Comments on: So much to post about, so little time http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/ This is a blog about me, my recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and my struggles to stay positive about it! Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-923 Fri, 28 May 2010 11:20:50 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-923 Oh dear – is yours 1.3 then?

HAAAAAAAAAYA!!

]]> By: misspiggy http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-922 Fri, 28 May 2010 10:22:54 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-922 Just in case you weren’t already aware, make sure you ask to see the actual thyroid results. If Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) is around 1.4, doctors should be able to provide treatment for hypothyroidism if there are also symptoms, although the official ‘normal’ level in the UK is 1.5. In the US, Germany, Australia and some other countries, anything above 1.3 or so signals automatic treatment. Am currently most annoyed about this!

]]> By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-906 Mon, 17 May 2010 12:44:43 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-906 Hi Squirrel, Nice to ‘meet you’ – it is indeed good to see another UK-er in the blogsphere! At least they haven’t promised us a bar-b-q summer this year – which probably means we’ll get one unexpectedly!

Yeah, if life was fair RA would be IT – then again, if life was fair there’d be no RA! ;o)

Polly

]]> By: Squirrel http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-905 Sun, 16 May 2010 17:45:04 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-905 Hey there – glad to see another another UK-er in the blogosphere! It IS freezing, isn’t it?? Where’s our usual May heatwave?? Glad your holiday went well, I’ve only driven through Dorset on the way to Cornwall but it’s a lovely bit of the country.
You’re so right – surely having RA must be THE bad thing that happens in our lives, but unfortunately it doesn’t work that way. We’re not excused from the rest of life’s terrors.. I hope your friend’s cancer is easily treatable and that you continue to feel well. Take it easy!

]]> By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-903 Fri, 14 May 2010 07:28:01 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-903 Thank you! ;o) It’s good to be back blogging – though not so good to be back from hols! Yes, Dorset’s a county with a LOT of sea and we spent quite a bit of time at it. Lovely!

I don’t know yet if I’ve got thyroid problems – perhaps it’s just ’cause it’s darned cold at the moment. ;o) I HOPE that if I have they’ll do something about it.

No, not journalism – I run a very small business, just me and ‘the boss’ providing outsourced admin and secretarial services for various clients, mostly transcription (audio typing of interviews, focus groups, conferences etc. rather than dictations). This week’s been a results presentation by a corporation (chocolate), an interview for a solicitor (child abuse) and some interviews for a university research project (about prostitution). I HATE doing the solicitor interviews as I can’t get the stuff out of my head when I get home – but the rest I mostly enjoy!

]]> By: Wren http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-902 Thu, 13 May 2010 19:50:51 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/so-much-to-post-about-so-little-time/#comment-902 Glad you’re back, Ms Penguin, and welcome! Sounds like you had a very nice holiday and Dorset (near the sea?), and I’m glad the RA didn’t put a big ol’ damper on it. Very sorry to hear about your friend getting breast cancer, though. That’s just plain not fair. I hope she’ll respond well to treatment and that she’ll soon be back to coping with JUST the RA. Poor dear. I’ll keep her in my thoughts.

You made me laugh out loud with the “90 percent frozen, 10 percent boiled” line. I SO know that feeling, though I haven’t got thyroid problems. Hope the doc will be able to help you get that figured and straightened out.

What IS your profession, anyway? Chocolate one week, child abuse and prostitution the next? Sounds like jounalism!

My best to you, as always. I’ve missed your “voice” in the blogosphere.

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