I realize that I have left anyone hanging who might have wondered what happened with my thyroid. The results are in. I have Graves’ Disease. I have the dubious pleasure of sharing this experience with the older George Bush and Barbara Bush. I have wondered how long they had to wait before they got an appointment with an endocrinologist? Not long, I’ll bet! I have wondered if they experienced all of the intestinal and colonic indignities of the ailment? Like hyperdefecation and hemorrhoids? Being Presidential or a First Lady wouldn’t make you immune to the little delights of Graves’, would it? Or do the doctors at the White House have secret miracle cures for these miserable symptoms?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I was given an antithyroid medication that is working marvelously at
\nthis point. About a week and a half after starting to take it, I felt
\nmuch improved. I can say that 2 weeks ago I felt the best that I’ve
\nfelt in years! I think I was still a little hyperthyroid and the
\nadditional boost to my heartrate and metabolism made me feel ever so
\ngood. I still feel well but I think I am on the downside of the effect
\nof the medication … meaning that my thyroid hormone has decreased
\nenough in my system that I am feeling a little tired and achy. On
\nOctober 31 I go back to the endocrinologist who is planning to give me
\nradioactive iodine to ablate my thyroid gland. If I am very lucky, the
\nablation will knock out enough but not too much of my thyroid and I
\nwon’t have to take any medication. But chances are that eventually I
\nwill need to take synthetic thyroid hormone. A LOT of people take
\nsynthetic thyroid hormone. It works well on most.<\/p>\n
I also discovered that I was anemic. No reason found by the doctor.
\nI suspect that in my zeal to eat so that I would not raise my
\ncholesterol, I was eating too little red meat and too little of
\nnutritious food. I have changed the way that I eat. Now I am eating red
\nmeat every day as well as Vitamin C juices with every meal. The heme in
\nred meat helps your body absorb iron in veggies. Vitamin C does the
\nsame thing. So a little meat with a meal is good even if you’re not
\nhaving it as the main feature. I am eating eggs again too after not
\neating eggs for years. Eggs have a bit of iron.<\/p>\n
Currently I still feel the best that I have in years. My energy
\nlevel, even with the tiredness, is good. I am getting a lot done. My
\nmood is good. I am wondering how much the thyroid affected my mood and
\nfor how long it did that?<\/p>\n
Well, enough about health stuff. This blog is not about health
\nstuff. It is about estrangement. But I thought some of my readers might
\nwant to know. And when it affects my keeping up my blog, then I think
\nit makes sense to talk about it. But not all the time.<\/p>\n
Ginny\/Snicks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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