How does my neck look? 10/11/10

So apparently I have been slacking off with my daily neck pictures. I blame it on work since I used to take my neck pictures first thing when I got up, well, soon after taking my Levoxyl dose for the day. Now that I'm back at work, I have an hour to get up, take care of the dogs (let them out/in, feed them), hop on my WiiFit (to be told that yes, I am still fat), shower, get dressed, and head out the door. Don't even go there with the 'you should go to sleep earlier' bit because that doesn't happen over night - I've been trying to for over three years now! So anyway, I take photos of my neck whenever I remember - sitting at my desk at work, but mostly at home sometime in the evening, if I remember at all.

Since today is a (bank) holiday, I managed to take my neck photo just a few minutes ago. I have to say myself that it is becoming less detectable, in pictures, at least, to me. The mirror still let's me know that it ain't going away any time soon.

My annual Dr. appt this morning turned into just a regular appt since my insurance won't cover it unless it has been exactly a year since my annual appt last year. So that has been rescheduled for Thursday, November 11. I had brought some questions for her, so she was happy to answer what she could. She said my vertigo episode yesterday was very mild, but if it gets worse, come back and she'll look more into it. She ordered my labs, and said she'd include a vitamin D and calcium (been seeing a lot of that on the ThyCa email list I am on), and she said the vitamin D is something new that they are testing for now too. Flu shot - she said to get one, and she threw in the DTaP shot which includes Diptheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (whooping cough, which is going around here in San Diego) - my last tetanus shot was in 2000, before I went on that archeological dig in Hungary.

We got around to talking about the latest labs I had drawn last week for my TSH/FreeT4. She said my ENDO was requesting my Tg levels, which is why I had not heard back from his office. She said my TSH was .01 (last draw I believe it was .25), but my FreeT4 was 1.67, which she said was the same as it was last time (I'd have to look at my records, but I thought it was more 1.83 or 2.xx last time), so he would most likely need to adjust something, again. Just a few minutes ago I got a call from my ENDO's office. She said my levels were still above normal. She wanted to know what symptoms I have. I said my sleep issue (not being able to sleep longer than 5 hours a night) was improving, I was getting cramping in my legs (not sure it that was related or not), and my period still hadn't come for the month. She said he may want me to come in sooner, but would wait and see what he had to say. Hmm....not sure I liked anything she said.

Anyway, I took my dad out to lunch. I usually end up taking my mom out since we do a lot of stuff together (and my dad usually opts to stay at home). It was nice because I don't usually have a lot of one-on-one time with my dad. We both ate way too much. He's feeling stronger, ready to go back to his part-time job in a few weeks. I must say his attitude is so much more positive than it was 2 1/2 months ago. Yay, Dad!

Anyway, how does my neck look?