Yeah, that would be me right now.
My thyroid is a shitshow right now. Just got my TSH panel back from yesterday’s bloodwork and it’s officially the lowest it’s ever been: 0.09. Even though we like my TSH to be low, that’s not necessarily a good thing. In fact, it’s way too low. Remember how this summer, I felt like I was losing my mind a little bit? Yeah, it’s all back with a vengeance – now with early pregnancy symptoms to boot! And, simultaneously exacerbating those symptoms as well. Good times, folks, good times.
For visual reference:
Symptoms include: spacing out, racing heart, feeling hot/cold when everyone around you feels the opposite, nausea (SO helpful right now), anxiety, depression, weight loss… Did I mention the anxiety, nausea and spacing out part? Sweet Jiminy crickets, you’d think I’ve been on meth this past week.
My TSH is so low, in fact, my PCP has asked me to stop taking ALL thyroid medications for four days and then to start taking half my weekly dose after the four-day break so I can give my thyroid a rest. Considering this is the first time I’ve ever taken a break from daily thyroid medications since I began taking them in 2002, I guess he’s a little concerned.
Which leaves me in Symptomatic Dosage Adjustment Limbo-Land. I will continue to remain a basketcase until my levels even out again. If I wasn’t pregnant, I would seriously consider talking about a thyroidectomy just so I can stop with all of this dosage adjustment bullshit. Unfortunately, it’s some pretty serious surgery that really isn’t recommended for Hashi patients.
As such, I can’t keep up with NaBloPoMo (you may have noticed the lack of posting this week) and I haven’t touched “In Shambles” since last Friday for NaNoWriMo. I have a lot of ground to cover this weekend (a minimum of about 12,000 words).
That said: in the spirit of catching up some ground in my NaNo novel, I’m taking your suggestions for scenes, lines, or plot elements to include in my novel. Always wanted to write a relationship novel set against the zombie apocalypse but never had the time? Here, let me do it for you 🙂
Just leave me your ideas for story or character development in the comments 🙂
Thyroid’s suck. So sorry – I hear you, too, about keeping up with the writing- having a hard time finding real substance every night. The pure exercise of writing every night has been totally cathartic, but exhausting in and of itself- can’t write substance every single night- have to wait for it. Also can’t imagine trying to do this while, A. Feeling shitty from thyroid issues, B. Being newly pregnant and just trying to adjust to that, C. being exhausted from all of the above.
I think your readers will cut you some slack, my dear…please cut yourself some!
Sending you light and energy and the hope that you will give yourself plenty of time and space and rest while your body grows another person…
<3
Crap. I’m so sorry Keiko. This is not the thing you need right now. I’m hoping that the break from meds does the trick and you are feeling better soon.
Plot lines: I’m with Sonja: Bad-ass cats rock. (now I’m thinking about LOL cats. . . so not good). Combined that with the world ending on December 21, 2012 and add in elements of Hurricane Sandy.
Keiko, I’m so sorry that you’re in thyroid hell. 🙁
I don’t have any good plot lines, but perhaps it should involve someone’s mother saving cake mix in the event that such a thing happens. I found 11 year old cake mix in my mother’s basement last week, and somewhere, SOMEONE should make use of that ridiculous and sad piece of information.
*hugs*
There should be a bad-ass cat.
Sorry to hear about your thyroid. I had to keep having mine retested when I was pregnant because pregnancy can make it go crazy. Mine was never like that, I’m just mildly hypothyroid. I really hope they can figure out some stable dosing for you!