Disrupted sleep. Easily stressed. Restless when awake. More than usual hair loss. Increased anxiety. Feeling like I’m neurotic/crazy.
It is time to get my thyroid tested.
Again.
Then it is time to talk to my doctor and see if he believes in the spontaneous healing of a thyroid gland a decade after it was damaged. I’m half convinced that the gland is still failing, it is just headed for hyperthyroid territory after dwelling in hypothyroid land for a decade. If it is, I’ll deal. We’ll treat the thing and I’ll be back on thyroid meds in higher doses. I’d just like to stabilize for more than four months in a row.
In happier thoughts, a conversation I just had with Howard:
Me: Our anniversary is on Sunday. This year you won’t be away at GenCon. That’s kind of nice.
Howard: It is. What do you want to do for it?
Me: Be married.
Howard: Again? We’ve done that for the last ninteen years.
Me: Yeah, I know. But I like it. It makes me happy.
Howard: Okay. We’ll do that.
Happy anniversary! Good luck with your thyroid. Now you’ve got me thinking I should get mine checked.
I actually have a hard time noticing when my thyroid is high. It’s only been that way once though. Maybe I’ll recognize it on a second go around as it was during the transition between pregnant and sleep deprivation.
The first dose correction I knew logically was coming but the second drop I was sad about. I was hoping the higher energy level and coherency of thought was how I was *supposed* to feel a couple months after a new baby’s arrival. Apparently not.
But the new one has dropped night time feedings several days in a row recently, so pretty coherent again. =)
Congratulations on your anniversary! And I hope all goes well with the thyroid stabilization. I had thyroid surgery two years ago, so I’m always on the lookout for signs of imbalance. It boggles my mind how complex and fine-tuned our bodies are.