1 post tagged “thyroid”

Every Clinical Laboratory Science student I've talked to has, at some point in their schooling, diagnosed either themselves or someone around them with some kind of rare and crazy disease that they've read about. Many disorders present with the same nonspecific symptoms: fatigue, lethargy, headache, malaise, etc. Show me one person - a student especially - who's not worn out and prone to the occasional headache!

So as a CLS student, it was with a very weird sort of delight that I discovered that I actually do have a disorder. But here's the thing: my disorder is in MY WORST SUBJECT!

Chemistry.

Ugh.

I went to the doctor the other day, thinking that I was messed up from my trip down the steps on my butt a couple of weeks ago, and in the process made a comment about being very tired lately. I've been anemic before, and thought it was happening again. Well, as it turns out, my hemoglobin (iron) is fine.....but my thyroid is messed up!

Dang hormones! I never understood them in the first place.

I guess I will go read up on thyroid function now. That will be one section of the board exam that I'll be sure to pass.