Hypothyroidism?

Where the heck is the thyroid gland??





The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland located below the larinex, it releases the hormone metabolism.

I honestly didn't know much about about the thyroid... i knew that people with hyperthyrodism had trouble gaining weight...and people with hypothyroidism...had problems loosing....would you know... i'm being tested for hypothyroidism.

I had some blood work done at my RA doctors office but i never recieved the test results... my family doctor called and got them a few weeks ago. She called and said i needed to have my my blood work done again because my numbers were very high.

My BUN/Creatin were 20 which is high...and lets the doctors know that something is wrong and whatever it is, is in my body before it enters the kidneys which is good...its not my kidneys. My alkline phosphate numbers were extremely high as well...which also kind of points to the thyroid not working as it is suppose to.... so what does that mean for me??

I sat down and thought about how i've felt lately....
*tired
*achy (achier)
* ac, has been hard on my joints even more so then normal.
* i've had trouble swollowing... i get choked easy and often times wake up gagging because i choke on my own spit...how sad is that?
*Even more depressed then normal.

I blew off these symptoms... i've got other things to worry about. Then i got to thinking about my weight struggle... i've given up on loosing weight because i gained ten pounds while on weight watchers...so i've started stuffing my face with any thing and every thing again...and haven't gained a pound.... really body? you like junk food?

I know that they can help balance my thyroid with a medication...it takes a while to adjust to get the right dose. I don't feel rattled by this possibole diagnosis. I feel its something easily fixable... just kind of sucks its probably something else that i will have to deal with the rest of my life... I guess I'm relieved that it wasn't my kidneys.... i was very worried that with my numbers being so high that something was wrong with them....since i have so many problems with them.. we shall see.

I also find it odd that the thyroid is in the shape of a butterfly. how ironic right?