DH and blood test - Worried. Any GPs about?

[Grandhighpoohba]

If you went in for a blood test in the morning, and they phoned you later the same day to ask you to come in tomorrow, does that automatically mean something bad?

DH went in for a blood test this morning - he has some symptoms which suggest overactive thyroid. He says they took samples to test his thyroid, liver and blood sugar, and gave him an appointment to come back on the 9th of Jan to discuss results - but they just phoned him and said they had his results back, and could he come in tomorrow? Would they do that for an overactive thyroid? Or is there something else going on?

I think it is very difficult for people to adjust to the fact that they are going to have to take medication every day for the rest of their lives. A friend of mine had to start taking something for high blood pressure (I think) - and banged on a bit about 'one pill, every day, for the rest of my life'. I managed to bite my tongue and not reply 'my DH has to take over 30 pills, 3 times a day, for the rest of his life and it includes a cocktail of controlled substances that could stun a horse, so button it, buster'.

But of course I do appreciate that for people who are used to being 'well', even your DH poohba who actually wasn't well, facing up to the fact there is no magic solution that will fix him up forever is a lot to come to terms with. Dara O'Briain is very amusing about high cholesterol on his latest tour for the same reason - it might cheer him up!

And the medication might not be long-term if he goes for one of the other treatment options (if suitable for him).

He has probably been feeling crap for a long-time but it has crept up on him so he doesn't realise how bad things are. Once the medication starts to kick in and he feels better, he will be more positive about taking it as he'll feel the benefit.

Medication for the rest of your life does take some getting used to but generally you just need to focus on the good it's doing. I take a cocktail of toxic drugs on a rather random pattern (injections, pills, gels 3 times a day to once a fortnight in a weird pattern) and find that the RxmindMe app for my phone really helps me to remember what to take and when. I wish that I'd had it when I first started taking it as I got in a right muddle... And everytime they tweak my meds it throws me so after 12 yrs I still sometimes scratch my head.
Glad to hear it's on the way to being sorted tho.

Ooh wonky, I'll look out for that app. DH similarly has a fun cocktail of injections and pills, he's not doing a gel just now but is contemplating going back to it to smooth out the dosage (of testosterone) more than the injection does.

I definitely had moodiness and felt very down, again - improved greatly once the treatment kicked in (still a bit mardy though )

I don't think I would recognise him if he stopped being moody!