shelly340's Journal
FIANLLY!!!!!Oct 06 2008 11:44
LOL, Ok, another year gone! After almost 8 years of talking to my Dr. about varioius "small" health problems..ie: insomnia, heartburn, not losing weight, irritablity, no sex drive, dry skin ...things like that, not all at once, just one thing would happen and either get better or not, I think I might finally have help!!!! My Dr. has a new physicans assistant. I went to her do to pms getting out of control in August and I was at 302 lbs. I didn't want antidepressants again because I knew they wouldn't help. Well, she started me on birth control to see if it would help and ran some blood tests. FIANLLY!!! YIPEEe!!!! After all these years of telling my dr something was wrong... I have thyroid problems. Hypothyroidism.
In September I started on the meds for it and within 3 days I started seeing improvements. I went back 2 weeks ago for my follow up and she is increasing the doseage. I was 290 lbs!!! OMG the nurse was shocked at my reaction to see 290 pounds. Its amazing how much different if eel with just those 12 pounds gone.
I started a new job Oct. 07 and we have a gym so I joined it 2 weeks ago. Im wasn't doing much, just walking on the treadmill for 30 min after work. I figured it will help the artherisitis in my knee. Then, last monday I got SICK! Ive been homebound and quarrentined since Tuesday. Friday I went back for work clearance and I lost 2 more pounds! For the last week and havn't dont anything exersice related, yet I still lost 2 pounds.
I go back to work tonight. I'm work nights as a secertary in a Sheriff station. Well, tomorrow morning I will be back in the gym. I am so sick and tired of having knee problems, not being able to bend or kneel when I need to. Im tired of huffing and puffing just to do simple things. No one is going to change this but me. Thursday I may join the station in our own version of "the biggest loser". My Dr. says there is no reason I cant. Its scary for me to even consider it. All of those good looking, mostly fit deputies in the gym and there I will be, 288 pounds, trying to just walk. :S EMBARRASSING. but if I really want to get better, its up to me to do it. No one else.
Lets see if I can stick to it this time.
WOW! I am so glad that they found out what the problem was. Not only so you can get better, but that you know what it is. You have been losing and that is great! |
I think you should join the challenge at work. We keep ourselves from a lot of things because of other people and out of fear. OH how I have missed out on so much because of it! I am all like they are going to be laughing at me or staring, but 9 times out of 10 we are our worse enemy. I just have a hard time feeling that way!LOL TTYL
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