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LOL!! We all look so funny! My hair looked like a poodle's! LOL! That's me on the left
Mary Huntley (Yarbrough), and Pat Davis (Hughes). Sometimes I swear we were like the 3 female stooges! LOL! Living down south in Georgia, with the high humidity, curly
hair was a curse! You can see how short my bangs were (probably cut that day and on
the sides my hair sticks out like a stuffed dog's ears! LOL!! Mary, with the infamous 8 ball. We had soo much fun with that. Pat's holding some unusual party favors my mother got from the dimestore. They were made all of wood (probably Balsa) and you would squeeze the bottom two sticks the the little guy on the trapeze (hard to see) would flip over! To this day, Pat or Tricia as she likes to be called now, will still mention those! I had almost forgot about them until she mentioned them about a year ago! What's really funny is that the 8 ball is still selling strong in the toy departments, brings back so many hilarious memories! Those little trapeze thingies I think are still sold
at that catalog you can get, Oriental Trading, I think but they're not made as good as they were back then and I think they're plastic, now. I wonder what happened to the ones we had? Maybe Pat took them with her! LOL! She might even have them to this very day since she mentioned them. I know they WERE party favors so there were 3 of them, here she's holding two, I guess Mary's and hers, as usual who knows where I put mine, little miss scatterbrained! LOL! Behind us was an antique dresser that my dear mother restored. The trim was pink and the drawers themselves were white with thin gold trim.
I LOVED it!! On top of the dresser I can see some things and remember others. I had a cheap bottle of Cologne I got at a family Christmas reunion. I still remember the name of it, Cara Nome??? Does anybody remember that? Probably you could get it at Woolworth's for 50 cents! LOL! It was in a yellow bottle and it smelled good at first but since I didn't wear cologne that much at the age of 10 (I was too much of a tomgirl!) it
got stale and one day I opened it and nearly passed out! LOL! It was sooo strong! Arrgggh! But I kept it on my dresser anyway because it was "colorful". LOL! I had a plastic Indian Teepee that the lady up the street gave me. She would donate to an Indian Reservation and they would send her those cute things. I also had a beautiful plastic papoose that they had sent her also. It was blue (the blanket) and the back was brown with a baby's head peeking out it had a place on the back where you could hang it on the wall if you wanted but I liked it on my dresser. My desk was behind Pat and it also was the same color as the dresser and was also antique. It sat next to a window with a Carolina Cherry tree next to it and I would watch the birds come and go and never was able to finish my homework!! (ahem!) lol In the spring, the wonderful fresh smell of the spring rains, gurgling in the gutters and downspouts was like a lullaby! And I remember sitting at that desk on a cool April evening which was a "rainy night in Georgia" that night and hearing the spring peepers and toads singing their hearts out.
I was working on my 7th grade deadline for my Georgia Scrapbook that we had to turn in the next day!! (As usual I would put it off to the last minute!). God I loved my childhood home and neighborhood, but little did I realize the dangers lurking just 20 to 30 miles away from us. It was called the "Bomb plant" back then. Later it was called DuPont and last time I heard it was called SRS or the Savannah River site. It was leaking radioactive tritium into our air and water!! Mary's mother sadly died of leukemia shortly after this photo was taken, Mary was the same age as me. Pat's mother died a couple of years ago from pancreatic cancer and me? My thyroid doesn't function anymore and I have to take synthetic thyroid hormones. That's what nuclear plants do to humans, so i know first hand how bad it is. I remember when we would get a rare snowfall in Georgia we wanted to eat the snow and our parents would warn us "don't eat the snow, it's radioactive". When I think back on these days, because of such loving parents we had a happy childhood, but we didn't know of the horrible dangers of living there. So sad.
But I thank God, I have made it this far and both my friends. My mother died of breast cancer and there were numerous other people in the neighborhood that died of all kinds of cancers. Well I hope we have learned not to build anymore Nuclear anything, but you know how big money talks. I just got finished watching "Silkwood" and I had to cry. I almost feel like I need to take up where she left off, but at what price to my life? Who knows. Pray for me.
