About 12 years ago, I took the alternate route and had a thyroidectomy. That was to remove all but 11% of my goiterized (ugh) thyroid gland that was giving off enough juice to light up NYC. Okay ladies...we are talking HORMONES.....not the female kind, but in essence they work the same way. It is essential that you have your thyroid checked when the day comes that they tell you you are menopausal.
I had the shakes, I had heart palpitations, my hair fell out, my eyelashes fell out, I was insanely MAD at the world, and I was HOT. (Could I possibly be the cause of global warming?) After surgery I came to quick realization of how many people in my life were close to death at my hands during my hyperthyroidism ~ GRAVES DISEASE ~ induced mind. TI have been everso thankful to God that I was 'healed' and happy that I wasn't insane afterall. Lasted a pretty good length of time.
Well, its back. That little piece they left in me to keep me "normal" has decided to grow and spew thyroid juice into my veins. I AM HOT. HOT. HOT. It never goes away. Add to that, lack of female hormone induced HOTFLASHES. I am talking FLAMING HOT.
The doc says its time to look at it again. I123 Uptake scan will take place in a couple of weeks. With those results along with lab results from today, we will discuss treatment. Not for sure but perhaps, no probably, it will be the nuking....radioactive iodine. I'm nervous about that. To me eating a pill to radiate you is going to turn you green and make you glow in the dark. I just don't understand, or maybe even trust, that no other part of my body will be effected by this treatment.
So could you do me a favor and say some prayers for knowledge, understanding, direction, etc. I could use it. Wintertime is not so bad, I can do the no coat thing and be comfortable, but summer is killing me. More than the heat, this stuff is destroying my muscle....heart is muscle. I know it has to be done.
Hug your family today.
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