Health Update

Well, things seem to be turning around for me.

I am still seeing that GI dr that my sister works for. The meds he put me on seem to be helping greatly!!! I just hope that eventually I will be able to eat salads and popcorn again.

I have been going to a new endocrinologist for 1 month now. I was diagnosed over 10 years ago with hypothyroidism. Last year I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's. During all of that time, I have NEVER been even close to normal range. After being put on Armour for only one month, MY LABS ARE NORMAL!!! Just seeing that paper today I was so happy. It was great. I had almost given up hope of ever having a normal life again. I miss the days when my brain would think rapidly. I miss the days when I was thin. I miss the days when I had tons of energy. I thought that it was out of reach. I was finally given hope again. Dr Abelove said that it will take my body some time to get normal again, but I should have no problem. Even though I was within normal, I was at the high end of the spectrum. So he is bumping my dose up just a little so that I am at the optimum level for me.

I just wish that my mom were still alive to see this. She was always behind me 100% for feeling better. She was always pushing me to go to the doctors and take care of myself. Heck, she even went with me a few times. It was just that all those other endocrinologists kept giving me synthroid or levoxyl. They didn't help at all.

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