And now for something completely different

[clevermanka]

This is the most awesome piece of "it's not a vagina, really" jewelry evar.

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.

Comments

[orrin.livejournal.com]

The cactus with the hat is the best!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I liked "Practising a system of ethics based on the promise of a reward, in your case an afterlife, is certainly preferable to practising a system of ethics based on it simply being the right thing to do."

Because, For. Real.

[orrin.livejournal.com]

No kidding, right? That has always bothered me a lot.

[apocalypticbob.livejournal.com]

I don't know how to say this without sounding awkward, but seeing that picture, as much as I'm sure you dislike it, gives me hope, because I've seen how fabulous you look now.

Not that I think you were as heavy as me (I'm notoriously bad at judging weight!) but I can tell you were quite a bit heavier than you are now, and now you look fabulous. I hope, someday, I can give the same kind of hope to someone else.

Ugh. I knew that was going to come out poorly. I hope you can see the intent behind the fumbling words.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I don't think you're fumbling at all. It makes me very happy that I can inspire you towards a healthier body. Yay!

To compare, I was 190 pounds in that photo. I bounce between 145 and 150 right now.

You can totally do this. Go, you!!!

[annamatic.livejournal.com]

How tall are you? Just curious.

My ideal weight is probably something around 135-140; I'm 5'3". Much as I'd like to be in the mid-120s, I was there once but it was due to extremely ill health. My body's happiest around a size 8. Right now I'm a size 14, at 185 pounds, and stuck, but down from a high of 234 (!!). So there's progress, but not at the pace I'd like. :/

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I'm 5'7" with a very small frame. At current weight, my wrists are barely 6" around, and my neck is just under 12".

I have no idea what my clothing size is!

Yeah, that downward trend never goes fast enough, does it? =b

:)

[wyckedgood.livejournal.com]

LOL That is totally a vagina!

I hope the new thyroid medicine works well. Maybe this will speed it up and give you higher metabolic goodness this time.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Maybe this will speed it up and give you higher metabolic goodness

Thanks! Me, too! I don't mean for this to sound whiny, but I don't remember what normal energy feels like. *bleh*

Thats not whiny..

[wyckedgood.livejournal.com]

My boss had thryoid cancer and had hers removed so she is always on meds for that and her energy levels are so tied to the meds its unreal.

[marinshellstone.livejournal.com]

yup. It's definitely a vagina. ;)

I hope your new medicine works the way you need it to!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Totally. A. Vagina.

And thank you!!!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I'm totally going to start nicknaming mine "Love Bug".
does that make my partner's a Slug Bug?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

LOL and EWWWW at the same time.