Paws, Ollie, Captain V and all the rest

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I’ve found two so much more hard work (and expensive) than one, Queen

@nettie434 luckily mine is fairly mild. It mostly affects my groin but they heal fine
My armpit is trickier and I've had 3 ops on that so far

I’m just amazed by the number of people on this thread who have weird conditions I’ve never heard of before!

My haematology consultant does say when he sees me he thinks "hear hooves, look for zebras"

All this lot are auto-immune diseases, and as some of us know, once you get one the others tend to try for occupancy too.

There is, although it sometimes doesn't feel like it, an upside to having an overkeen immune system. You don't get a lot of really awful diseases, and you can fight off common or garden flus etc miles more easily.

Queen. You get properly depressed with untreated hypo so look after yerself. Thank God it's not one of those diseases that mean you have to go vegan or stop eating cake, so power away on that front.

Sadly I have neutropenia so can't fight off infections (helpful) as my body kills off my neutrophils. Hopefully the doctor will refer me but it says my TSH is only "slightly" raised yeah right

Queen mine is mostly groin too, had one op there so far. Under arms are scarred enough so I don't wear sleeveless any more, and I seem to have developed skin tags in the HS areas but nowhere else. Spent about 10 years with them convinced it was staph infections, and only found out what it actually was when I had the excision - apparently a large majority of cases go un-diagnosed partly because it's not common enough to be recognised by GPs, and partly because many people are too embarrassed to mention it.

Doc is right - it is only slightly raised - 4 used to be normal, and 10 was normal before that. Panic ye not.

I know someone who had a TSH of 72. His head went completely spherical and turned green, all his hair (inc eyebrows and pubes) fell out, he blew up like a spacehopper and cried all the time. Everyone told him he was neurotic and greedy (typical) until blood test time, and now he's back to normal.

Don't let that worry you tho'

Thing is, you might get a kick off thyroxine so push for that referral.Or get the blood man to do it for you. Getting the right size pill is the secret, so sooner rather than later is my (unqualified) opinion.

The birds have finally started to use the feeder I put out 9 months ago. Two goldfinches.

Luckily I’m not the sort to hold a grudge. But they can sod off if they think it’ll always be sunflower hearts.

Feathery little sods.

Darcy had to have an emergency spay yesterday, and has come home with a fairly large hematoma . So backwards and forwards to the vets for the next week or so.
I know it's always in their best interests to be neutered, especially this little madam, but I'm really bad at handling the guilt that comes with seeing them afterwards so confused and in pain! Silly girl had managed to get one front leg out of her bodysuit and bury herself under the duvet, effectively rendering herself helpless as she couldn't stand up or get out!

Oh dear, was she the chocolate you hoped to breed from to keep the breed going?. I’m so sorry.

It’s awful seeing them like that isn’t it?. How is she getting on?.

She was Fluffy. She's a very poorly girl bless her. Asthmatic, diabetic and shows signs of hypokalemia, but it's impossible to diagnose 100% due to there not being enough Chocolates.
I love all my cats, I don't have favourites, but this little madam has something about her... she's the naughtiest cat I've ever owned but she also loves me and would spend all day wrapped round my shoulders asleep if she could. Fingers crossed the vet will have good news this morning

Massive good luck Just love. They tend to be tougher than you think. She is a beauty of spirit, clearly. You're getting the Look in that pic for sure.

Megacongrats Fluffy. Goldfinches are seriously rare. Not as rare as asbo would have liked, admittedly.

She's surprisingly resilient. Good result from the vet (who I'm slightly in love with), hematoma better than he expected and they actually checked her fructose level on Weds and it was 8.6. Plus she's lost half a kg which are all steps in the right direction thank goodness!

Spoke to GP, they won't refer
Repeat bloods in 3 months
No need to medicate

Queen - that's a load of bollocks! The acceptable range for TSH over here is 0.27 - 4.20. Mine is 1.35.

Doctors tend to be conservative in managing Hashimoto's but that's ridiculous. Even the NHS website talks about it being common with vitiligo.

@TheLongRider they said NICE guidelines for TSH over and symptoms is to retest in 3 months

That is good news Just, sounds like you couldn’t have bred her anyway with all that going on.

www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng145/chapter/Recommendations#investigating-suspected-thyroid-dysfunction-or-thyroid-enlargement

Yep I think they are adhering to guidelines. Can your immunologist not refer to endo or general medicine?. Thyroid function can fluctuate with your general health. I didn’t know that till dh got diagnosed 13 years after I said he was hypo. I knew I was right.

Just Hooray.

Queen Giving it 3 months is what the endo would do anyway cos you want to see which way TSH is heading, if anywhere. In the meantime, ask your blood man to refer you.

Your prob is that thyroid guidelines are famously a bit crude. But you are basically ok and not at risk of anything awful - bar feeling slightly tired and slightly glum. Not that anyone needs help in that dept at the mo

The joy of watching a natural predator in action. The prey never saw him coming and didn't stand a chance.

It was a bloody big leaf too 🍁

Paws has trotted in, examined the food and trotted back out again

Well done Leeroy, big leaves are harder to take down.

Morticia was observing a bird earlier 🙂

Paws has trotted back in, yet again, examined the food and is now stood at the food cupboard

Wrong food? Get with the program Queen 🤦🏼‍♀️

Barney the stray does it to us too. Do we tell him he'll get what he's given and he'll like it? Bollocks do we. I bet Paws is already on the food he wants 😂.