Small Victories - A Personal Update

     I had an appointment with my endocrinologist this morning. In the past, he has told me that what I eat and my daily living habits will not change my Hashimoto's or affect my thyroid function, so I haven't shared with him that I started AIP. I want to see if I get results purely based on what I'm doing on my own. I've already noted how much better I feel, but I also wanted to see if anything was changing "internally". 

     The first thing he noted on my chart when he walked in was that I had lost 10 lbs. since my last appointment with him in December. I told him that it had come off in the past 45 days or so (wink, wink). He reviewed my TSH and noted that I was doing well on my newly reduced dose! He had lowered my dose about 2.5 weeks ago when I called in to report some hyper symptoms. He felt my thyroid and liver, noting no changes in either. Heart sounded good. BP was excellent. 

     Then I asked if he could review the results of some standard blood work that my PCP had recently ordered for me. My PCP hadn't followed up with me since he ordered them, so I figured he had no concerns. Still, I wanted the chance to understand what the numbers meant for myself. He pulled them up on his laptop and started looking over the 3 pages of numbers. As he looked them over, he made a few utterances under his breath such as, "Huh... oh... hmm... Wow!" Trying not to be nervous, I waited until he was finished. He looked up from his laptop and said...

"Those are some of the best numbers I've ever seen!"

     Relief washed over me as he explained further that my cholesterol levels were "excellent", my blood sugar was "perfect", and everything else looked simply "fantastic"! He reviewed what some of the numbers meant and again exclaimed that he rarely sees blood work results like that. 

That's the most animated I've ever seen him. 

     Quite pleased with myself, I left the office with a little pep in my step, thanking God for creating food that is truly good for me to eat. I might not always love following AIP, but this is why I do it. I knew that I felt better and knew that it was good for me to eat like I have been, but hearing results like these in such a short amount of time (around 45 days) is really uplifting and motivating!