Healthy Me

Is the automobile industry starting to look up yet?  It's been a decade.  It seems like it has to pick up soon, right?

I really thought the economy would rally faster than it has.  Companies are struggling and closing.  I wonder what kind of resources are available to smaller companies to keep afloat until things look up, perhaps like purchase order finance or something like that?

I saw a business up for lease up the road for $325/month today! I wish I had a business to put in there because at that price, I'd love to do it.

School shopping is already here. School starts in three weeks. Didn't it just let out not too long ago? Wow, the summer is flying.

I need to get my kids clothes to wear for band concerts and choir this year.  My daughter needs a new white dress blouse (the dog wet on her other one, which she didn't tell me...just found it stained in the laundry room) and my son needs men's polo shirts to go with a nice pair of dress pants.  I can't believe my "little boy" is growing into men's clothes already too! 

With school clothes, school supplies, and school fees for four kids, we are going to start hemorrhaging money this month!  They should be set for awhile though after that - until one of them has a growth spurt.  ha ha

Holy abs!  A visit to my sister's place last weekend resulted in my coming home with a Body by Jake Ab Scissor machine that they didn't have room for anymore.  I used it this morning (before breakfast to prevent breakfast purge, lol) and wow were my abs sore after use.  I am hoping for more core strength with this machine for my back pain (and flatter abs would be nice too).   

Hmmm...I should take measurements for a "before" and "after" measurement.  If I were really brave, I'd do a before and after picture...but I'm not that brave.

Oh wait, I found a good before picture:

I have lab work to get my RT3 and Free T3 tested.  My appointment isn't until August 6 to go over those results but I'm wondering if it is ok to get my lab work done a week or so early instead of waiting until right before my doctor's appointment?  I've been on the increased Armour dose since June 11, 2010 so it's been five weeks now.  I am trying to remember how long my doctor said it takes for medication to build-up for good test results.  I am thinking three weeks but now I'm now sure if it was three, four, or six weeks.

My hypothyroid symptoms are not improving.  The weight is coming back and that is REALLY bothering me.  A fat burner like apidexin is starting look real good right about now.   I am pulling hair strands off myself all day long.  I am having bad hand tremors and that may be hyper instead of hypo.  My hands have been shaky for years, but for the past few days, they've been really bad. 

I really am anxious to know what my thyroid levels are doing right now.

I have heard that having plants in your home is healthy but what do you do if you can't keep anything green alive for long?  I would love to have plants in my home.  I just can't keep them alive long enough and then I feel bad for killing a plant.

I am the Grim Reaper to plants.  When plants see me coming, they wish they could pull up their roots and run screaming.  Maybe that's why they're dying.  They're trying to yank their roots out to run and then they keel over! 

I am tentatively thinking the remnants of the pelvic inflammatory disease I was diagnosed with and hospitalized for in May is gone.  *Fingers crossed* that it is well and truly gone.  That is not an illness I'd wish on my enemy.  It was very painful. 

My hypothyroid symptoms seem to have worsened over the last couple weeks.  Hair loss, skin, and weight are problems right now.  What I wouldn't give for a good fat burner right now.  I think it is the reformulated armour that is the problem.  I am on three grains, which is the highest I've ever been on, and still having symptoms.

It could also be my low iron too though or my reverse T3 problem (though the doc thought the armour would take care of that).  Blood tests next week will tell me!

If you have thyroid disease and keep getting eczema, you might want to have a full thyroid panel done to see if any of your thyroid hormones are out of whack.  I've noticed that whenever my thyroid disease isn't managed well, I need treatment for eczema but when it is managed well, the eczema clears up quickly.

I never put it together before until this past year.  I've lived with eczema for years and years and now I know what to do when it rears its itchy head!

Well, five days later and no additional weight loss.  I've been doing push-ups, squats, and stretches just to work on flexibility, thighs, and upper arms.  I don't want any wiggle when I'm wearing tank tops and shorts.  I was told today that I looked "very pretty" while at my daughters' cheerleading practice.  It felt good.

I've not used diet pills to lose weight but if you are considering it, make sure you check reviews from companies and individuals themselves (http://www.dietpillcomparison.net/ has some information), side effects, etc.  I always check for interactions and side effects on any medication and diet pills are no different.  Definitely do your homework!

Well, I am still hoping to get my hypothyroid symptoms gone (soon, soon, soon I hope).  The doctor switched me from a compounded Armour to regular Armour a month ago and I'm having problems.  I'm not sure if it's related to the new Armour or if it is related to the C. Diff. I got after I was hospitalized in May.  I've not felt well since May 15th! 

The house painting is coming along.  It's time to move onto the downstairs bathroom to brighten it up with paint and new bathroom fixtures.  Right now, my youngest won't even use that bathroom because she doesn't like it.  When I got up at 2:00 a.m. to go to the bathroom last night and saw a HUGE spider sitting there staring at me from the floor with it's long legs all creepily situated, I wasn't liking it that much either.  I guess I'll never outgrow my fear of spiders and seeing it in a creepy bathroom while half asleep sure does wake you right up!

In case you weren't aware of it and you use tanning beds to fake bake your skin, did you know the federal government is going to tax you on your tanning bed use starting today as part of the health care bill?

Find out more here.

I came across an article today about the importance of being proactive about your own health to avoid life-threatening misdiagnosis.  Check out:

I've lost 20 pound!!  I have 11.3 pounds to go!  Once I get rid of those remaining 11.3 pounds, I'll take inventory of myself and see if I feel good at that weight or want to lose a little more.  I don't want to be stick skinny like I used to be.  I have mom curves now and I'd like to keep some of them.