Minutes ago I was sent a file that a co-worker has referred to as a PowerPoint file for a least 3 days. I received the email and found out it is a PDF file. PowerPoint and PDF are not the same thing. Hand goes to forehead.
We had dinner last night with the MIL. She made the food herself with some help from staff members. Delicious. And, I was so wrong to dread doing it because it was really quite nice.
We had friends over on Saturday to hang out and while they were there they got to witness my muppet lip. The swelling started on the lower lip Friday. I took a Benadryl thinking that maybe this time it would work. It did! My lower lip went back to normal size but the swelling just moved to my upper lip. I went from being a muppet to being Marge Simpson without the cool blue hair. Basically from my mouth to my eyes I was very puffed up. Not quite as bad as Hitch after seafood, but bad enough.
Since we were now positive that I couldn’t trace the swelling to food or other environmental factors (and Benadryl works for me when I have hives), I looked through a couple of books and checked online and have decided that the swelling is related to my thyroid issues. I am a walking hashimoto’s textbook example, let me tell you.
This morning I finally got my lab tests back from blood work I had last week at my GP’s. She gave me the good news that my cholesterol is coming in check (just need to work on the triglycerides now) and as she was wrapping up her message she said “By the way your thyroid levels are hyper. Call me or your endocrinologist.” I just started laughing into the phone. Yeah, no shit I’m out of whack. The symptoms have been building up, but I’ve been ignoring them (bad, I know). Now my endocrinologist will be seeing me the week I get back from vacation. I’ve never had a hyper reading before.
I’m working on two courses at work. One is an unofficial pre-requisite for the other. The first one was supposed to be published online the week after I get back from vacation. The client is in foot-dragging mode so that timeline is crumbling. They scheduled a meeting for late Friday afternoon–who does that? Crazy people who don’t know what they want, that’s who.
Updated: turns out the endocrinologist says my muppet lip is not related to my thyroid but to the BP meds I take. He also said I should stop taking them immediately because instead of a puffy lip it could restrict my breathing.