Hashimoto's Update

A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Today we are still in the process of figuring out the correct treatment plan. Seriously WTHashi?!

Current TSH: 6
Current Free T3: 5.17

I have now tried 4 different medicines now, Synthroid, Levothyroxine, Nature-Throid, and now Armour Thyroid. Each one brought my TSH level's down a little but with how high of doses I was taking it should have brought my levels into normal range. I am still sitting at a 6, with my highest being a 13.75. Optimal is below a 2 or below.

I am currently seeing 2 endocrinologists and I could not be happier with them! The new plan is to switch from Nature Thyroid to Armour. Taking one medicine first thing in the morning and another one at lunch. I will go back in 8 weeks to check my levels again.

The one good think about my levels slowing going down is that I have lost weight! Down 14.8lbs!! I am still carrying so much weight and even with diet and exercise (what I can do...more on that in a second) the pounds are staying for now. Surprisingly I have accepted that this is me and even took a few pictures of myself and posted online. Yikes!!

I am still having symptoms with the hashi's. My biggest issue is still swelling in my hands. I am thinking of taking my wedding ring to have it resized again. I haven't worn it in years and let be honest my hands will be this swollen for the foreseeable future, may as well have a pretty ring on it! The other symptom that hasn't even begin to subside is the joint pain. Holy moly do my knees, hips and elbows ache at night. While walking does help it also hurts me later. Now with the weather turning hopefully I can get out more and walk. And the weirdest and newest one is the outer ankle bone. WTHashi? It feels like someone is taking a hammer and hitting that bone that sticks out. Lovely!

This weekend wasn't my best. I have been suffering from this horrible plague. I don't know if it's a cold, allergies, sinus infection, ear infection, bubonic plaque or all of the above. Mix that with Hashi and I am a hot mess. We went to a wedding this weekend and I could only make it through the ceremony. I had to come home and rest. Stupid fever and body aches. Of course this causes me to feel anxious and then I have to deal with that on top of feeling like WTHashi. Ugh.

Well that is my medical minute! Hopefully this new medicine will start working. We will see in 8 weeks.

Hashimoto's Update

A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Today we are still in the process of figuring out the correct treatment plan. Seriously WTHashi?!

Current TSH: 6
Current Free T3: 5.17

I have now tried 4 different medicines now, Synthroid, Levothyroxine, Nature-Throid, and now Armour Thyroid. Each one brought my TSH level's down a little but with how high of doses I was taking it should have brought my levels into normal range. I am still sitting at a 6, with my highest being a 13.75. Optimal is below a 2 or below.

I am currently seeing 2 endocrinologists and I could not be happier with them! The new plan is to switch from Nature Thyroid to Armour. Taking one medicine first thing in the morning and another one at lunch. I will go back in 8 weeks to check my levels again.

The one good think about my levels slowing going down is that I have lost weight! Down 14.8lbs!! I am still carrying so much weight and even with diet and exercise (what I can do...more on that in a second) the pounds are staying for now. Surprisingly I have accepted that this is me and even took a few pictures of myself and posted online. Yikes!!

I am still having symptoms with the hashi's. My biggest issue is still swelling in my hands. I am thinking of taking my wedding ring to have it resized again. I haven't worn it in years and let be honest my hands will be this swollen for the foreseeable future, may as well have a pretty ring on it! The other symptom that hasn't even begin to subside is the joint pain. Holy moly do my knees, hips and elbows ache at night. While walking does help it also hurts me later. Now with the weather turning hopefully I can get out more and walk. And the weirdest and newest one is the outer ankle bone. WTHashi? It feels like someone is taking a hammer and hitting that bone that sticks out. Lovely!

This weekend wasn't my best. I have been suffering from this horrible plague. I don't know if it's a cold, allergies, sinus infection, ear infection, bubonic plaque or all of the above. Mix that with Hashi and I am a hot mess. We went to a wedding this weekend and I could only make it through the ceremony. I had to come home and rest. Stupid fever and body aches. Of course this causes me to feel anxious and then I have to deal with that on top of feeling like WTHashi. Ugh.

Well that is my medical minute! Hopefully this new medicine will start working. We will see in 8 weeks.

