Hi Mark, I thought it was kind of strange that he said we should wait 6 months before getting the thyroid test done - but he seemed to know what he was talking about, so we didn't second-guess that at the time. But since John has to see his regular PCP to get a script for Oxycontin, I will tell him to make an appt. to have the blood test done too. After all, it couldn't hurt since it's a simple test like you mentioned. Thanks for the advice.