ADDING TO THE LIST

Ok, I know all I seem to do is ***** moan, complain, and whine. And I do. But with good reason. let us add to the list of ailments I have on my profile. last week it was diabetes in my eyes. NOW, I am being tested for hypothyroidism. My numbers are up so this could be a cause of a lot of things I have. The list of symptoms are: course and thinning hair dry skin slow body movements cold skin can't stand the cold tired, sluggish, or weak memory problems depression difficulty concentrating brittle nails constipation heavy or irregular menstrual cycle muscle pain joint pain Of these I can say that the thinning hair, constipation, cold skin can be chucked up to wls. I am a chronic sufferer of depression so I am ruling that out. But I do have muscle pain, joint pain, brittle nails, difficulty concentrating, memory problems, dry skin, and pre-wls I had thin hair. My old PCP diagnosed me with fibromyalgia. She said she ruled out everything. BUT my thyroid tests then concerned her. My new PCP is running tests that I have to take Wednesday and she too is concerned about my reading. So I may have this on top of everything else. If I do, this can explain my slow to no weight loss. This stops you from losing. Also they have attributed eye problems to this. But I think this is entirely different. I am not upset about this, I am almost releived. I may finally have an answer to my body pain, slow weight loss, no concentration, dry skin. The worst of all these is when you KNOW you have something but no one can tell you what it is. I thought for a while I had chronic fatigue syndrome. Please pray that I finally get an answer. Joanne

Hey hun, so sorry your having these problems but it helps I have everyone of those problems also.. some from the WlS iam sure some from the strokes, and others casue I just to tired to exercise the way i should, i am thinking I am lazy, who knows it could be.. I hope they find out whats going on and can strighten it all out for you, hugs Mary

I can relate to the laziness thing. It is possible that it isn't laziness but just pain tiredness. I know I am tired all the time and a lot of the time I just ache. Now they said exercise and the aches will go away. But I am sluggish and tired. I don't or can't get up to exercise. Joanne I can't even think straight.

Joanne, I have a friend who always has thyroid tests show up as being on the low end of normal. Remember that thyroid tests look for the the precursor of the hormone, so you don't know how much of the precursor is actually being converted. She takes the thyroid medicine and does much better that way. She did need to convince her doctor to prescribe it, though. Anyway, I'm of the opinion that if the test shows your results as being low but in the normal range, I'd seriously consider asking for the medicine. I had this opinion before I even knew this person. My tests were always normal, though. If you're suffering from this, it is very likely contributing to your slow weight loss and easy gains. I do hope you get some answers soon. It's so much easier to face something once you know what it is. Linn

I personally hate taking more meds. But if it took away the aches and pains, memory loss, concentration loss, and gave me back my ability to lose weight, I'll take them. Even if it is on the low side or normal. My self esteem has gone down so much cause I feel stupid for not being able to pay attention in school, embarrassed for feeling lazy, ugly for my dry skin and thin hair (I had that before surgery). If I could just gain back some of the self esteem, I would be so happy. Joanne

Joanne, I'm so sorry you are going thru all of this. I truly hope you find answers and solutions quickly. Hugs, Mary

Nice to see you back Mary! And thank you so much. I should know something by next week. Blood tests are tomorrow. joanne

Joanne, I do hope you find out what is causing you alot of your ailments. It sounds like they might be on the right track. I will keep you in my prayers. Wanda

I hope so Wanda. I so want an answer to all of this. Thank you for the prayers. Joanne

I hope they get it resolved soon. I'm hypothyroid, and I'm thinking that has slowed down my weightlosss. My husband said that another thing that may have slowed mine down(not to mention carb addiction) was my severe anemia. My body is trying to hold onto everything to preserve itself. I told my gyn that my cycle this last month wasn't nearly as heavy and he told me my body was being kind to me, so it could survive. Sigh... I'm taking 100 mcg of synthroid, and my numbers look okay, but I wonder if I'm absorbing as much as I should. If they put you on synthroid, be sure to put it under your tongue so you will get the most out of it, and it will get to your system faster. Synthroid does not get along with any other drugs or food, so do it first thing in the morning. I have just recently put it on my bedside table so that I can put it under my tongue, and then I'll be ready to have coffee or whatever in an hour. It helped with my cycles, as far as getting them to come on a more regular basis, but my fibroid (I just found out about) is causing the heavy bleeding and anemia(not to mention, we don't get enough iron in our post op diets) Good Luck, Debbie