Excited! Huh?

I have never been one to be excited to go see the Doctor. But, as I type that, I ask myself WHO IS?! However, I am excited to go to the Doctor next month. I haven't had health insurance since before my stupid bout with Swine Flu (remember that? that was fun), and that was at the beginning of November. Which was when my shitty retail job decided to drop me from insurance, and since I was turning 26 during the next quarter, my Dad's insurance dropped me as well. How cool was that?

Then I got my new job, and I ranted about how their insurance is expensive. So, I turned it down, and have now bought my own personal plan. For about half what I would pay through work. (Half!) I could have paid much less.. but since, I plan on actually using the insurance, I didn't want a super mega deductible. So yay for Altius.

I could so go on about how that's why this country needs a socialized health care system, but I'm talking about myself today, not everyone else. I'll keep it short-and-sweet, I was lucky to have the money to pay for my tamiflu, and so thankful that my mom paid for me to go see the Doctor, because that pig flu... sucked. What about those people that don't have my kind of luck?

Back to me, and my excitement. While I was at the Doctor getting checked for the Super Swine, my mom's doctor was feeling my neck and she said, "Have you ever had your thyroid checked?" I look at her.. "errr, no?" And, she went on to tell me about how I should get it checked, because it looks like I might have hypothryoidism. YES! So no, that's NOT what I'm excited about.

These are some of the symptoms.. and some of them, definitely sound like me.

• unable to lose weight with diet and exercise


• low blood temperature


• fatigued / exhausted


• pains / aches in joints, hands, and feet


• feeling restless


• mood swings


• getting frequent infections


• severe menstrual cramps


• dry eyes


• eyes sensitive to light


• have dizzy spells, with headaches


• recurrent sinus infections


• lightheadedness

AND the last month or so I've had this weird feeling in my throat, like a dull pain almost. Well, I was looking yesterday, and a "feeling of fullness" and neck pain, are also signs of having an issue with an underactive thyroid.

.. and as if all that wasn't enough, my mom's birth-sister has had thyroid issues. Yay me. Gotta love genetics.

Soo.. I'm excited to find out if that's my problem, because then, maybe I won't, oh ya know, be cold all the time, not get sick everytime anyone around me thinks about being sick, and maybe I can get past this weight-loss plateau!

Aren't you glad you tuned in for this great story? It's exciting to me.. and a little scary. I don't want any kind of crazy radiation procedure on my neck. Eep!

(Next health goal.. Dental Insurance!)

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Oinked Out

Damn Pigs

I think I'm done with the Oink fest.

I'm still sore. And my ribs ACHE... and it wears me out to walk up stairs, but I'm not feeling too awful anymore. Oink-Oink-Oink.

Ugh.

I haven't left my house for a week. And it wasn't by choice! I mean.., it'd be nice to not go to school or work for a week and actually do something FUN (like U2.. that was fun.. did you see my pictures from a much happier week last month??) But to HAVE to stay home? That's so not exciting. I spent way too much time in bed, fooling around on Facebook, bored out of my mind. And yeah, more club crackers and sprite? NO thanks.

Plus..... now I have 2 projects due, next Friday, and I really need to get doing them..

So..

• Any thoughts on Utah adoption policy?
  

• or.. how about French Nursery Rhymes?
  

Happy Wednesday Everyone :D

.. and back to school and work I go

Also.. Happy Veteran's Day! No matter your political opinions and affiliations (and you know I have mine.. ), we should all take a minute today to acknowledge the sacrifices by the men and women in uniform. They. are. awesome. I could not do what they do!!

.. such crazy timing, with the whole Fort Hood Massacre. That was awful. I watched the CNN coverage of the Memorial Today. I thought President Obama did really well in his speech.

PS: Yay for the Anti-discrimination legislation that the Salt Lake City council passed last night. Yes, and wow for the LDS churches support for the Legislation. That's awesome. You'd almost think after the whole Prop 8 crap that they might not support it.

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.. and you call yourself a Democrat?

I'm mad. I'm so annoyed at Rep Matheson of Utah! He has already come out to say he will not be voting for the House Bill tomorrow. Oh ya know the big important one that would be life changing in a GOOD way for Americans. We are the only big powerful country that does not provide health care equally to everyone. We don't even try. Totally pisses me off, and makes me sad for having elected him to where he is ~ blue dog = hurl.

PS: Swine flu makes me irritable!

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Swine, Fawkes, Maine

• I haven't written for awhile! Ugh. Too busy, too busy.. and NOW I have the Swine. Yes, you heard me, the Stupid Stinking Piggy H1N1 has hit my house. My brother got it first, then my mother and my sister, and now ME.. But at least it gave me a second to blog, right? I've been doing mostly everything on my phone lately. Checking facebook, and emails, reading a few blogs. But its SUPER hard to post a blog, or to comment on another person's blog on my phone.. so I really have been reading all your blogs, or at least... most of them, even when I wasn't commenting! I promise, after the swine has its time, I will be better.

• Today is November 5th. And no, I'm not British. But I LOVE England.. and its crazy Holiday today. Today is Guy Fawkes Day! So we must remember, remember the 5th of November.. if none of you crazies know what I'm talking about, and I know PinkNic knows, because I borrowed her celebratory picture for Guy Fawkes Day, which hopefully doesn't make her crazy and go blow up Parliament. (that's what Guy and his friends attempted). I think that in my swineyness.. I'm going to watch V for Vendetta today. Since that's the only way for me to celebrate, in England they get fireworks and sparklers, and yummy food. Yeah.. not in Sandy Utah, but I love V for Vendetta.
  
• So, back to the swine.. I don't get to go back to school, or work until November 12th! That's a week from today. WHAT am I going to do for a whole week?! I've been wishing for a "real day off", where I didn't have to go to school or work for a DAY. But now, I won't be making any money, which is just super pleasant.. I don't get to see any of my friends, at work, school, or anywhere else! Because naturally, I can't go ANYWHERE. And, everyone else is going to be in school, while I'm sitting on my ass at home falling behind. How cool is that? Not so much, yeah I agree.
• On a Political Note: I am PISSED off at Maine. Why is it that people think its cool to choose hatred over any kind of love and equality?!? Just who are these crazy people, that I truly do not have any respect for?
• OH and Phoenix was awesome.. I loved it. Pictures to come soon, probably in the next week, one of the days where I have more energy to go get my camera from downstairs and bring it back up here.
  

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