Diagnosis Confirmed: Treatment forthcoming

Well, I heard back from the doctor and the results of all my tests have come in and indeed I am seeing a recurrence of Graves Disease. I was fist diagnosed in 1998 at the age of 25 with a hyperactive thyroid presenting as Graves Disease after my legs stopped working one night. I was treated with Radioactive Iodine then to kill off the thyroid. For the past 8 or 9 years I have been taking Synthroid, a drug to replace the manufacturing of the hormones the thyroid is supposed to make.

Anyway, I have relapsed. The doctor said it very, very unusual to have a recurrence. I have been scheduled for Radioactive Iodine Treatment on August 3. It will take some time for my thyroid to be killed off again and I will start presenting with hypothyroidism. In October I will take another thyroid test and then be prescribed Synthroid again to try and regulate me. Hopefully, then, I will be feeling better in November or December.

It was 11 years ago

It was 11 years ago when my bride walked down the aisle to Pachelbel's Canon in D. Of course, we were getting married in a Church of Christ that didn't allow instrumental music, so we played a arrangement by Acappella that combines "Jesus, Let us Come to Know You" with the piece of music. I can not hear the song and not be whisked back to that most awesome and glorious day.

Anyway, Erin, my Dove, if we ever decide to do a "renewing of vows" thing (which I don't understand...I need a better word than renew because I will only need to renew if one of us dies...that is what "death til you part" means...but...you understand...I think). Anyway, if we ever decide to do one of those, I want us to find this guy and let him play for you to come down the aisle to.



I have very eclectic music taste. I enjoy everything from classical pieces and the orchestra to hard rock. You can't go wrong when you miss the two. This guy plays as well as any professional rock star.

So Tired

You will have to forgive me for my lack of posts. I've been overwhelmed with life, mostly because my thyroid is overactive (again) and just emotionally and intelluctually dibilitating me. I've become hostile and terse and very, very moody. I am exhausted most of the time. Anyway, I will probably be taking a little sabbatical from posting for a little bit of time until I get all straightened out.

Logo Contest: How many can you get?

Logo Contest

I got 14 on my first try...

Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) Speaks on Net Neutrality

Senator Steven shows his ignorance of how the Internet works when he tried to explain why he voted against the amendment on Net Neutrality. This shows why it is ludicrous for Senators to vote on these issues when they have no understanding of them. Basically, they are just listening to the powerful TeleCom lobby and think that those guys are the experts.

I reiterate my earlier tirade* when I said that all the CIOs from each state should send a letter to Congress and the President explaining that this move away from Net Neutrality will hurt government.

*I'm too lazy to go look it up and link to it

Read Chris Cree Daily

I recently added a new link to another blogger, Chris Cree. I discovered Chris' website after he left a comment on mine about Net Nuetrality. I, of course, went and visited his site and LOVED IT. I have added him to my daily reading list.

Anyway, I want you to go read one of his posts where he talks about how Christians and non-Christians interact. He speaks from experience as he was "did not grow up in the church" as he says so frequently. A few teaser quotes:

Eventually I was able to separate the person of Jesus from some of his more inept followers, but I get the feeling that a lot of people look at Christians the way I did, and many Christians give them good reason.

too many Christians who are more concerned with appearances than with substance or reality

Go on now...what are you still doing here?

The United States of Total Paranoia

I continue to think that we are no longer the land of the Free. We have forgotton what freedom is. We are the land of the Permit. Want to add a deck (that you are paying for) to your house (that you paid for)? You need a permit. The government needs to give you permission (hmmm...interesting, permit and permission look an awful lot like the same word) to do stuff on your own property with your own money.

Freedom is the ability to control your own destinty. One should be able to do whatever one wants as long as he does not evade the rights of others. What rights? Oh, only those that were laid out in the Declaration of Independence. The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (originally, it was actually pursuit of property, I wish Jefferson hadn't changed it). I'm not sure how me building a deck on my property infringes on another person's right to life, liberty, or pursuit of happiness. But, it must because I have to get permission from my government to do it. I'm sure glad I live in the land of the free.

Now, we take most of this granted and don't even think about it. However, when this Englishman visited America to make a film, he encountered American at its best:

"But if you step outside the loop, if you try to do something a bit zany, you will find that you're in a police state."

Happy 4th of July...although I'm not sure we should be celebrating freedom.