No, this is not a reference to me being overly exhausted. Quite the opposite, I have been feeling much more energized since I started taking the hypothyroidism medication. The title of this post refers to the AMC Zombie series based on the comic books.
I am not much for watching TV shows the night they air because I am generally trying to spend quality time with Sam or Hunter if I'm not working in the evening.
Tonight, however, I decided I was going to give it a rest because I worked two hours extra last night expanding on some web page additions that a co-worker had started. Sam is working late, so I have no obligation to entertain him. Thus, with this time to myself, I am catching up on The Walking Dead season 3 premier and playing fetch with Hunter. Good Lord, this puppy loves to play fetch.
And don't think it's all play for me tonight, I am also in the process of washing our sheets and drafting our holiday letter. Last year we didn't send our letter out everyone, but complaints were lodged and this year the situation will be remedied.
So now, enough blogging and back to holiday letter drafting and laundry!
Showing posts with label hypothyroidism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hypothyroidism. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Diagnosis
Earlier this month I finally went in to Kaiser to meet my new doctor and she reviewed some blood work I had done in February with me.
Long story short, the diagnosis has been confirmed. I have a form of sublclinical hypothyroidism called Hashimoto's thyroiditis or Hashimoto's disease.
What does this mean?
I can't wait to hopefully feel better in the next couple of weeks and be able to get out of bed when I wake up instead of feeling the need to doze and snooze for half an hour. That's the biggest difference I have noticed in the last 9 months- all through college and until this year, I have been someone that wakes up and is awake. Lately, I have started having serious trouble getting up in the morning. First, I thought it was because Hunter needed a midnight potty break, but then he started sleeping through the night and I was still having trouble getting up.
Fingers crossed that the symptoms start to reside!
Long story short, the diagnosis has been confirmed. I have a form of sublclinical hypothyroidism called Hashimoto's thyroiditis or Hashimoto's disease.
What does this mean?
- For the rest of my life I will take a daily thyroid horomone supplimen
- Hopefully the weight gain, hair loss, exhaustion, and lethargy I have been experiencing over the last 9 months will go away with treatment.
- My body breaks down thyroid hormone and my brain has to tell my thryoid to work overtime to create more hormone than I can breakdown to keep my levels normal
I can't wait to hopefully feel better in the next couple of weeks and be able to get out of bed when I wake up instead of feeling the need to doze and snooze for half an hour. That's the biggest difference I have noticed in the last 9 months- all through college and until this year, I have been someone that wakes up and is awake. Lately, I have started having serious trouble getting up in the morning. First, I thought it was because Hunter needed a midnight potty break, but then he started sleeping through the night and I was still having trouble getting up.
Fingers crossed that the symptoms start to reside!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Blood Test
Last Spring my doctor found evidence that I may be suffering from Hypothyroidism, but, because I had just changed my health insurance, I told her I would follow up with my new primary care provider at Kaiser.
Fast forward to July. I finally got tired of the fatigue, stress, hair-loss, and lethargy. Sam and I sat down and reviewed the female Primary Care Physicians in our area and settled on one for me to see. I couldn't get an appointment until September, but at least we would soon have a second opinion about the Hypothyroidism and find something to alleviate the symptoms I have been suffering from.
Fast forward again to this month, I finally went in to see my new doctor today. Luckily, I really, really like her and felt totally comfortable with her right away. She sat down and reviewed the previous two blood tests with me and she decided that I should probably have one more to confirm the diagnosis.
I actually really liked that Kaiser had the pharmacy and the lab right in the same building as my doctor... I just walked down stairs and took care of everything right then and there. I now will have to wait for the results to see if this is in fact what my issues are from. The bummer is that the medication for hypothyroidism could increase the anxiety I have been feeling, and, if that's the case, I will possibly have to go onto some kind of low-dose anti-anxiety medication.
Honestly, while I don't like the idea of being medicated, I do like the idea of not feeling so overwhelmed all the time. Sometimes I am so overwhelmed and stressed out I feel like I could cry. It can be so much that I want to curl up on the couch rather than do anything... and I really hope that's going to be resolved with these hypothyroid medications!
Fast forward to July. I finally got tired of the fatigue, stress, hair-loss, and lethargy. Sam and I sat down and reviewed the female Primary Care Physicians in our area and settled on one for me to see. I couldn't get an appointment until September, but at least we would soon have a second opinion about the Hypothyroidism and find something to alleviate the symptoms I have been suffering from.
Fast forward again to this month, I finally went in to see my new doctor today. Luckily, I really, really like her and felt totally comfortable with her right away. She sat down and reviewed the previous two blood tests with me and she decided that I should probably have one more to confirm the diagnosis.
I actually really liked that Kaiser had the pharmacy and the lab right in the same building as my doctor... I just walked down stairs and took care of everything right then and there. I now will have to wait for the results to see if this is in fact what my issues are from. The bummer is that the medication for hypothyroidism could increase the anxiety I have been feeling, and, if that's the case, I will possibly have to go onto some kind of low-dose anti-anxiety medication.
Honestly, while I don't like the idea of being medicated, I do like the idea of not feeling so overwhelmed all the time. Sometimes I am so overwhelmed and stressed out I feel like I could cry. It can be so much that I want to curl up on the couch rather than do anything... and I really hope that's going to be resolved with these hypothyroid medications!
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