Hopefully the bottom
I’ve always prided myself on being able to really hold my own strength-wise for being a woman. I rarely need help lifting things - I could always do what I needed to without needing help. At moving time I was right in there with the guys lifting furniture and carrying the heavy boxes.
Not any more.
It really bothers me to be so weak. I couldn’t lift a 50 pound box of nails the other day. It’s not that I don’t want to lift it, or that I’d had it after a long day of working. I just physically couldn’t lift it - my arms just won’t do it. It’s a pretty helpless feeling. When I’ve been really bad before, it was mainly exhaustion. I was still pretty strong - not as much as normal, but still strong. This is the first time I’ve actually felt weak.
(See here for what’s been going on with me for awhile.) I’ve just recently learned that I have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis.
I hope this is the bottom and I’m turned the other way, slowly getting better. I’m not sure if it’s just that my health is finally so bad it’s really noticable, or if it’s the medication. My new Endocrinologist started me on a different brand of T4 Thyroid medication which is also stronger. This is to treat my hypothyroidism. I’ve changed from Levoxyl 75 to Synthroid 88 for two weeks. I have three more pills of that then I start on Synthroid 100.
I originally switched to Levoxyl from Synthroid over a year ago because although I was feeling better, I still had achy muscles. They ache like when you have the flu. I’ve noticed the last week that I’m getting that again - and it’s keeping me awake at night. It’s usually at night after I’ve worked hard on the house, but today and yesterday I ached during the day off and on too. My first thought is that it’s the Synthroid. I guess I’ll see at my next appt. That one is a month away.
Anyways - sorry to complain. Sometimes it just makes you feel a little better to write about it. And this is now my diary.
On the bright side - I don’t feel quite as dumb lately. Probably because I haven’t programmed for a week now since I’ve been on vacation. So my brain hasn’t been strained as much. LOL
I’ll keep updating on things, as I’ve heard from a few people who are in the same boat as me, and I know that it’s nice to know you’re not alone.
For now - back to the house. We’re getting ready to rip out another ceiling and there’s trim to removed before that point.
=D