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Good news I think. I just came back from my Vet. The medicine I so desperately need is available in a form that I can use. It has been a hard row to hoe because I refuse all attempts at liquid meds and pilling so far. Now I find that the med can be applied with a gel pen ( Prednisolone) and that will go a very long ways toward my becoming stable. Of course I will give mom a hard time as I will be having my thyroid meds in one ear and now this, in the other ear flap. However, mom will prevail and she WILL win this round.
xoxox
Teddy actually seemed to be enjoying the car ride today, until realizing that the destination was the vet's office. He needed bloodwork to check his T4 levels since being put on thyroid medication. No meows (not one!), no grumbles, hisses, bites or swats...such a good patient! Two shaved paws needed his cleanup when he got home, but directly afterwards, he was ready for lots of treats :)
Argent has a bad thyroid which means she has trouble controlling her body temperature at times. So, we make sure she is warm. She is enjoying a warming disc on the bed, not too far from the heat from the bedroom heater.
Our oldest cat Abby has gone to kitty heaven. She had been unwell for quite a long time so I had booked her into the vet for a consultation. The news was not good. She had thyroid problems, had difficulty walking and squatting down and old age had finally caught up with her. The vet advised that she could give her some pain relief but it would be only delaying the inevitable.
I made the heartbreaking decision to put her to sleep and I was holding her in my arms as she peacefully passed away around 12:30pm on Monday the 22nd of February 2016. She was just under sixteen years of age. Abby had been a good cat. I brought her home and buried her in the back yard opposite one of our cat cages so our other cats can look down on her grave. The above picture was taken on Tuesday the 30th of July, 2013.
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Flickr Group Roulette INVADES "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll"
I'm technically a Baby Boomer - you can read about us in your history books, kids!
My Rock & Roll is on vinyl LP's and turntables are getting harder and harder to find.
My drugs are for high blood pressure, gout, a bad thyroid and some sort of arthritis-like thing nobody can figure out.
Don't even get me started about sex.......
Enjoy it all while you can, kids!! At some point, even the memories fade!
You trade it all for comfortable shoes, ear hair and having to wake up at 3AM to pee!
strobist- alien bees ring flash, bare
My friend is a Cancer survivor. Before the shoot she said that she had this hat and wanted to take some pictures in it. We waited until the end of the shoot to try it out (didn't want to mess up her hair too much :) ). The rest of the shoot was very light and goofy. Lots of funny faces and big smiles.
That changed when she put the hat on. It very quickly got very serious and very emotional. It was very powerful for me as the photographer when I was taking the pictures, and I hope that translates well in the photo.
Original design hand embroidered thyroid on linen
Thyroid is: bullion knots and free form long and short stitch.
Blogged here: www.lotsofneatstuff.com/cristy/blog/bad-thyroid-embroidery
We need more thyroid art---like Roy the Thyroid plushie!
Thanks - explore May 23, 2007 #118
This photo was originally taken as part of my donation drive for my 2007 walk for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. I am replacing my information here because the walk is over and the page I linked to is not currently taking donations (although the ACS can use your support all year long.
I reached the 5 year anniversary of my surgery to remove my thyroid and the cancer within during 2007.
I am also adding in my memories from the 2007 walk, which I had originally posted in the comments on this page.
American Cancer Society Relay for Life 2007- My Wrap Up
I did my portion of the relay at night. For most of the night they have stadium lights blazing, with everything lit up practically to daylight. I walk right after the Luminaria Ceremony where everybody gathers and lights candles and then takes a lap around the track en masse with candles lit. They turn out the lights for that, and leave them off for a stretch. When they do bring them back up, they come up slowly. It feels a bit like dawn breaking.
Anyhow, I checked in at my team tent and chatted with the people there for a bit. Then I started my walk alone because the friend who I was going to be walking with was running late. Everything was dark except for the Luminaria bags lining the path.
I made it all of 15 feet from the tent when I almost tripped over a body huddled in a ball on the ground. I swerved to avoid it, and as I got along side it I heard wailing. I paused and took a closer look. There was a girl about my daughter's age, on her knees, curled into a ball (I had mistaken it for a child tying their shoe at first). I knelt down and asked if she was okay, thinking she had perhaps twisted her ankle. The wailing got even more hysterical and she sobbed, "My mother is yelling at me!"
Well shit, not at all what I want to be in the middle of. I look around trying to spot said mother, because really, it would be best if meltdown girl were not left to sob in the middle of a darkened track.
