Healthy Me

I never realized how important it is to be proactive about my own health until getting thyroid disease.  Because of the current treatment trend (a T4 only drug called Synthroid or its generic equivalent), too many people are left with hypothyroid symptoms and many doctors just won't listen or believe you.  That's how it was for me.  If you are currently in the same situation, please check out my thyroid blog and check out the links to different web sites that can help you.  They definitely helped me.

If insurance is a problem and you live in North Carolina, check out information for North Carolina health insurance. It is SO important that your thyroid disease be treated effectively to rid yourself of these frustrating and debilitating symptoms.  If YOU feel your body isn't healthy...if YOU feel something just isn't right...find a different doctor and keep pushing until you find one that listens. 

One way to find out if you have a doctor more willing to go outside the status quo (synthetic medications) is to call the pharmacies in your area and ask them which doctors in the area prescribe natural thyroid medication. 

I woke up this morning with the worst burning and pain in my throat I've ever felt at 2:00 a.m.  It felt like acid was burning me. This has never happened before.  I drank a bunch of water and waited until the pain went away.  Unfortunately, it meant that I was up for the rest of the night. 

How tired I am of these 2:00 a.m. wake-ups I've been having for the past couple weeks.  I thought it was over with the night before last when I slept straight through, hard.  It must've been the sleep of the exhausted though because I didn't get that little pleasure again last night.

I just updated my weight loss ticker to show another loss.  I've now lost 19 pounds!  That leaves me with 13 pounds left to lose. Maybe I'll have it all gone before summer gets here and won't feel self-conscious in summer clothes this year.  That'll be a first for me in five years.

I seem to be stuck at the 17 pound weight loss point the last couple weeks.  I was hoping to have another ten pounds gone by our vacation but seeing how that is now just 2-1/2 weeks away, I should only hope for a few more at best. 

I did get a gallon of blood drawn the other day for all the different thyroid tests.  They couldn't do the Reverse T3 though.  Apparently, the lab the hospital uses doesn't do that test.  Surprised me!  It was irritating because if they'd told me that during registration - before I was in the chair with the band around my arm and a needle poised to strike - I might have gone to the other lab in town.  I'm not big on needles and having to do it again doesn't thrill me.  Besides, the person who drew the blood wasn't that great at it.  It hurt the entire time!  It felt like she'd shoved a pencil into my arm.  I actually got woozy and dropped my head.  They had to put my feet up. 

Now I wait for results.