Hashimoto's Disease

I don't think I've mentioned on here yet that I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder.  It's not serious, that's what everyone at the doctor's office keeps saying anyway.  After all, all you have to do is take thyroid medicine for the rest of your life and you should be fine.

It does explain why I was so tired for a while, and why I was pretty blue.  It also likely explains the fertility issues (to a point).  I've done enough research now to know that thyroid medicine may not make my symptoms go away forever, but I've been lucky, the drugs have worked amazingly well for me.

Ever since the start of the school year, which is always exhausting and hectic (for students, parents and teachers alike) I've noticed that I've been able to keep up.  I have a clear mind, I'm not as stressed, less prone to panic, and more able to do more things.  That doesn't mean I don't come home and completely collapse some days.  I'm trying to figure out if the days that I don't want to do anything are just normal, or if I'm still getting over myself.  I mean, my body attacks my thyroid, the medicine replaces the missing thyroid juice, but I'm still fighting against myself.

I've followed a homesteading blog for a while, and the author has recently posted an article about her battle with Hashimotos.  She appears to be allergic to the medicine so she's gone the natural remedy route.  After we finish trying to conceive I might be tempted to try some of the same things (but perhaps while using the medicine too).  Right now I'm just enjoying being a bit more like myself again.

Right now I'm trying to catch up on my winter preparations.   I'm afraid I'm desperately behind.  I managed to can some marinara sauce last weekend on Saturday (on Sunday a friend and I went to Six Flags and giggled like teenagers as we waited for the front seat of each roller coaster).  I'll be away the next two weekends too, first to New York for a friend's birthday party and then to the Berkshires for my 3rd installment of Permaculture.

Hopefully I can keep my energy level up!  Anyway I'm trying to stay positive.  It is nice to know that there really was something wrong with me, I wasn't just crazy.  Now onto figuring out what that means for me for the future...