In the last year, I have gained 25lbs.
There. I said it. Twenty-five pounds. It makes me want to puke just thinking about it.
During one of my therapy sessions, my shrink asked if I've had my thyroid checked lately and I wanted to scream. EVERY new doctor I've ever had wants to test my thyroid. And every time they have, everything has come back perfectly fine and not even close to being an issue. Instead of screaming at her and telling her it wasn't my fucking thyroid, I politely told her that my doctor had checked it last time I had a check up and everything was fine.
Except she didn't check it. Oops.
I have been increasingly tired over the last few months. My hair has been coming out, almost like postpartum hair loss. Yikes. I have my period every 3 weeks still. I sleep like crap. I could go on with everything that could be thyroid related, but let's just say, I've had a lot of symptoms. But each one I could justify happening because of whatever other reason. I'm a mom, of course I'm tired all the time. Right?
So when it came time for my annual checkup, I told the doctor everything. First thing, she said she wants to check my thyroid... and looked and found that we did not last year after all. Sure enough, I get a call later and she wants to start me on a low dose of meds.
I've heard that some people notice the meds working as soon as a few days into it, however, my info said 1-2 weeks. Today was the first day I think I actually notice a little bit of a difference and it's been a week.
I woke up this morning and instead of having my 800 cups of coffee, I had a glass of iced tea and that was it. I accomplished SO MUCH today. I feel like it's been forever since I've gotten that much done! I still hit a wall a couple of times, but definitely wasn't dragging all day like I have been. Granted, I didn't workout today, so that may have had some impact. But I did have a diet coke later in the day because I was dragging. Of course, that's not abnormal at all. I live on caffeine.
Maybe this will be a good thing. I hope this is a good thing.
