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Paula, I am giving you my prayers and thoughts, for good results tomorrow. Sending love your way. Read More »
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Callie, Wonderful post. I was told to stay away from certain foods that inhibit thyroid function. (my thyroid does not work at all, so why would it interfere with certain foods) I have hypothyroid... Read More »
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Dana
How are you doing love? Happy wednesday to you! :) I'm off tomorrow ( for the doc and said what the hell ) but have to work on Friday... then a three day weekend, woohoo!! :)
Oh, what's this about wearing camo to work? lol
My thyroid was actually diagnosed as underactive in my twenties, and no one ever could identify what went wrong with it; they just slapped me on levothyroxine and that was pretty much the end of it. It was about three years after that, in 2000 that I started battling with problems with my hip stability, and it was only just diagnosed as lymphoma in March of this year, but my oncologist thinks that's been the problem all along. What ended up happening was that I went from being very active to being very sedentary because I kept injuring and re-injuring myself, and I was progressively experiencing some extensive nerve damage and damage to my muscles as the tumor grew. As I grew more sedentary I also just grew, and I was finding it really frustrating because I've always eaten a lot of veggies and wholegrains and very limited meat, only occasionally eating organic meats that were certified to be raised without hormones & antibiotics. Also with chemo they didn't want me eating raw veggies (though I did), or whole grains at all because I was having some stomach problems.
So after chemo was over I just decided I should talk to a nutritionist about what I'm doing that's so wrong in my diet. In discussing it with her, It's not so much that the foods in my diet have changed, they're mainly the same, but I'm eating more frequently now, and eating more carbohydrates in the morning and early portion of the afternoon, and less carbohydrates in the evenings. I'm pretty crazy for beans and eat a lot of bean meals in the evenings, and I hadn't really realized that they were a little high in carbohydrate for an evening meal for me. She really hasn't changed anything else, I'm allowed to eat pretty much anything I want, but she also recommended I weigh things and gave me some portion guidelines. In all, I'm finding it really helpful, and I've already lost about 10 pounds so I guess there's something to it all.
I never really would have guessed that swapping things around and eating more frequently would make that big a difference, I guess a good portion of it is I'm able to exercise more now too, but it feels good to finally find something making a difference. The way she explained it was that I was eating mainly protein and complex carbs for breakfast & lunch with no snacks, and it put my body into an energy deficit, then when I'd provide it with more carbohydrates in the evening... beans or potato or sometimes pasta, my body would just go to work storing the carbs as fat. I thought eating less throughout the day was good because I was so inactive, but I guess that was a bad idea :).
Anyway, I wish you the best getting your thyroid sorted. It does stink being tired all the time, and that groggy feeling. I didn't even know I was feeling bad until they put me on synthroid and I felt so much better, but my TSH was at 135 when I was diagnosed, so it's no surprise I felt so much better :). What about your thyroid, do they know what caused it to go off course?
Lots of love right back to you, I hope you start to feel better very soon :)
Jacqueline
You have beautiful children (love your photos - so much joy and love between you all)! What are their ages?
I'm doing pretty well. I have another CT next week and will get the results the following week. Currently I've been working with a nutritionist to help shift the weight I've gained... and that's working really well. I'm surprised at how changing when you eat certain things can have such a big effect on your body. Even better... my x-rays show my bones are hardening up, and I've been allowed to start walking with no crutches. Yippee! Thanks so much for asking.
I have an under-active thyroid too. How are you finding your meds for that? I keep wanting to change to a natural thyroid medication, but my Dr. is a bit resistant. I just hear that the natural version contains both T3 & T4 whereas the synthetic has only T4, and sometime the problem is more your body's inability to convert T4 to T3 than the fact you're not producing T4. I'm working on the Doctor though, she'll give in eventually :) Other than that how are you and your family doing?
Hubby is good, physically getting stronger all the time, but his confidence is shaken and he does struggle. My heart breaks for him - I want him to feel 'on top of his game' again, feel good and powerful (whatever that means for him now) but I cannot make it happen (sigh...) Life can be so hard but it can be so beautiful too...
I would love to be your friend and look forward to getting to know you better! Have a wonderful day!
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