Come On & Get Healthy!

I haven't posted in awhile about how I'm actually feeling; so I thought I'd update. :)

*Strawberries are still bad; I accidentally ate some yesterday and I'm still not great. Sad day.

*On the Thyroxal, I do feel better! I have a down swing every month where all the symptoms get worse; worse arthritis, more fatigue, etc. But this month, for the first time, the downswing is not as bad as it has been. I'm hoping that means that my own thyroid is starting to work again. Hope, hope, hope.

*I feel the up and down of thyroiditis (Hashimoto's Thyroiditis) more sharply lately. I feel great, normal, energetic, and then I feel fatigued, foggy, and totally worn down.

The Cool Acupuncture Guy asked me at my last consult what Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is. I responded that it was an autoimmune disorder triggered by inflammation; he said that it seemed foolish to treat my thyroid (as an MD would) without treating the cause of the inflammation. So far, that seems to be working, at least as well as everything anybody else suggested.

I am still taking Levothyroxine though, so the real test will be when I stop taking that drug and just take herbal stuff and don't eat stuff that causes an allergic reaction. I made the appointment with the endocrinologist to check my TSH in September; I'm really hoping that by then I'll be considering hyper-thyroid and they will reduce the dosage of my Levo. That will be proof positive that the CAG theory is correct.

I'm really hoping I can figure this out and that what CAG recommends will work because I'd like to be healthy enough to have another baby. DD was a c-section and I would like to have a VBAC. Obviously, I'd have to be in good health to do that! Here's hoping and praying that God has a healthful, happy future in store for our family.