"I miss him so much!" She wails to me. She looks up for just a moment and her eyes are puffy with huge dark circles under them. This is not brand new crying. Her face collapses back toward the ground and she continues to cry. "She doesn't even care."
"I'm sure she cares," I tell her. I have my hand on her shoulder, but am not sure what else to do with her. Touching strange children is not generally well looked upon in this society.
"It doesn't seem like she cares! She won't talk about him, she never talks about him! I miss him so much, and she just pretends like nothing has happened."
My heart is aching with what I am imagining of this family's life. "Is your mom here?" I am still looking around for somebody who looks connected.
"I don't know where she is." sob sob sob
I see this slightly older looking teen wandering toward us, looking around as if she has lost something. She has a cell phone out and her eyes are wet. Her eyes land on our little heap in the middle of the track and she questioningly says a girl's name. Sobbing girl looks up and explodes out of her ball and into this girl's arms. They both weep and I overhear "I just want to talk about him, but she always yells at me." as the older looking one leads her off to the side.
I got up and brushed the dirt from my knees and continued on my lap, eyes leaking.
I had pulled myself together by the time my friend joined me. We walked and talked, as the lights came up. I took some photos. A live band plays covers. Last year I walked to songs from The Beatles, this year to Pink Floyd's music.
I was able to raise over $1000. Thanks to everyone who was able to help. They won't have the final total for our relay for a while, as donations are still being turned in. A lot of people won't donate online. I'll post the total amount raised when they have those numbers.
{Teddy style}
This was taken after Teddy’s vet visit Thursday, just a routine exam and blood test follow-up for his thyroid condition. He was so brave and so well behaved through all the poking and prodding. Reportedly, he objected to his ear cleaning the most (he tends to build up debris we can’t clean as well at home)…and when the poor guy came home, he had to endure hisses and grumbles from Ollie, who did not like the scent of the ear solution one bit. Things have returned to more normal here, but Teddy still seems wiped out from his unwanted adventure.
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Massage at lunch. Tommy should be a spokescat for Churu; he loves them so much. They also make giving him his nightly thyroid pill easy peasy. Just licks it right on down with the snack.
I can kind of relate ... my danged thyroid is out of whack yet again which is frustrating as all hell. Especially when I've been exercising regularly, eating well and such. Sigh! My doctor and I have adjusted my medication and I go back for more blood work in about 8 weeks. Cross yer fingers folks!
Pickles hasn't had a seizure in 2014. We're hoping that his thyroid is maintaining function with the aid of his prescription supplement.
Here's Beefy again!
This was taken yesterday afternoon in a lovely field a few blocks from our house on the way back from a long and lovely riverside nature walk with the Beefster.
He had been walking, running, climbing, and exploring for almost 3 hours and he was happy to take this opportunity to lie down in the cool grass!
It was a cool and overcast day, with spots of rain, so Beefy really enjoyed the cool, moist grass and I didn't mind lying down in it either to get these shots of him!
I really like this photo as it captures Beefy lying in his most comfortable position, with his back legs folded out begind him, like a frog.
He had actually not been laying down for long when this cute pair of fast and super cute little black puppies came over and started introducing themselves to Beefy, so he promptly got back up and started running around with them!
He has so much more energy since we put him on his thyroid pills last year, he went through a long period where he was a very un-energetic and not very active dog!
Now it is like he is a young puppy again!
Hope you are all having an excellent Monday!
Many of us in Canada are annoyed that Canada Day falls on a Tuesday (tomorrow!) this year so we got the Tuesday off, not today, so don't have a proper long week!
All the best in the rest of this new week, my friends!
Yesterday, feeling truly deprived of fun, having been off work for two days dealing with plumbing problems, I didn't think I'd have much of a chance to grab photos. It was a gloomy, and drizzly looking day, so I knew anything "big" was out of the question.
On my way home from making a bank deposit for work, (also not fun on your day off!) and picking up thyroid meds for Tigger, I drove down Magnolia Avenue on the way home. I glanced to the left at the little park that's nestled there in between homes, and decided on the spur of the moment to pull in and see what I could grab. It had been years since I took shots there, and I didn't really expect anything great, since the park is so tiny. I was pleasantly surprised!
