I intended this to be an informative blog.   My concrete journey to vibrant health and unbounded creativity.  Unfortunately, I realized from my first blog, that I’d only gotten started on my diagnosis process.   Hypothyroidism is not a disease, as I said in the first post, but a condition.   There is a great article about this by Mary Shomon http://thyroid.about.com/cs/hypothyroidism/a/hashivshypo.htm.  

In short, Hoshimoto’s is a disease that is the most common cause of hypothyroidism.   Though this Hoshimoto’s bussiness kept popping up on my google searches I chose to ignore it, not liking the disease part.  But after changing medicines, going gluten free and TSH numbers in normal range, I would still have energy crashes and bouts with unrelenting anxiety.   I finally decided to figure out what this Hoshimoto’s was about.   I discovered that it is an autoimmune disease that attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.  Apparently, Hoshimoto’s is the most common type of autoimmune disease.  I won’t list others associated with the thyroid because they increase the scared factor.   And I don’t want my autoimmune system to get involved.   Since the thyroid affects so many functions, I’m assuming that the hypothyroidism is my main problem and I’ll eventually be on the right level of meds and I’ll be like normal.  Right?  Just take the pill and it will all be fine.       

I did a bunch of other blood tests last week and I will be going in for results next week.  The nurse told me the thyroid tests were still abnormal and I need to come in for an appointment.    She also said my Celiac disease panel was negative.  I celebrated by eating Doritos, cheese puffs, cherry pie and ice cream.   And french fries and a turkey burger yesterday.   I should have named this blog Hungry-In Denial-Procrastinator.

I’m going back to eating healthy and exercising and all that stuff on Monday.   I swear.   Luckily my husband ate the rest of the pie.