I can cycle!

This week I got to add in cycling! It's slightly closer to running, and a nice change from the pool. The first time I biked (stationary bike) I felt some muscular soreness, but it was bilateral so I don't think it is related to the stress fracture. More related to my out-of-shapeness. The next time I biked I had no pain or soreness at all. Two weeks of this, then I can work in running!

In other news. I finally went to collect my labwork from several weeks ago. My results were generally fine. There were some low-normal-range results, and guess what? News flash: that's still normal. It annoys me when people are all, "My calcium is low! It's 8.6 and normal is 8.4 so like it's a little low!" No, it isn't. The range is 8.4 - 10.4, so you're fine. You're practically in the middle. Quit being a hypochondriac.

There were two actual low results, though.
1. My vitamin D is 26.6, so in the fuzzy "insufficiency" range. Whatever, I'll take a vitamin D capsule. Can't hurt to increase it while I'm trying to heal my bones. Sheesh, if I could go running and get out in the sun I'm sure I could fix my vitamin D in no time!
2. My alkaline phosphatase was low. I assume my doctor got an alk phos to make sure it wasn't HIGH, which could indicate bone cancer, but as it turns out it's low. That's a sign of hypothyroidism. No big surprise there; I am hypothyroid secondary to a thyroidectomy when I was a teenager. But I'm the world's worst patient, so I stopped taking thyroid hormone replacement a while ago. This is a reminder to get back to the doctor and get that regulated.

Stuff that really matters, like PTH and calcium, were all fine. I'll call my doctor back to discuss the results and see if he wants me on some vitamin D, then I suppose I had better find a PCP to follow up on the ol' thyroid.