Aside from the pretty overlook/ fishing areas, like the one in this photo, there were all kinds of photo opps that didn't seem to be ruined by a murky looking day. First, of course, was the wooden walkway and gazebo areas, but the best was the wildlife, which showed up as if on cue!
The first thing I noticed was the tangled, and very interesting spider webs along the dock, which looked like dirty, white, cotton candy, and were so strong that they had small twigs dangling in them! I was grateful not to see the spiders that made them, but curious as to what kind they were! Later on, I saw one of the most unusual spiders around, one that I'd only seen one other time. It looked like a crab, with a body that was huge in comparison to its short legs! I almost walked into its web as I poked by the trees along the edges of the pond, which was a reminder to me that while nature is beautiful, you still have to watch where you're going when viewing it, especially here in Florida!
I knew from experience that the far side of the pond was where herons sometimes hang out, so I made my way around there, taking some really great shots of the delicate flowers and plants along the bank. There was a small heron back there, and it was extremely wary and difficult to shoot! I kept trying, though, and got a few shots, mostly out of focus since the bird moved quickly to evade me.
As I walked around the back side of the pond, five White Ibises flew in! I managed to capture one pretty good in flight shot, and a few not so great flight and landing shots, but they were very cooperative on the ground, letting me get quite close, and so I managed to get great pics of them! One seemed to be an adult, while the others seemed younger and a little smaller, some still sporting their juvenile, brown feathers mixed in with the white. They followed the adult's lead as to whether to trust me or not.
Two squirrels were checking me out, too, and came very close. I could tell they were used to people feeding them, and had lost their fear of people. Next time I go, I will have to bring peanuts and bread for the birds and squirrels!
All in all, it was a great little shoot, and I captured close to 400 shots in no time at all! Of those, I liked over half, so I have lots to work on when I'm bored!
The title of this pic comes from one of the park's rules, which is that you can fish there, but must toss the fish back in after you catch it! I think that's a little cruel, myself, but I suppose it's better than killing them all! Apparently, it works well, since the only thing I didn't manage to capture for you was the really BIG fish that kept hurling itself in the air, probably trying to catch one of the dragonflies that were skimming the surface! The fish I saw must have been about a foot long, which is far bigger than I would have expected in such a small pond.
Unfortunately, the last inhabitant of Magnolia Park to "greet" me was a rather healthy looking mosquito, who hitchhiked a ride in my car, and was still there waiting for me this morning. Next time, OFF. I like the outdoors, but I don't like bugs very much! I've often thought what it would be like in a colder climate where there might not be as many mosquitoes, but many of my contacts who live as far north as Alaska, have mentioned the "state birds" that attacked en masse during shoots, so I don't think it's that bad, after all!
Hope you enjoy some of the upcoming pics. I was getting bored with beachy shots. Thanks again to Don Briggs for the terrific camera that handled the DOF so well! What a huge difference in quality that maes! If you see the last pics I took at this place, you'll see what I mean. Many of these were good enough to post SOOC, but you know, that wouldn't be ME! I love my Canon 40D!
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I hate having to take anything daily and I hate even more being supposed to not take it near mealtime. Two hours after and an hour before meals..... really I never go that long between eating!
ODC: What's in your medicine cabinet
We had to take Jake back to his regular vet yesterday afternoon.
His breathing was rapid >35/min and he was listless. Not his usual "Jake" sell.
Dr W wanted to see him in view of the echocardiogram findings last week. (moderate cardiac hypertrophy.)
Dr W said the echo findings was "NOT good news."
He did 2 chest X-rays of Jake's lungs but did not see any fluid build-up or pulmonary edema.
Dr W contacted the cardiologist specialist and found out Jake's thyroid was normal. So that is not the cause of his heart problems. (...Unfortunately..... as the thyroid condition could be treated by medication.) Also not due to high blood pressure as his BP was normal.
So Jake's condition is due to genetic causes.
There is no real treatment for the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Only supportive measures used to treat the symptoms.
For now Jake will start on an blood thinner called PLAVIX, (Like Aspirin) to prevent any stroke or blood clots from his malfunctioning heart. (1/4 tab a day)
Today Dec 4th I came home from night shift and Jake ate well, but still breathing rapidly.. NOT panting...NOT purring. He is lying next to me on my bed.
