Well mom is gone ( sniff sniff sniff), the kids have been royally spoiled and so did my eating habits , but this is a lifestyle change so when she left last night so did the little 9 day splurge and today its back to business. I have to un-spoil my children, as well as my stomach, I drank a lot of water to help my body flush out all the bagels and pastries and goodies that I indulged in while she was here. I must admit however that although I did sample A LOT I really didn't over do it and I maintained a constant level of activity and exercise so I am very proud to say that I am still 289 pounds, and what a relief, I just knew I was going to have to fight off sow extra pounds that I would pick up while she was here but that never happened Alhamdulillah ( All praise due to God).
I did go ahead and get my lab work done and not surprisingly my thyroid is WAY out of control, for anyone familiar with thyroid disorders my lab work was the following:
TSH 30.17 , T3 0.35 , T4 27.15 so I am hypothyroid for sure, the problem is finding a good doctor, my hubby thinks that I should just take the medicine for a while and then re do my lab work but I read up online and you can really mess your heart up when your thyroid is out of control and I really don't want to fool around on my own with how much medicine I should take. What do you think??? I know he means well but I let him talk me out of going to my regular dentist and now its cost me a tooth. Living outside of the US there are some things you just don't do and going to a doctor or dentist that someone you know didn't refer you to can be very costly and dangerous. Its so much easier to go to the labs pay and get the tests you need and then buy the medicine for it at any local pharmacy, you really can become your own doctor if you know what your doing but you can also make yourself very sick if you don't. Well I am going to try and find a doctor and at least hear what they have to say, it cant hurt anything and if they are just totally off the rocker then I will consider my own course of action starting with a low dose of my old meds and slowly increasing every 2-4 weeks until my lab work is back to normal at least that was the protocol that I found online. I think the whole reason why I am back here again is because before when I was taking my medicine regularly my old OB doctor tested me and when she found my levels were normal she told me to stop taking the medicine, something I probably should have ignored, Oh well....you live and you learn. I am hoping that my return to my lifestyle change, my walking, and now taking my thyroid medicine will get my weight moving in the right direction once again. I shall keep you posted.
Take care and hang in there......we can do it
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