Wow, this is not going to be as easy as I had hoped. I just had a banana and went to reach for my cheerios only to find it has salt...*plays sound when someone loses on the Price is Right* The low-iodine diet is going to be a challenge unlike any other food challenge I have ever faced. I mean, take away soy, dairy, iodized salt, fish (which I hate anyway), processed food, sea salt, soybean oils, and I forget what else, but I'm pretty much left with fresh fruits and vegetables, and everything else I need to make from scratch. I am going to become hypothyroid by the end of the day and becoming motivated enough to bake bread and mix my own salad dressing doesn't sound like a jolly good time haha.
Thankfully James is going to be home soon after being at work for 3 hours, and he can mix me up somethin hehe. They are letting him come home for every one of my appointments (yay!). We are going to Whole Foods to check out what they have to offer since we went to Savemart the other day and pretty much were stumped when we spent a half hour in each aisle reading labels. I may need to just pretend that I live on a farm and do all my own growin. I might even scrub some launders on a washboard for fun....hehe. At first I thought, oooh I am going to lose weight like mad these next few weeks. Then I realized that the hypothyroid state will make sure that won't happen. Crapplebums. Here I thought I could shed that 5 lbs I packed on these past few weeks (which I deserved because I half-way threw my diet to the wind). I guess this will be like a major detox for me.
I meet my endocrinologist today. I think she is who will be taking care of my medications and treatment now, and only occasionally I will see my surgeon. I called the nuclear medicine department a bit ago to find out if I am supposed to stop taking my calcium supplement and the Calcitrol. I left a message and hope they call me back. I don't wanna mess up the whole process. This day sure showed up pretty fast. Last week I didn't even realize how far along in the month we were.
My neck is healing up nicely! I still have some pain, but I am now down to 3 pills a day on average whereas before I needed 2 every 4 hours! Soon I will be chopping them in half and then just transition to Tylenol.
I miss exercising. I can't wait to go for a jog with my honeybuns (as soon as it gets warmer--39 out right now). Since I'm kind of at a stand still size wise, I finally decided I should probably buy clothes in my current size and quit faking my way through with yoga pants and t-shirts. So I got to go on a shopping spree with our tax return money, and even James got into the groove and got himself some stylish threads. Everything is made of cotton, so I'm fairly certain I can shrink the hell out of it all if necessary once I get back to exercising so it can last me a bit. It's funny how the dryer used to be worst enemy, and now we are like buddies. Shrink my clothes, pretty please? I'll love you forever! Who knew? It's like Tom and Jerry getting along!
Well I am going to rest until I need to get ready for my appointment. I have a massive headache and more nausea again, but I took some stuffs for it and hope the sleep will fix me up right quick. Love to all and happy Monday, yo!
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