Hashimoto's Update

A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Today we are still in the process of figuring out the correct treatment plan. Seriously WTHashi?!

Current TSH: 6
Current Free T3: 5.17

I have now tried 4 different medicines now, Synthroid, Levothyroxine, Nature-Throid, and now Armour Thyroid. Each one brought my TSH level's down a little but with how high of doses I was taking it should have brought my levels into normal range. I am still sitting at a 6, with my highest being a 13.75. Optimal is below a 2 or below.

I am currently seeing 2 endocrinologists and I could not be happier with them! The new plan is to switch from Nature Thyroid to Armour. Taking one medicine first thing in the morning and another one at lunch. I will go back in 8 weeks to check my levels again.

The one good think about my levels slowing going down is that I have lost weight! Down 14.8lbs!! I am still carrying so much weight and even with diet and exercise (what I can do...more on that in a second) the pounds are staying for now. Surprisingly I have accepted that this is me and even took a few pictures of myself and posted online. Yikes!!

I am still having symptoms with the hashi's. My biggest issue is still swelling in my hands. I am thinking of taking my wedding ring to have it resized again. I haven't worn it in years and let be honest my hands will be this swollen for the foreseeable future, may as well have a pretty ring on it! The other symptom that hasn't even begin to subside is the joint pain. Holy moly do my knees, hips and elbows ache at night. While walking does help it also hurts me later. Now with the weather turning hopefully I can get out more and walk. And the weirdest and newest one is the outer ankle bone. WTHashi? It feels like someone is taking a hammer and hitting that bone that sticks out. Lovely!

This weekend wasn't my best. I have been suffering from this horrible plague. I don't know if it's a cold, allergies, sinus infection, ear infection, bubonic plaque or all of the above. Mix that with Hashi and I am a hot mess. We went to a wedding this weekend and I could only make it through the ceremony. I had to come home and rest. Stupid fever and body aches. Of course this causes me to feel anxious and then I have to deal with that on top of feeling like WTHashi. Ugh.

Well that is my medical minute! Hopefully this new medicine will start working. We will see in 8 weeks.

What the what?!

Six months. It's been 6 months since I've updated this thing. Sorry mom. (Not that she's going to read this lol) Any who I'm back. 

Currently laying awake at 1:50am because my overactive mind won't shut up. Seriously. Hubs is next to me snoring away and I'm wide awake. 

Can I just tell you how much I love Adele? I can't believe how every song feels like she writes makes everyone feel like she wrote it for you. Love her hair too, just sayin. It's so nice to have a normal size person in the spotlight. Not saying there is anything wrong with skinny people, I dream of being one, it's just nice to see someone breaking the mold and not caring whilst. <-- my new favorite word. 

P.S. I totally want "hello" as my text tone. Put it on my to-do list for tomorrow. 

Speaking of, I'm curious to see how many things I can actually cross off my list tomorrow. Tonight I made 5 hats. Tomorrow I pick up books and start a blanket that ohhhh has to go out Friday. Am I crazy?! Yup! But alas I got what I wished for and my Etsy store has orders so I can't complain. However I am still figuring out how to get an extra hour in the day. Although I'm sure ironically that hour would probably fall in the middle of the night and then just make my insomnia longer. 

I'm on new medicine for the thyroid. Not sure how I feel about it. I was hoping that I would magically feel better. Didn't happen. Which is fine. My levels are coming down which is good. I'm now down to an 8.9 TSH (from 13.8) The only thing now is I am still having crazy swelling of my face and now my thyroid. I can feel it when I swallow. Not cool. I get an ultrasound next Friday so we will see. I'm just ready to figure this damn Hashi out. 

In other news...

The elves are back. Mr. & Mrs. Giggle are back to their crazy tricks. This after I lost one. It's funny you hide it from your children only to actually hide it from yourself when they "magically" fly away. Oops! Alas. Night 2 and I remembered to move them. Score. 

Random facts: 

- I love saying the alphabet backwards

- I found out that cordial has a "d" my way of spelling it "corgel" and my autocorrect couldn't figure it out 🙈

- For the first time this century I have a big toenail on my right foot!! (Surgery gone bad in 1999!) pedicure here I come!

- I miss having a best friend in the city limits

Whelp I'm off to try to sleep. 

Until later.