Please pray for my special boy. I hope he can still have many good days ahead and bounce back, but I will not let him suffer.
One day at a time I guess.
Thank you all.
"The best camera is the one that's with you" - became my motto this week, namely because my brain fog got the better of me (yay thyroid!). It is safe to say in the future I will check I actually packed my camera body...(I ended up going to London, a trip that this time did not involve a hospital trip but rather a trip entirely for fun and the intention to go shooting) with all my lenses I needed but not my trusty EM-5 as I left it at home (doh!), which basically meant I was carrying dead weight in the form of lenses with me. I'm thankful that the tech available these days meant I had a camera on hand albeit within my phone. Incidentally after visiting the Tate Modern's Shape of Light exhibition and the Tanks - No Ghost Just a Shell and Joan Jonas Reanimation installation (latter pictured ft. me) I felt a bit naked without a actual camera and ended up investing in a Holga 120N and two rolls of 120 film - Rollei Crossbird and Fomapan 200 from the Photographer's Gallery to use during the rest of the day.
This illustrative cell group shows cardinal features of papillary carcinoma: nuclear grooves and pseudoinclusion.
Scrape cytology from cut surface of tumor in thyroidectomy specimen, rapid H&E, 1000X.
Sitting there ouside the Hospital in Brilliant Spring Sunshine, Gordon had trouble keeping his eyes open Lol! Hugs Gordon & Terry
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'Despite all that's going on with Jasmine right now, I couldn't let this day pass without posting a picture of my birthday girl Keiko who turns 15 today.
Background:
She was found by my dad when she was a wee kitten. Someone had abandoned the litter by a dumpster. Dad couldn't keep her so my mom [my parents were divorced] took her and named her Keiko [ Japanese for "special child"]. Mom didn't know how to care for cats and Keiko was getting in trouble with neighbors, so she became mine at age six months.
She is the BEST cat ever. Mellow and very low maintenance. Won't you please wish her a happy birthday?
Update on Jasmine.
She had a restful night. She's "stable"....eating well and she enjoyed her walk along the river this morning. We are not getting our hopes up. We're trying to enjoy her every day that she feels well and wants to be here. When that changes, we will act accordingly.
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"I was feeling tired all the time. I knew something wasn’t quite right. I put it down to a busy lifestyle. It was the run up to Christmas. There were lots of social occasions. It was around that time I found a lump in my neck. My first reaction was, ‘I’m sure it’ll be nothing’. I told myself I’d go get it checked out in the New Year, which I did. They started tests and I had a biopsy. It was a stressful and anxious few weeks. The longer it went on the more I became convinced there was something seriously wrong. They eventually diagnosed me with thyroid cancer. Surgery was the only one real option for me as it had spread. The night before I had a bad anxiety dream about not being able to speak. It was a very scary and lonely time.
In some ways, recovery was the hardest part for me. I went from being an active, healthy person to feeling weak, tired and incapacitated. I couldn’t walk around or fend for myself. My life revolved around medication. They made me feel more tired, nauseous, and fed up. Swallowing pills was the last thing I wanted to do. But I was determined to fight it and get back to my old self.
When something like cancer comes into your life, it puts everything into perspective. Especially what you want in life. Not long after my treatment I started a new job. It felt like the start of a new chapter. And even though my cancer chapter is still ongoing, I don't let it define me. I've learnt a lot from my situation. I want to help others who may be going through the same things I did. And I'm determined to raise awareness. Thyroid cancer is still fairly unknown. There aren’t many sources of information out there. And also highlighting young adults in the cancer world. The media portrays cancer in two ways: elderly people and children. There's not much in-between. That's something which I'm passionate about and trying to change. I feel hopeful that one day things will settle down and I can look forward to life after cancer.”
Thyroid disease is said to occur when the thyroid gland, located in the neck below the thyroid cartilage or Adam`s Apple, produces either a more or lesser amount of hormone required by the body. The thyroid hormone is responsible for regulating various body functions such as growth, metabolism, etc.
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Thyroid sometimes hides behind day-to-day common symptoms which can be easily ignored. If you have been feeling any of these symptoms for a long time, don’t wait up, get tested
Marlee came to us a little over two years ago. She was passed off as deaf and aggressive towards other dogs-very aggressive.
