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Aug. 31, 2009 - Long Goodbyes stink

I don't think I've been getting the full 60 seconds out of each minute. If I had, surely it would feel like it had been a month since I was on last.  I know I get up each day and I go to bed each night and in between is a flurry of activity.  It's mostly been trying to get ready for school and trying to jump back into life which has apparently been going on without me for the last year.  How right is that?

I know my last "medical post" was a real cliff hanger, so I'll just end the suspense.  I almost passed out at a friend's house in the middle of the night the first weekend of Dec. and after that had two months of anxiety/panic attacks, terrible insomnia, migraines, heart palpitations, severe light and sound sensitivity and constant neck and back pain.  I had everything from A to Z checked out.  Then I had some female issues in March and they put me on Progesterone cream. That ended some of the symptoms, but then I crashed and had no energy, depression, weight gain in the mid section, muscle aches, completely foggy head.  So then I went on Armour thyroid tablets which helped a good bit plus a very large array of other supplements, including Vitamin D which I was very deficient in.  All of things had me feeling better, but still not normal. I was constanly at some Dr. appt. or getting labs done.  Interpreting lab data and knowing the difference between T4, T3, rT3, TSH etc. etc. has been very enlightening.  I feel I know more than anyone should have to about hormones, thyroid, the endocrine system and fibromyalgia.

My mother has has fibromyalgia for years.  I won't go into it all here, you can look it up.  We both think I am in the beginnings of it, but hopefully with all that I am doing now I can control it well.  About mid-July I found about another supplement that a Dr. in NC uses for patients that have bouts of Thyroiditis, so I started on that and it has made drastic changes. It's called Resveratrol.  I am now off my Thyroid tablets, still on other supplements, but feeling more normal than I have in a year.  I sometimes think I am swinging to the over-active thyroid side , but still watching it.  We'll be monitoring my levels for a while.  I still have kind of crazy swings during monthly cycles that have just started back up, but I'm so much improved since Dec. that I can't complain.

This is one of those paths that you wish with all y our heart you didn't have to walk, but in some strange ways it has been very good, well bad, in a good sort of way.

That is the two cent version of the whole thing.  There has been so much that I just can't get at it all. I really want to move on and start getting it together again.  I am doing that slowly, trying to change habits and behaviors along the way.  I'm purging wherever possible, streamlining what I can and trying to make life more simple.  That is one huge lesson that God has taught me throughout this. When you have nothing to give and can do so little, it's amazing what your priorities become. 

I love to write.  I've been doing it since I could hold a pencil.  But having a blog has become an invisible albatross for me.  I know I don't have to write, but knowing that it's here hanging in Cyber space - mocking me like all my other undone tasks - has made it not enjoyable.  And when you write so infrequently, as I have, you don't have the interaction that is part of what makes blogging a good time.  So I think that I am going to hang up my keyboard for awhile, get back into the swim of my life, and get some more good material for when I decide to start up another blog.  I'm already thinking up a new name. :)

Catch ya' on the flip side jack-

Cindy

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Sep. 1, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by callmekate

So good to hear from you! I have checked in on your blog from time to time but it's been awhile. Well, it's been awhile since I've blogged here or visited friends anyway. I'm so sorry for all you've been through. I have prayed for you and will continue to do so. I, too, have been going through a lot of physical issues and have spent the year getting tests/labs, etc. (sound familiar?) My thyroid is normal but my nurse husband suspects that my "normal" may not be right for me. We'll see. After reading your post, I think I should investigate further as my older sister has thyroid issues. Sigh. Perhaps God sent you to comment when you did - you never know.

Happy Anniversary! Yes, where does time go? My husband and I are so glad to be blessed with each other and our kids. I'm not worthy. God is good. If you are interested, feel free to email me sometime. You know where I am!

God bless you and your family. Take care of yourself.
- Kate
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