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Boy oh boy....I have had a time with this. actually , I have not been well for about 2 years, but this past month has done a number on me. I am wanting to share with all of you my journey. I have learend so much and I am still learning , I think vital information. I feel the need to share. In late Spring 1991, I had a 21 month old son and a 3 month old son. I am 21 years old. I am begining toe feel tired. Very tired. Like I can't keep up tired. I go in for my check up and I tell the dr how I am feeling. Both my family dr and my ob/gyn say that it is to be expected...normal. I say Ok...do my best to mommie both my little boys. One year later we buy our first place, I am too tired to get too excited. I have still not lost any of my baby weight. I am also loosing hair. sometimes I feel like I am loosing my mind. I begin to develope tonsil problems, skin problems, and minor kidney problems...and I keep getting more and more tired. I am also pregnant with number 3. Another boy. Through the entire pregnany I only gain 6 pounds. He weighs in at 7 1/2 pounds. I still have baby fat from baby 1 and baby 2. I can't loose it. I have tried dieting, chaging my diet. I went off all sodas. I use very little salt. I lay low on the caffeine, I lay low on the dairy. I try to stay away from sugars. Did not know however, how much of our foods carry sugar. I really cut back on how much I eat...which was stupid, I was down to 1000 calorie a day diet...dr's idea . Yes, I am still nursing. I gain 5 pounds ! My cousin tells me, "Pam this sounds like your thyroid. Your thyroid helps to control and stabilize most of you oragans." she goes on to tell me just how serious and potentially dangerous an untreated thyroid can be. So right away, I make an oppointment with my dr. They run all kinds of lab work. But....my thyroid is on the low end of normal. "So you are fine Pam, you have active kiddos that make you tired." I thought to myself, "sure, they are active, and just that can make a person tired". Kidney problems, hair falling out still continue. By 1995 I am still having kidney problems, exptreme tiredness, now I am having joint problems, can't stand or walk for more then 30 min., heart palpitations, now lung problems.. asthma still loosing hair. I am 25 years young. Now I have never smoked in my life, never drank alcoholic beverages, never did drugs. I was on the tennis team and swim team at school. I also enjoyed jogging. My husband and I would hike on a weekly bases and would run on the beach. I was fit and healthy just a couple of years prior. What in the world has happened to me. One year latter, I have a new baby girl. Four kiddos....so very tired. I can't seem to do laundry and sweep the floor without hurting and wanting to fall asleep. I am weaker, heavier, and balder. Now I am getting depressed. My husband does not know how to help. Dr's still say, I need to cut back (cut back on what ! ?) I have Fibromyalgi (what ever that means), I have cronic fatigue syndrom and my throid is still on a low normal. They want to give 4 different narcotic drugs. They also wanted to give me a mild dose of speed and gave the perscription to my husband! I did not take any of them. Through the years I was beginning to accept that this was my fate. I was angry. I was too young to feel this way. I was too young to look this way. So I did my best to deal with it and be the best mom I could be even though I knew that if I was better, what a greater mom I could be. 10 years later, I have developed more things, I was tired, angry and now fed up. God did not intend for me to be this way. I develop pneumonia, with more anitibiotics I think I am getting better. I develop a yeast infection in the mouth, throat, esophagus. The pneumonia comes back. This time time we go directly to a homeopathic place. I am not sure on the proper name of it. She is a RN and works part time at the hospital. She does a screening and finds out that my throid is wroking at best 50%. My pancreas, liver, stomach are not working properly and my kidneys and uterus are stressed. So I am taking a thyroid complex, and adrenak complex, and female support, Maka le tanahan, ambrotose which is made up of glyconutients. Our pastor and his family, not to mention the local Christian collage have been going there for years. You can look up thses amazing things on line. Also You can look up Dr. Ben Carson MD., Marcia Angell Md., Dr. H. Reg McDaniel MD. I came home last night feeling so much better. I slept through the night. I was able to do a few chores today. I kept telling my husband , "this feels to good to be true." I will keep all of you updated with my progress. This was a big step for me, to trust something anything rather then drugs and doctors who promote them. I would appreciate all your continue prayers and support. It has been amazing with all of your emails with prayer and support. Thanks again. |
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