So aggressive that she was separated from our other two dogs for months before even introducing them. She would chew on her wire cage and slobber/foam at the mouth she would become so enraged by the mere sight of another dog. She has been known to bloody her nose and gums in her effort to "get" that other dog. Cali has one scar and Rain has many (as she is a butt most of the time)
With constant vigil and acceptance of the occasional dog scrap we have been able to bring Marlee into the house and even take her around my families dogs-but Marlee does not go in public.
Now begins Marlee's story to date-a beautiful day on the beach in the company of strangers and dogs-you must read this, if it helps one other person out there then her job is done~
When Marlee came to live with us she came on a special diet of rice and pumpkin and she had severe diarrhea and coat issues. Oh, did I mention that we drove nearly 7 hours to get her? chris just figures I'm crazy-but something about her drew me in. We had a fenced field, a large outdoor kennel and I thought I could handle the aggression-who knew it was really "that bad?"
Anyway, Marlee went to the vet, got antibiotics 'for an infection" and recommended a "special diet." I switched her to an all raw diet along with our other animals and within a few months this symptom cleared up, mostly.
The hair and skin problem just continues to worsen. She has only fuzzy, fluffy hair, like puppy fur and itches/chews at herself all the time. She gets sores and she goes back to the vet (with a muzzle on of course). She comes home with more antibiotics and the diagnosis of "skin/food allergies." Shortly after this, her hind end skin has turned black/dark form her pink/white color and has began to thicken into a bare "elephant" like skin. Marlee also develops (suddenly one day) a very bad drunken walk and begins falling and tripping. She is only able to climb stairs with much effort and a person along side her. She goes back to the vet with ALL these symptoms-she comes home with more antibiotics and a diagnosis of "congenital deafness complications." Hey, I fell for it (sorry Marlee.)
Now, in between all this I tell the doctor (and anyone who will listen) that Marlee won't play and she just "sleeps all the time." In fact, she has developed these callouses on her legs and elbows from sleeping all the time. Again, it's chalked up to her deafness - quoted by vet "some deaf people describe deafness/movement as feeling queasy-did you ever think it might make her feel sick?" Well, no. So, I take her home (after wedging her nearly 90lb body into the truck as she can not and never has been able to jump.
-oh, did I mention she is just turned three this year? I tell you (and the vet) there is something not right with this dog. but, alas it's just "allergies."
This summer her skin became infected and her feet also became so bad, so fast, that I set to work online trying to figure out just what was happening to this poor dog. - I said screw allergies, the antibiotics never seemed to clear anything up and I refuse to believe it's diet.
Now, this is the part that really sets me off. Within minutes of researching words like "skin allergy", "black skin", and the like I find this site. (THANK YOU Dr. Ron Hines DVM PhD ) which leads me to even more detailed research and a prompt call to my vet (again.)
I drop Marlee at the vet with a list of current symptoms and a request to test for Hypothyroidism
They call me to pick her up, she has a bandage on one foot (she had a bad infection) they said "allergies." I said what about the test? Oh, okay we can do that too. Anyway, three days later I get the call.
Marlee's test levels return. Now let me first tell you that a normal Canine TSH (cTSH) is < .41 - Marlee rang in at 1.7 - so we have her on a ($25.00) med/high dose of thyroid medication (along with the 350.00 worth of allergy/antibiotics) Man this is a long story~
The best part. . .
Within 48hrs Marlee has shown marked improvement and is less lethargic, more alert, more responsive to touch. Three days later she goes for a 4 hour car trip with three other dogs and three humans to the beach where she encounters more humans and more dogs and she is not wearing a muzzle-it's awesome! She loaded herself into the truck and allowed herself to be walked tethered with Cali tugging her everywhere at full speed.
I'm telling you-four days ago I would have told you you were nuts to take her anywhere with that many other dogs.
We have nothing but hope for her to have a long, healthy, happy life now-thank goodness for the internet or I'm certain she would still be suffering this lonely, depressing life of deafness, lack of energy, dulled senses and constant itching-this is no life for a 1 year old (3 now) dog!
I can only wait and watch as Marlee turns into herself.
The moral of the story = Be the "advocate" for your pet - they can't talk or they would tell us just how silly we really are!
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