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Shortly after I had my last child I noticed that things about me were changing. At the time I wrote them off as dealing w/ active disease. Things did not seem to resolve the more I worked the program in my life so I went to my doctor. Presented the laundry list of symptoms and was told it was body readjusting from being pregnant etc. When I protested that I did not experience these things w/ my previous children but I was quickly dismissed. I did pursue it w/ another doctor who had the same mentality. I abandoned the idea of finding answers and resolved myself to the fact that this was how I was going to be. Continuing to write it off as 5 kids and all that goes with it.
This past spring my mother was diagnosed w/ stage 1A uterine cancer. After surgery she is fine w/ no lasting effects. As a precaution her doctor told her to urge myself and my sister to get checked. So I found a new doctor and went for my exam last week. After some discussion of some of the issues she ran some additional tests. Well it turns out that I finally may have found the right doctor. She ran a thyroid test and my levels are out of whack. She called me to tell me about this and explained that much of what I have been experiencing for the past 5 1/2 years are related to this. After some research on my own I now understand what she was talking about. I am also a little angry at previous doctors because apparently thyroid issues are common in women after having children. For all these years I have felt like a slug and often times miserable and irrational - all which could have been resolved if I pursued it.
I dont know what the next step is in all of this for me as I dont meet with the doctors until next week. But I am hoping this is a start to getting some of my old self back. It is scary in one sense of not knowing what is next - but a relief all the same to finally know it isnt all in my head. So tonight I will thank my HP for the gift of answers and the courage to face what is next.
Karen
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Karen
If you have an underactive thyroid (and it sure sounds like it if you feel like a slug) the solution is very simple. They will give you medication (probably thyroxin) and within days you will feel better.
I sure remember feeling like a slug. It is a horrible feeling.
As for the doctors it sometimes takes a bit before finding one that actually listens to you and doesn't just write stuff off as related to "being a womyn", whatever the hell that is supposed to mean.
Am happy your Mom is doing well.
In Alanon
lilms
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Two things: 1. Recovery is a process, not an event.....and.... 2. You only get to go around once. Leave em laughing and make it worth your while
I am glad they found your diagnosis. One thing my pediatrician taught me as a very young mother is never to dismiss anything someone tells me. In other words, especially a mother's intuition is often more right than doctors. What a gem of a pediatrician he was. My boys still don't want to leave this common sense man.
Love you hon, Maria
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