John sick with Hyper-Thyroid

I've been home from work since January 20. It took four visits to my Kaiser primary care doctor to diagnose me. In the meantime (and $700 later) Nicole's cardiologist figured it out after one visit - I got the Hyper-Thyroid!

Yes, I'm sick. I'm even too sick to post a visual aid. I'm not lying.

I've been trying to connect with an endocrinologist since last week. I have an appointment for Thursday.

With the Hyper-Thyroid you get very weak all the time. Your heart beats too fast all the time (even when you're sleeping). You get hand tremors and it's hard to type and it's even hard to turn pages. For some reason my voice is also gone - that's supposed to be a symptom of the Hypo-Thyroid. There's fatigue, lack of appetite, weight loss - last time they weighed me I'd lost eleven pounds.

This all started immediately after my birthday, as soon as I turned forty I fell apart. Nicole has been working overtime trying to get me cured - I'm a wreck and she's my angel of mercy. She also got me Nikki Sixx's The Heroin Diaries for Christmas. It's dismal stuff, but a page turner, and now I know things could be worse, I could be a rock star.