the thyroid...

The purpose of the radiation in May was to kill the thyroid since it is just not good to have it running so high like it has for the past year -- and since the meds weren't regulating it properly so we (that is, me and the doctor) made the decision to kill it and just to start synthetic hormones as "replacement therapy". After 6 weeks after the radiation, it was going strong, and not dying (and for reference, at 6 weeks, it should have been dead as a doornail). At 8 weeks, going even stronger.....and not dying. Then in week 10, I go for my by-weekly blood letting and guess what -- it is dying.

Praise God. No more worrying about racing hearts, feeling manic, the room spinning when I tilt my head back, my hair falling out or having to do radiation again. Can I say it again, PRAISE GOD.

Problem is -- now it is so low that I feel exactly opposite. I am EXHAUSTED, all the time. I feel like I can't concentrate because I am so tired, I want to climb under my desk and take naps at work and wait, my hair is now falling out due to the medicine. I have put on a happy face and powered through it all so far, but it is catching up with me and I am just wanting to sleep ALL the time! Plus, I can't remember CRAP...like what I did last night or a conversation I had two minutes ago! Hopefully after 2 weeks, I should be a bit more regulated (per the doctor) and feeling better. We will have go see!!! I am almost a week in and it's not making me feel much better - but I know in the long run, I will feel better so I can deal with this for a bit longer!

I am VERY thankful that I won't have to do radiation again, and that I can finally start the process of getting regulated. If it only didn't take months to get the stinking thing regulated!!!

That is all on that front. Going to bed. Yes, it is 9 pm. Let's just say that I have done everything in my power to stay up past 9! I wanted to go to bed at 6:30!!!