So, while in the Detroit area, I did meet with another physician for a second opinion. He spent three hours with me, going over the past five months with a fine-toothed comb, as well as the past 11 years, give or take.
He ordered a mess of blood work (ten vials worth) and suggested that a gallium scan be done to see if it will help locate inflammation and/or infection. I head back to the Detroit area this weekend and I receive the gallium injection on Monday. Whee.
I did talk to him by phone since the initial consultation. It turns out that I've been anemic since at least February, but apparently only slightly and his feeling is, because of the abdominal pain I've been experiencing for the past several months, is that I may have Crohn's Disease.
And it is almost certain that I probably have Hashimoto's Disease as the cause of my hypothyroidism, which I've been treated for since 2000. My peroxidase thyroid levels are off the charts.
I'll know more after I sit down with him again next week.
