and more work

Dan and Steven spent Sunday out of the house, working for money, while Bill and I stayed home and just worked.

We popped up the camper and scrubbed it down on both the interior and exterior. It has not been used for nearly three years - we could not take vacations between me being so sick and the poor elderly dog being so feeble and incontinent - and man, did it ever smell musty and bad. We left it popped up overnight, and will leave it popped up to continue to air out until we leave on Friday or it rains, whichever comes first.

We also spent hours weeding the garden and the flower beds.

We got a lot done over the weekend!

I also kept getting so tired that each day I basiclly collapsed from exhaustion each afternoon and slept for at least a couple of hours. And at bedtime on Saturday night I was so tired I was literally staggering around the house as if I was drunk and couldn;t think straight. This worries me, as it indicates that my synthroid dose is still not right.

I drank the radiation in January - and while I do feel better - it is a relief not to be shaking from anxiety, having heart palpitations, and having daily diarrhea from the hyperthyroidism - I am not feeling as good as I had hoped I would at this point in my treatment, and I am still showing signs of hypothyroidism.

I keep reminding myself that it took them years to correctly diagnose the problem, and those were years when I got completely worn out physically - and that it might take me more than a few months to really start to feel better.

on synthroid now

Since I have been feeling so crappy, I have only managed to make it through one full shift and two partial shifts at work over the last two weeks. Luckily, over the years I have not missed much time, and even after all this have 3-4 months of sick leave in my leave bank.

On Thursday I left early and caught a ride to University hospital, where I had a blood draw in preparation for my next specialist visit on upcoming Tuesday.

Yesterday the endocinologist's office called and told me to start synthroid right away. Apparently the blood labs did show that I am now in a state of hypothyroidism, and they did not want me to wait even until Tuesday to start the synthetic thyroid hormones. So they faxed a prescription to my pharmacy, and I started taking the drug this morning (it has to be taken with water only on an empty stomach, so should be taken first thing in the morning an hour before eating or drinking anything else).

So I am on the last bit of road to wellness now. They have to get the synthroid dose right, and once that happens I will be feeling well and normal for the first time in years. Thank God.