Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Finally getting results!

Whew. Well 5mo. post surgery and damn, my levels are FINALLY ok! TSH was at .96 and I feel awesome! I've been exercising for almost a month now and watching my diet and lost 11lbs. Still have plenty more post-accident/post-TT to lose but it's a start and I'm feeling great!

Still doing the silicone sheets. Seeing a difference too! Although the pics don't show it, the scar is only raised now in one small little cm. area. The rest is beginning to concave inwards. Can't wait to see when it's finally done!

Can't recall if I noted it or not, but I had gotten the results of the lab work from the biopsy of my thyroid. Apparently, I had Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Holy shit. I went for TEN years telling the dr's that I was feeling depressed and horrible. That I went from a size 6 to a size 20 practically overnight. I got told I needed to diet, that I was just a mom and should feel like that.

And it turns out I was RIGHT. My thyroid WAS attacking me! Stand up for yourself if you think you know something is wrong. I wish I'd pushed harder, but I was embarrased to have gotten so big and felt it was all my fault. I kinda like knowing now that it wasn't my fault at all. That I really did have a thyroid problem that made me so unhealthy.