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off to hospital in the morning - for testosterone injection, moved back to 12 weekly weekly injection, from the 14 week spacing, as I think I was getting too low between injectionms by the ends of the 14 weeks...

Oddly the endo consultant, just agreed, seemingly not even looking at my recent bloods or anything...

Must try talk to the specialist nurse tomorrow, about how weird the Dr was at my last clinic app, and seek some hope that I might persuade someone at the hospital to run extra tests for my thyroid stuff, and figure out if I should restart taking the levothyroxin, just feeling somuch better (so far), almost one week now not taking it)... - having said which, my blood levels oughta have not actually dropped much yet despite not taking any in that time...

Brother popped in for a visit yesturday, first time seieng him in ages.. we went to the pub in the afternoon, and drank beers, and ate a new invention of the pub's chef; 'war pigs' - oversized, sort of triangular sausage rolls that were very good

Gym this morning, elyptical, then leg press machine, single leg, and duel leg presses...
Then weights, squats, hack squats, hack squats with shoulder shrugs... shoulder shrugs, curls, tricep curls, overhead press, upright row, etc., etc.,

Bacon on toast for breakfast, sausages with bulghur wheet, mushrooms, spices and onions etc, for lunch...
probably fish for dinner tonight

did towel laundry yesturday
might pop to pub tonight after dinner
so quiet out today, traffic, and very little footfall heading into town/city

probably stopping off to do Xmas shopping tomorrow, after hospital visit

Speaking of Xmas shopping, you've inspired me to drop by Lush today to find something for my mother who wants nothing. I don't think she takes many actual baths, but they have some shower thingies I noticed. Still, may have to get a few bombs as well. I didn't know how active they are until I saw a YouTube vidya of someone trying out "Harry Potter Sorting Hat Bath Bombs". You don't know which colour, and therefore which house, the bath bomb will be until it froths up in the bathtub.

Speaking of I just bought a few because some of the old ones had become see-through.

The new ones are made of 60 percent cotton and 40 percent - bamboo fibres!

I thought they were kidding me, but they are GREAT!

Now to see how long they will last me.

Oo, bamboo is nice! Our sheets are bamboo, and they're silky and cool in the summer/warm in the winter.

Might they be edible too? swear to bamboo sprouts, don't they?

OOo... we need some new towels too, soon... the hand towels have really worn out a lot more than the bath towels/sheets

Well hospital went well...

They took bloods, then a new nurse who's not been there long, prepared and gave me the testosterone IM injection - I was a little nervous, as I figured an unexperienced wouldn't have the technique quite off pat, for the intramuscular testosterone injection; its about the most viscous injectible that is used, and has to be injected ultra-slow, in order to create a depo injection of the viscous oily mixture... - but I always figure new nurses have to learn stuff, eventually by practising on patients, and as I rarely feel it, and just don't get bothered by needles or pain anymore, she might as well practise on me... - spot on, right in the 'gap' between the muscle sheets and she did it so slow, I didn't get the useual odd feeling of the muscles being forced apart by the depo

Then spoke to the who normally does my testo injections, about last weeks consult with the dr...

its so much easier when I just bipass the incompetant Drs - has put on the hospital system a blood test request, for me to do (when I feel its appropiate), to assess my thyroid levels, TSH/T3/T4, once I've been off the levothyroxin long enough, to clear the synthetic thyroid meds from my system; in order to assertain, if I can regain inate production of TsH and thereby T4/T3 - she agrees, unlike the Drs, that my absolutely inverse/reverse reaction to the meds, does rather indicate something odd is going on.... such as I've been misdiagnosed, or have regained pituitary function

Bus back to towen, and went to supermarket, and did our Xmas shop, in 18 minutes for £30

That leaves just some veg, regular foods, and the lamb, to buy over the weekend from nearby at the local independant shops

noticed the testosterone injection affecting me, before I'd put my trousers back on - no... not that* reaction to it - the neurological affects, as my spatial awereness, hearing, alertness, etc., improved, as it affected the CNS//brain

felt odd walking through town afterwards; I was aware of where the ground was, and where my feet were - and no, I wasn't aware I'd become unaware of that, as, I assume, the last injection wore off

now.... to go to the pub tonight... or not... - I've a feeling it might be horribly busy out with tinsil drinkers

That's good that the testosterone is still working well for you

Also good news that the s are listening to you even if the s are not... That sounds very hopeful about the test that has been ordered Glad you're feeling better from not taking the levothyroxin

I'm impressed by your xmas shopping skills I'm sure you will enjoy your Christmas Dinner

Ahh... but, the secret to hastle free Xmas shopping... Is basically to ignore the whole festive period, as much as possible, and not go over the top with grocery and other shopping... about the only slightly off normal things we have in, is a jar of gherkins and some stilton

I'll just have to see what happens with my thyroid, will try give it as long as possible, before having the blood test, give time for the synthetic drugs to leave my system, and, if its able too, give time for the pituitary and thyroid glands, to kick in as much as possible