Wednesday, April 24, 2013

You don't appreciate it until it's gone

your health, that is. Lately I've been plagued with fatigue. What I thought was a flu has turned into fatigue and exhaustion so encompassing that I can barely work. I've also lost about 1/4 of my hair. My hair no longer fits into any of my clips, because there's not enough there to hold it in place.

I had a doctor's appointment today, & they have a few ideas of what it might be (leaning towards a thyroid issue), and I'm hoping to have the test results back in the next few days. Fingers crossed that it's a relatively easy & treatable issue.

Everything other than just staying upright & remaining employed/taking care of the kids has taken a complete back seat. We've eaten out, I've slept more than I can ever remember, and I've stopped working out altogether. Basically, I've become a slug in an attempt to save my energy for crucial tasks. I'm pretty sure the mental aspect of that is harder for me than the physical aspect. All of my hard won toning & running miles. . . I have a 10K this weekend, and unless the doctor has a miraculous solution, I can't imagine running it. In fact, the thought of putting my running shoes on & getting in the car to go to a race feels like a lot right now. And, I have my half marathon coming up in a few weeks.

In fun news, I ordered a new bikini for the summer! Part of my $300 clothing budget, and used a gift card to offset most of the cost. I needed the pick me up - fantasizing about a vacation in the sunshine. :-) For whatever reason, I can't figure out how to post the actual item, but here's the link: http://www.victoriassecret.com/swimwear/bikinis/twist-bandeau-top-forever-sexy?ProductID=76782&CatalogueType=OLS . The deep purple color looks good on me, since I'm so pale. :-) Shows off my glowing white skin!

Apologies for being absent over the past few weeks!

How do you cheer yourself up when you're in a funk?

7 comments:

  1. I'm sorry that you're having a tough go of things right now... ((Hugs)) When I'm in a funk, I remember how very blessed I really am and that there's always someone far worse off than I am. ;)

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  2. Your symptoms sound so much like mine...I hope you feel better really soon!!

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  3. I hope you find out what's causing it soon (and feel better too).

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  4. Sounds like thyroid. My first symptom is the hair loss. Going in synthroid or I'm on levoxyl . It takes a few weeks to kick in and you should be fine. You'll need to test @ every 6 months. At first they'll check 6 weeks to see if its in normal range. Make sure they're using the new standards for the normal range.

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  5. Hope you feel better soon! Your symptoms do sound like what my Mom went through when she had thyroid problems. My Grandma and my Mom have both been diagnosed with thyroid issue. Hope your test results show something.

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  6. Thank you all for your well wishes! I heard back from the doctor on the first round of test results, and surprisingly, my thyroid is fine. But, my anemia, which I thought was well under control, was not. Should be a relatively easy fix with increasing my dosage and staying on top of it. I wasn't able to take all of my iron when I was ill with the flu, which triggered all of the issues. Hope to be back to myself in no time! :-)

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  7. Glad you found the cause. Hopefully you'll be feeling yourself soon! It stinks to not feel well.

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