Okay still getting the hang of this. Sorry about the previous post. I wrote it Saturday afternoon but never posted it.
Last night was the worst night of sleep I've gotten since Lily was a newborn. It wasn't even Lily's fault. I have a disease called Grave's Disease (GD), which I discovered sometime after Christmas. Basically, my immune system has decided to attack my thyroid causing it to create more Thyroid hormone than it needs to. So I'm on methimazole, one of two Anti-thyroid meds most doctors prescribe. Well, this drug is driving me bananas! At first all my side effects of the disease disappeared, but now I have a side effect from the meds- ITCHING. Like nothing ever before. I hate it. As if being a scab picker as a kid wasn't enough, now I scratch the crap outta my legs at night until hives appear. Actually I haven't figured out yet if the hives appear before or after scratching. When I first experienced the itching I thought I could handle it, but not anymore! I was scratching for 7 hours yesterday until I finally fell asleep after researching alternative medicine. Some doctors think its not really a thyroid problem as much as an auto-immune problem. So if my lifestyle and choices have caused my immune system to go outta whack, maybe I can change that? Through diet, exercise, and anti thyroid drugs I may be able to put my GD into remission for quite a while. So I have quite a few life style changes to make.
I've got to cut out stress, anxiety, and nervousness. I can be very uptight so I know this is going to be hard for me. I'm also pretty lazy, but this is not going to become a "Debbie-Downer" blog, so let's try to focus on the positive! :o) Here's the list of changes I've come up with:
De stress through Yoga
NO caffeine
No alcohol
No white pasta, white bread, sugar, or processed foods
More veggies and fruits
Staying away from Cruciferous veggies such as broccoli, cabbage, soy beans (thyroid inhibiting foods)
Lower intake of fatty foods
Drink Dandelion Root tea 2x a day
This just sounds like something everyone should do, and there are nothing but pros that could come from following this list. But I will not be able to survive on these meds if this doesn't work! The Doc's plan is to lower my meds as he sees my thyroid regulating and that takes time. So it will be a while until I'll actually get to see if these changes will keep it regulated.
So tonight my plan is to take a sleeping pill.
My PUPPPS was unbearable forcing me to cry every night. I feel for you so much right now and would like to hope I can support you in your endeavor :)
ReplyDeleteRecently, I have realized i may hit the 200lb marker with this pregnancy and it has made me a horrible person this morning with my boys.
I pretty much demanded that Jeff no longer buy "crap" and bring it in to the house. I said, "If it is here I WILL eat it!!!" He took Noah to the store the other night and came home with two pizzas, chicken wings, fries, coleslaw, a piece of carrot cake, red velvet, brownies and vanilla ice cream!!!!!!!! I make dinners with brown rice and wheat pastas but feel sabotaged in my efforts sometimes!!! I feel like my self discipline will be tested much more than ever before!
So, to know that YOU are taking on a lifestyle change is encouraging to me. Obviously your's is for a more serious reason, but who knows what is going on in anyone's body right?
I love you!