I thought it’s time for another post… as my last one was a bit down in the dumps! I received my latest thyroid results yesterday…
They have improved even more from the last time, three months ago. I have had three tests since on homeopathic treatment. But I thought it was probably time I put it in perspective. (Ironically I sit in my bed at home, sick from work…but that’s another story).
Four years ago I began suffering extreme symptoms of an over active thyroid. I would see things out of the corner of my eye, shadows, movement, shapes. I had extreme paranoia, I couldn’t sleep, I felt nauseous and dizzy all the time, I was hot even in the middle of winter, in summer I would want to crawl into a hole and die because I was so over heated. My heart would race like I had been completing a marathon even if I was resting…not that I could rest.
I ate milkshakes, pasta and cheese, cupcakes…my diet consisted of McDonalds, roast meals with gravy, veggies three times a week, ice cream, alcohol (the premix stuff), lollies, pasta and cheese, milkshakes, coffee.
I had been to the doctor four times that year I think, it could have been more, but I lost count. That was 2011-2012. They finally realised I had an overactive thyroid.
The marker on a blood test to show this (there are three of them, but one is significant). It’s called the TSH and it should be between 0.3 and 5.0.
Mine sat at 0.05 well under half of what is should be at, but even 0.3 is bad. 2.0 is perfect.
I was taking natural supplements and began to change my diet after I suffered a thyroid storm and ended up in hospital on an IV, morphine, codeine, paracetamol, and anti nausea drugs. I was this strange shade of white and my eyes started to yellow. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Alex so frightened as he was when he walked in an saw me after days of getting increasingly ill. When you get so sick you think you’re dying, cutting food you love out doesn’t seem like such a big deal.
Anyway, the naturopath was fantastic, she worked wonders, but the supplements were only keeping things at bay rather than solving the problem. My thyroid was still overactive, my symptoms were just being managed.
Though I was an incredible sceptic, I walked into the homeopath across the road from work and made an appointment. I never once thought this would work, I wanted it to so badly, but I didn’t actually believe it would.
Less than a year on from that first appointment, my latest blood test shows my TSH at 0.81, now well inside the 0.3-5.0
There are still many questions that need answering now that it’s all ok…but I’ll be going back to the doctor to ask them, and also to see the reaction when I tell her I never took the medication and the results are from homeopathic treatment.
I have however discovered I am likely to have asthma…after a week of difficultly breathing I had a minor panic attack in the bathroom at work yesterday. I think my body started freaking out it couldn’t get enough oxygen. Being the clever person I am, I hadn’t realised just how little air I was getting until my throat became so tight I freaked out.
We have a family history of asthma and it’s easily treatable, so I’m hoping it’s that and not some other sinister underlying health issue that I don’t know about.
Time will tell I suppose.
The reason I am home is a) because my chest hurts and b) I still can’t breathe properly and c) I think my body has just decided it needed a mini break after getting back to work and gave me a great headache.
Anyway, the point of this blog was to say that I know I often complain on here but I am very blessed to be able to fix the things that held me back in life so much. And I urge people who might be struggling with something or have had confusing information from a doctor, to see a naturopath or homeopath. Start somewhere, and sort it. It’s worth it in the long run!
The irony kid 