My TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) was borderline to hypothyroidism by the T3 & T4 levels were good. The majority of my other tests were right on target but there were a couple that said that my body is not excreting fluid properly for some unknown reason. Upshot of all of that is that I have secondary Raynaud's phenomenon/syndrome. Not something I really wanted to hear because in reality there is no treatment and nothing I can do to stop it. The GP even took my BP which was quite high and now is expecting me to drop dead of hypertension though I tried to explain to him I was extremely stressed which would have raised my BP quite a bit and he was failing to realise how much that would have had to be taken into account in my place. Especially as he had basically just told me that I have this syndrome that means that for the rest of my life I'm going to have blue hands and feet everytime I get cold!! Thankfully he is just going to monitor it for a bit to work out what to do - the BP I mean.

Chest infection/cold situation didn't even get a look in even though I mentioned that I'm not sleeping because I'm spending so much damn time coughing etc. Oh well, perhaps when I see him next week we'll see if I'm able to breathe or whether I'm still barely functioning.

Shoulder situation was brought up and I'm trialling pain patches. I have my doubts as to whether they will stick as they are clear... Generally when they go for aesthetics (prettiness) they lose functionality - they just plain don't stick, and if they don't stick, you don't get the transfer of the drug into your bloodstream so there isn't a point. That's why the majority of nicotene-replacement patches don't work.