Update on Life
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I haven't checked this newsgroup in ages. Which i suppose is a good thing. I
haven't paid much attention to how I feel lately. I still keep getting
headaches, for which I am getting a referral to a neurologist. I'm suddeny
thinking of that song by Carly Simon, "I haven't got time for the pain. No, I
haven't the need for the pain." Hmmmm.
At some point, I will be getting retested and seeing the endo or GP again (4
weeks) and it is then that I will ask for a prescription for either Armour or
Cytomel. If they both refuse, I find another doctor. I know that my energy
could be more up and juicy and moving. It's not because I'm getting old that I
necessarily feel this way. I know that I've slowed down some, not being the
20-year old fool that I was. Now going to turn 54 soon and turn over a new
leaf I mean to do. I am once again recreating my life and I mean to see it
through.
I have thought about it for over a month and finally did it - I ordered $200
bucks (that I don't have) of materials to start face painting. Yes, at the
ripe age of 54, I'm doing something totally different. 10 years ago, i settled
into the comfort of working from home as a medical transcriptionist and got so
entrenched in my apt with my cat that I wasn't doing much of anything else. I
used to be out there always creating something in my life, painting and
craftwork and selling my work at fairs and on the streets of NYC. That all
changed when I found work to do at home. And after 10 years, I'm sick of it.
I painted 2 kids today for free - and I need to paint a lot more kids for my
portfolio. I'm learning how to use the paints and how long a child will stay
still to have his or her face painted. I am totally thrilled and therefore, my
energy is not focused on my illness. Which is not to say I have some bone
crunching headaches for which I have to take medication like Imitrex or Maxalt,
but I do have some energy.
Still, I know I can be feeling a bunch better. The weight is still up there,
but I'm not gaining anything more. Don't laugh if I tell you i only way 155
and I'm 5'7. It's still 30 lb more than I weight 3 years ago. My diet
recently has been lousy, but that's about to change again back to eating great
organic foods again.
Well, that's my update. There is something to be said, at least for me, that
when I really make an effort to move out of the rut I've created for myself,
some of the effects of being hypothyroid - or at least the in-between phases
before I achieve some kind of balance of drug and symptom relief, are not
noticed as much (except for the headaches). My excitement over this new
project I've created for myself overrides the low energy and exhaustion that
visits me from time to time.
Hey, that was all pretty far out to write. Thanks for listening. Now I will
promptly go and read what I've been missing on the list.
Deva
Sara Avery
Sara