I Have a New Identity

My Medic-Alert bracelet came today. I had it engraved with "ITP" and "Bleeding Disorder". Its ugly, but serves a purpose.

My life with an auto-immune disorder is now beginning to get complicated. I need to have a Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) biopsy of the lump on my thyroid. I've been having my platelets checked and they are too low for the procedure, so I must take a 5-day course of Decadron prior to the FNAB, and have platelets checked the day before just to be safe.

What a circus! I have other procedures that will need to be done, possibly including partial thyroid-ectomy. I cannot wait to see what kind of circus hoops I have to jump through for that!