No energy, no tolerance, and no concentration.

I know I've said on a number of occasions how tired I am. The fatigue has been such an irritating issue that has taken control over some important areas of my life.

I've also noticed some other disturbing changes that have had a major affect on my grades and my relationships. Out of nowhere came this irritability. And poor Harrison is the brunt of it. He can pick the wrong place to sit in the living room and my feelings are crushed.I'm fully aware of the ignorance in this but I still get so upset. Worse than that, I get angry. My tolerance level is at a -10. Like I said: poor Harrison!

Lastly, a symptom that goes hand in hand with my fatigue: no concentration. Do you get what I've got going on? No energy, no tolerance, and no concentration. A recipe for disaster when it comes to school.

I wrote in my previous post about all of the tests I'm getting done to figure out what my 9 months of treatments damaged. Today, I got my results back! It looks like an overactive thyroid and high cholesterol. I was discouraged when I walked into the pharmacy to pick up yet another medication. My idea of getting better is coming off of the medication, not taking more and more. So it gets to me every time the doctors right another prescription. However, when I got home tonight and opened the bag, the name of this medicine was familiar.

One of my biology teachers used her own personal experiences when she was explaining thyroid stimulating hormone. She described a period she was going through when she also was experiencing strange symptoms. One of them being no energy! It was so funny when she was telling us how she didn't even have the energy or motivation to use a regular bath towel to dry off with because it was too heavy. She made her husband get her a hand towel instead! These strange episodes lead her to also get some tests done and she found a hormone imbalance. "SYNTHROID!" She excitedly shouted when she told us the medication that was the answer to all of these problems.

This woman is hilarious and an absolute joy. Shes a tiny little thing, in great shape and she bounces across the classroom all day long waving her (fake) femur bone around while she blows students minds with her enthusiasm over the complicated subject. So when I saw "synthroid" labeled on the bottle, I thought "SYNTHROID! " I hope this stuff gives me at least half of the energy that woman has. And if it can help me get this weight off? I have no words for that!

So today was not a sad day ;) it was the very opposite! I'm starting to feel a mistle encouraged for the first time this semester!