of the numbers that comes back for a thyroid count was a tad off. The number was supposed to be less than four, mine was 32!!!! The doctor feels that this warrants an ultrasound of my thyroid to check to see if there are any nodules growing on it. If so I am not sure where we go from there.

Okay now the crazy season:
We were talking at work the other day about threats and opportunities for our agency. I spoke up and said that I sometimes felt like the first four months of each year were like a threat. The entire staff looked at me like I was out of my mind, but then I explained myself. (I had also just come back from two days of being sick, so that didn't help)

At Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grand Island our major fundraising season is right at the beginning of each year. In February we have a store we call Glamorous Generosity. This is our opportunity to play dress up for a few weekends as we take all donated prom/formal/bridesmaids dresses and sell them for $20 or less. We receive donations from all over including the two bridal stores that are in the area. This is a fun time, but still stressful as we have to move 700 dresses from our office to a donated store space at the mall. Then when we are done, we have to move the unsold ones back.

Immediately following Glamorous Generosity, we roll into our biggest fundraiser called Bowl For Kids Sake (BFKS). This is the national fundraiser and most years it brings in about a third of our budget. So we are super stressed this year because we have a slight budget issue and need BFKS to be extra successful. This of course stresses us all out.

On top of all the fundraising, I try to coordinate school recruiting for the next school year, all monthly match activities, and get the rest of my office work done. Sometimes I think I should just move a bed into my office.

Anyway, if you don't see anything posted here for the next few weeks you now know why. Oh, I will try to update on the Thyroid Ultrasound as soon as I get results.

If you have any questions about donating dresses or sponsoring one of my bowling teams feel free to email me.

Finally Someone has Listened to Me

So I got to see a new doctor today. I went to her because I had asked my eye doctor to test my cortisol levels. This of course is not a test she can do, but she referred me to an endocrinologist who could. After taking my VERY DETAILED health history, she asked me why I was there. I said i think we need to check my cortisol levels, and she said. . .wait for it. . ."well yeah, they should have done that four years ago.!"

Imagine my surprise, when I finally had a doctor agree with me...Therefore I had yet another set of blood draws today. Then tonight I have to take a pill and have my blood drawn at 8 a.m. tomorrow for another test. If that comes back with abnormalities then I have to do another test over a 24 hour period. I am excited that someone has chosen to finally agree with me...

As we walked out of the office today I looked at my mom, who seems to be my chauffeur, and said, I really like her. First time I have ever said that about a doctor in my life...

I will keep you posted on results and such.