Hyperthyroidism and Grave's Disease

[Ann Jordan]

If you think this sight has been neglected, you are right. But not on purpose. This past year was a year of sickness for me. I got a virus in October of 2008 which attacked my throat only which then led to a cough that I couldn't get rid of. I coughed horribly through November and December, went to the doctor again and she finally figured out it was cold air induced asthma or exercise induced asthma. Kept feeling sick throughout January and into February. Went back to the doctor and she felt my neck and I told her of my achy muscles, changing eyeballs and feeling like I was sick. I had lost a ton of weight since December's appointment too. After feeling my neck and taking a blood test, she revealed to me that I was hyperthyroid. I wasn't too sure what this meant or where I got it from, but I knew something had to be done. I went on for another week before she decided to call me and tell me about seeing an endocrinologist. I made my first appointment but it would be 2 months before I actually saw her. A lot happened to me to two months. My symptons rapidly became worse. I had trembling of my hands so much so that I couldn't even fill out a simple check and sign my name anymore. My eyes had gotten so hard that they teared all the time and I started seeing double whenever my eyes were getting tired, which was often while looking after our 4 small children. And my neck was swollen and legs were getting hard to the touch. The muscle pain was really bad. I was nearly unable to drive.

So, finally I see the endo doctor and she retested my blood and says, "Yep, you definately have it." No kidding.

Anyhow, I did a little research on the Internet about this, thankfully, treatable disease and tried using various supplements such as magnesium, calcium, and potasium (via bananas) but everytime I'd take my multivitamins, I'd feel horrible. I assume it was because of the b-vitamins in them. I was so anxious I thought I was going to loose my mind.

Now that I've been treated with Radioactive Iodine, I feel Way better. And I have begun to start taking my vitamins again. However, now I am faced with going hypothyroid and when I do, I must be on a certain hormone pill. I may gain all, if not more weight than I had before this all started which is not good for my body frame. Although my muscles are still fairly week and I don't have much time for exercise these days, I am seriously trying to eat a little better, drink more water then before and take some Super Potentcy Megavites to get an even healthier body then I had before I had all these children and got so sick.

In any case, I knew my life was in God's hands because I asked Him to put it there so I was happy to be blessed with the help I got. My doctors were friendly and caring about my condition and today they are happy to see me recovering nicely.

So, if you start noticing changes on the site again now, it's because I'm back!

Thanks to everyone for being a member here. Without you, we would have no online trade show. Your active blogging and posting photos of your products is exactly what this site was intended for. Keep up the great work!

Ann (TSM)