This
last month I started to notice that I was crazy tired. Not the normal
thing for me, even if I only sleep 3-5 hours a night. I am usually running like crazy getting
things done that need to be done, cause that is how I roll. Well anyway I really noticed it when I was at
work and I was looking at a teacher and my body felt like it was shutting down
on me without permission. I thought it
might have been a fluke. But when it happened
again later that day and then continued for a few days I called the doctor. Unfortunately I had to wait until the next
week to see the doctor. It was so hard
to be looking at the world as you can’t do things that you want to do because
you are too tired. I thought for sure my
iron was low and when I made it to the doctor’s on Monday, after taking Rhett
to the doctor (I will explain that in a minute), I told the doctor that I normally
sleep 3-5 hours and an able to go nonstop all day. If I get more sleep than that I am
dragging. She looked at me like I was
nuts, I felt like saying to her, “What, you want to take my place for a day?”
But I didn’t I was nice. I told her that
I think my iron is low and she just was like you need to sleep more and that is
all. I was not happy, I insisted that my
iron was low since things were too weird for me zoning and not even thinking
about it or giving my body permission to zone.
She placated me and told me they were going to get some blood work and
they would call me with the results. I
was grateful that she just was trying to not piss me off completely. So I had blood work done and went on with my
day feeling so tired. I get a call
Tuesday around 5 pm letting me know that my iron was fine but my thyroid was
not good and they needed to do more blood work.
I sighed not even sure what that meant but went back Wednesday afternoon
and had more blood work done. Thursday I
get a call telling me that my levels were still not good and they were going to
put me on medicine. I was like….
HUH??? What does this mean? The doctor’s assistant let me know that I
have hypothyroidism. Again I was like…
HUH?!?! What the heck is that? Well instead of asking her and her trying to
explain it in some other language than English, because we all know doctors
speak this special code called Doctor Terms and Medical Terminology. Well I am good at understanding when I am
AWAKE!!! Not when I am too tired to
think. Geez!!! What do I do….? I google it.
Yep I was just trying to figure out what was wrong with me. Without thinking too hard. LOL!!!
Smart huh? Well to cut to the
chase I find out that my thyroid is underactive, meaning it isn’t producing
enough important hormones to keep my body as it was. It normally happens to OLD people mostly
women especially those older than 60 years.
I am not OLD and I refuse to ever be OLD. I swear my body didn’t get that memo. Memo to self, inform the body that you are
not ever going to get old!! Gratefully I
found out about it before the medical problems that are normally associated
with it happened. They would have been:
obesity, joint pain, infertility (like that is a problem), and heart disease.
Lucky for me I noticed the sever fatigue which is normally accompanied by
weight gain. But I have not been eating
very much since November so I didn’t have the weight gain that it suggested
that normally happens. When I googled it
I came across this list that is normal for those with hypothyroidism.
Hypothyroidism signs and symptom may include:
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Fatigue
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Increased sensitivity to cold
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Constipation
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Dry skin
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Unexplained weight gain
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Puffy face
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Hoarseness
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Muscle weakness
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Elevated blood cholesterol level
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Muscle aches, tenderness and stiffness
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Pain, stiffness or swelling in your joints
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Heavier than normal or irregular menstrual periods
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Thinning hair
·
Slowed heart rate
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Depression
·
Impaired memory
Out of all of those I only had the ones in red. I am glad I am so in tune with my body that I
know when something is wrong. I just
wish doctors would listen better ot patients.
Oh well I guess they don’t get many people like me in their
offices. HAHA! I should start diagnosing myself with all my knowledge,
oh wait I did just have to google this thing.
:D I guess there is always some drawback. I am not sure how long it takes for this
medicine to kick in but it better be soon I have things I have to do.
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| Not sure if you can see the bruise from them taking my blood but it is still there, lucky that it is fading. |
Ok now back to me taking Rhett to the doctor on Monday. Over the weekend he told me that he felt
hot. Well actually he was telling me
that since the state drama competition in Richfield which was April 9th
through 11th. But of course I
didn’t bring anything to take his temperature.
So the following weekend when he told me that I pulled out my thermoscan
and took his temperature and it was 103.5, yea just a little high. OK so I took it 4 times and it all came back
over 103. GEEZ!!!! I believe he wasn’t feeling good and sleeping
lots. So I took him in Monday morning
and the doctor said that they needed an x-ray since they could hear a little
bit of yuck in his lung. So an x-ray was
done and the radiologist said there was no difference between his last x-ray
and this new one. But I think the last
on was when he was sick too! HAHA!! So he was placed on heavy duty antibiotics
and I was told by the doctor if his fever was still high by the weekend they
would probably admit him to the hospital.
CRAP!!! I don’t have time for
this. Gratefully his fever finally broke
Wednesday and he was able to go back to school Thursday. We barely made it out of the hospital. I was happy since I was having problems. But without the antibiotics he would have
struggled to breathe even more than normal and he would have ended up in the hospital
for sure. Good thing we have a great pediatrician.
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| My sick boy at the doctor's office. He always puts on a smile when the camera is around. |
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| When I asked him why he smiled, his smile faded. He was really sick. |
