Just a Can of Hairspray

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First off, I had no idea it was coming. There had been talk and ring shopping, but Matt kept eluding to: “it’s all about timing…” Well off to NYC we went for my 30th birthday. This was my first time to the Big Apple, and I was so excited!

Friday, Matt took me ice skating at Rockfeller and a few times acted as though it was the moment. He was trying to do little things to throw me off. It worked! At one point one the ice, he said that he wanted to go in the middle and kiss me. Yeah, I so thought he was about to pop the question it freaked me out a little!

Friday night, Matt had dinner reservations at a cute little Italian bistro known for it’s fireside pizzas, my favorite. When we walked in, the manager brought champagne and a strawberry and I was wondering what the heck was going on! Matt chalked it up to the Hilton and our “status” at the hotel along with it being a special occassion, my birthday. Believable me,  believed him. After dinner and dessert from Enrico, we rode over to the Empire State Building. The view was absolutely beautiful. I could hardly contain myself. I didn’t care that it was COLD and WINDY. The whole place was just magical. Matt made the comment that he wanted to go back inside and warm up for a few minutes and then go back outside again. So inside we went to warm up and talked for a few minutes. 

Back out to the viewing area we went. Before I knew it, Matt was down on one knee, asking her to marry him, with a beautiful pear-shaped rock, errr…diamond. I couldn’t contain herself and started crying, almost confused as to what was going on. At one point I asked him if he was kidding. I don’t know if it was the actual propose taking place or the beautiful ring that he had for me. Ihe said yes, about 20 times before Matt finally put the beautiful ring onto my finger.

What a beautiful night it was followed by a carriage ride though Central Park and then champagne and chocolate covered strawberries once we got back to our room.

He out did himself!

Matt and I look forward to getting married on Saturday, October 30, 2010, in front of our family and friends.

So while I am still figuring out where all my images went (I think they are gone! Boo!), I figure I would write about my thyroid. It’s been such a drag lately. The supplemental therapy I was doing has somehow come to an end…it quit working. My hypo symptoms have come back, and while the iodine is supplying me with some energy, it comes in spurts. I went this past week to have my blood taken and the results confirmed that my thyroid is crazy! My doctor now has me on Armour, and I can’t wait to see the improvements.

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Mom and I recently took a much needed vacation and headed off to the most magical place on Earth…Disney World. We enjoyed our stay at Port Orleans-French Quarter. Here we are at the Magic Kingdom:

So it’s been almost 3 weeks since I started back on Iodoral. Am I feeling better? Sometimes. Do I have my energy back? Sometimes. Did I think it would take this long to feel better? No. I still get cold hands at work. They aren’t as dry, which is good. I need to start checking my temperature to monitor it. My weight has somewhat leveled off. Now to just peel this weight back off would be a good thing. I don’t tolerate carrying out 10 pounds very well. Both physically and mentally. I will probably go this week to have my blood taken and levels checked.

I have opted to working out earlier in the day, preferably at lunch, so that I’m not as tired. My eating habits are doing well. I’d just like to fit back into my work pants. For this week, that is all I ask. Maybe next week I’d like to drop down 15. We’ll see.

Well, the energy and feeling really good lasted a day or two. I am just plain tired today. I have such a hard time concentrating while sitting here at work. I just can’t seem to focus. My mind drifts and then my eyes want to shut. I am trying so hard to not rely on caffeine, but desperate times call for desperate messures. I am thinking of upping my Iodoral to an additional 4 tables. When I originally started last year, I did 100 mg, or 16 drops. Now that I’m on the tablets, 1 tablet = 2 drops. I use to feel great at 16 drops, so maybe I just need to increase back up and see what happens.

So  I am currently on day 2 (again) of 4 pills (50 mg) of Iodoral. For those that want to know what else I take with iodine: 

• 1 tsp Celtic Sea Salt
• Multivitamin
• B- Complex 100
• Riboflavin (200 mg)
• Niacin (1000 mg)
• Vitamin C (3000 mg)
• Iron 195 mg (Ferrous Sulfate - 975mg)
• Omega 3 (2800 mg)
• Selenium (200 mg)

I feel absolutely awesome today. Since Tuesday morning, I’ve dropped 3.4 pounds of water weight. YAY! My legs/feet don’t feel as water logged and my stomach is looking more normal. I have my energy back and just feel really good.

My thyroid has come crashing down. After months of being on iodine supplementation, I started cutting back. I was doing well for a while and then started to feel my symptoms again. So I started to increase iodine and ended up with tons of acne. After not being able to get it under control, I had my doctor prescribe Armour. Now I know that tons of people have done really well on it, but for me, I started to swell up like a ballon. I’ve put on about 7 pounds of water weight in the past week. Seeing as it’s summertime has not made me very happy. I pride myself on staying in shape and looking good. Being bloated did nothing but bring me down. So back into the doctor’s office I went yesterday. I am literally at wits end with this thyroid crap. Since my doctor was all booked up yesterday, I saw her nurse practioner. She asked me what I wanted to do in regards to my thyroid. HUH? I am there for you to tell me what to do. I am at the point where I need someone to tell me what to do. I can’t go on like this.

So I am back on iodine starting today. I’d figure I would track my thoughts and how I feel on here. Based on my previous posts, it didn’t take long to start feeling better. Lord knows I need every ounce of “feeling better” that is out there. Once you reach the bottom, the only other place to go is up, unless you just keep going down.

Apparently what I had to say yesterday wasn’t important as it was lost in the backup last night. So in honor of that, do me a favor and go to your local grocery store (preferably not Wal-Mart) and buy yourself a bag of Lays, Doritos, Cheetos, Sunchips, Tostitos, Flat Earth, Santitas, Fritos along with a bottle of  your favorite Pepsi product.

And enjoy.