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And now for something completely different
Jul. 9th, 2010 09:34 amThis is the most awesome piece of "it's not a vagina, really" jewelry evar.
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gamera_spinning posted a link to the best email exchange.
There are people on LJ that've never met me in real life, yet know me scarily well.
I didn't want to ruin yesterday's rah-rah-yay post with downer news, so here it is, today:
My thyroid numbers have been getting steadily worse for the past two years. Nothing huge, just a small, slow downward slide that corresponded with my energy level. Of course, the steady decline of hormones and energy meant a steady creep up in regards to my fat levels. Two months ago, Dr. Burt put me on liothyronine in the hopes that it would boost my T3 back up. It did, a teeny bit, but it also sent my T4 down, and my TSH bottomed out (from 0.88 to 0.07 in eight weeks). No more liothyronine for me! Upping my levothyroxine wouldn't help, because it mostly acts on T4--that's why we didn't try that option in the first place.
So now I'm on something completely different: Armour Thyroid. I'm excited, but nervous. Playing around with my thyroid is not a lot of fun. I remember feeling so helpless and frustrated before, when I had no control over my body. I remember eating so strict, and exercising like crazy as I watched my weight creep up and up and up. I remember being exhausted all the time, and depressed, where every day was a struggle to function. I don't want to be there again.
It was uncomfortable and unpleasant. I don't think my knees or back can survive that a second time, never mind how I'd deal with it mentally. So yeah. Scary and exciting in equal measure.
The bee guy is back, and crawling around in the ceiling. I hope most of the hive is dead. It sounds like he's going to crash through my ceiling at any moment.
gamera_spinning posted a link to the best email exchange. There are people on LJ that've never met me in real life, yet know me scarily well.
I didn't want to ruin yesterday's rah-rah-yay post with downer news, so here it is, today:
My thyroid numbers have been getting steadily worse for the past two years. Nothing huge, just a small, slow downward slide that corresponded with my energy level. Of course, the steady decline of hormones and energy meant a steady creep up in regards to my fat levels. Two months ago, Dr. Burt put me on liothyronine in the hopes that it would boost my T3 back up. It did, a teeny bit, but it also sent my T4 down, and my TSH bottomed out (from 0.88 to 0.07 in eight weeks). No more liothyronine for me! Upping my levothyroxine wouldn't help, because it mostly acts on T4--that's why we didn't try that option in the first place.
So now I'm on something completely different: Armour Thyroid. I'm excited, but nervous. Playing around with my thyroid is not a lot of fun. I remember feeling so helpless and frustrated before, when I had no control over my body. I remember eating so strict, and exercising like crazy as I watched my weight creep up and up and up. I remember being exhausted all the time, and depressed, where every day was a struggle to function. I don't want to be there again.
It was uncomfortable and unpleasant. I don't think my knees or back can survive that a second time, never mind how I'd deal with it mentally. So yeah. Scary and exciting in equal measure.
The bee guy is back, and crawling around in the ceiling. I hope most of the hive is dead. It sounds like he's going to crash through my ceiling at any moment.