Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving. I am so thankful for so many things this year; I can't even begin with a list! And even if I try I will get all teary eyed anyways.

We are heading to Great Falls for Thanksgiving to spend the Break with Mom & Dad. Beck has to work this weekend, but you can bet that we will be we shopping at the crack of dawn on Friday morning. It seems to be a tradition and this year Shelby will be going with us!! I have a Lia Sophia party for my Aunt that afternoon, so it will be a long day, but so much fun (I hope anyways with a 3 almost 4 year old)!!! It will be great to see the Fam again....once Christmas goes by we don't get up there much, so I take advantage of it when we can!

I have posted a couple of pics of Shelby from this AM. She was all ready for Preschool and I haven't taken any recent pics. The buggy-eyed one is that way because I asked her to keep her eyes open that time--She Did As Asked.....pretty cute and funny though! She is really enjoying Preschool and sneaks in at the first chance she can! Goofy kiddo!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING & SAFE TRAVELS FOR EVERYONE DURING THE HOLIDAYS!

Appointment Update

Both good and bad news I guess, but all in all a good day!

Found out that I have been taking my Thyroid meds for nothing-possibly-for the last 3 years. Kind of disheartening that it could happen, but he said Iam a special case. Feels it was Post Pardum Thyroiditis, but when we tested I was low, but my body was trying to bring it back to normal, so every time afterwards we tested it it was off. SO, we bumped up doseages for no reason at all. Just a vicious cycle every 6-8 months!

I can't quit cold turkey though. My pituitary gland has been dormant for too long and would probably freak out if it had to work in overdrive all of a sudden to help produce the needed TSH, so we are going to slowly come off of the Levothyroxine. I am at 100 mcg now, going to 50 mcg tomorrow. We tested the T3, T4 and TSH all today and will have a baseline to go off of. Then I retest in Januray, March and July and come back to see Doc in November again unless something comes up.

In the meantime...I will feel very crappy for the next 2-3 months while my body tries to get back to normal, but the good news is that I should have a ton of energy back within 6 months. He said it is possible that in 1 year I will look totally different as the weight should start coming off more easily. I have been fighting my own body by taking my meds...Go figure!

I am really excited to get some energy, but it will be hard. I need to take "strolls" for 30 minutes/day 5x per week. Not too bad to do, but he said my energy is going to be zapped and it will be very hard to keep up. I think by having him say I "Have to do this" I think I will, rather than just my nagging voice saying it in my head.

It was really eye opening and I feel better now. Dr. Sorli was awesome---He even drew me pics and diagrams. LOL He spent a good 30-45 mins. with me, so it was good to get all my concerns out. He said he is hoping to give us the go ahead for even thinking about conceiving another child by March, but we will see. It isn't a huge deal right now anyways, but we were looking at not being able to have anymore due to all of this unless we did fertility treatments, so that is good news too. It's a long road, but at least it is a road and not some invisible path I'm blindly trying to follow. I feel better about it all and am hoping to tackle this head on! Support is always good, so anybody that has anything to say at any time would be greatly appreciated! In the long run, this is good!
Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts today....it was great knowing so many were thinking of me today--THANK YOU!

Hectic week

It's been over a week....I am sorry--seems like I have been going constantly this week.

Glendive was a bust, but that is how the State stuff works I guess. We stayed home this past weekend and just hung out at the house. That was nice to just veg a little bit--Plus I have finished 2 books--not counting Shelby's--in the last 2 1/2 weeks(yes your read that right)--it's been since High School--maybe the Harry Potter series--since I have done that. That was a boost--don't know how or why it happened, but it was nice.

Monday Dad had his knee surgery.....so glad it went well and seems like things are going okay. I need to call today and see how he is--Beck called me yesterday to keep me updated (I stress being so far away when I know I shouldn't but that is easier said than done.) Tuesday I was in Lewistown with several teachers for a Professional Development day...it's nice to go with the girls, but wish the day wasn't quite as boring as it was. I think if I was in the classroom again it would mean more, but as an Administrator it doesn't so much.

Tonight Shelby and I were going to head to Billings, but I have decided we will leave this afternoon as soon as I can leave the office (I have to wait for a printer delivery and for her to be done with Preschool anyways), but I don't like driving at night anymore--anybody remember the 2-deer episode with my Nissan a couple years ago??? Can't get over that! Brad is staying here and we are taking the pickup. I am going to see the Endocrinologist for my thyroid tomorrow at 9:00. I am trying not to be nervous (doesn't help I got the bill for the CT and chest x-rays from Sept. either to compound it) I think it will be okay. I am getting tired and fatigued again & the weight fluctuation is back, but I don't think the weather helps that. I noticed after the stress of October subsided somewhat I felt a little better and the swelling in my neck went down. We will see though--he is the specialist!

Shelby and I will be coming back on Friday--again don't want to drive in the dark--tack on the weather and I feel better driving during the day. If it was just me, maybe I would venture to go, but not with my Precious Cargo :-)
I hope all is well with you and I will get some more pics up soon!!! Gotta keep up with that.