So worth it.

As it turns out, thyroid medication doesn't take long to kick in.  Just two days worth of the new medication and I'm feeling the effects.  I have energy.  I am happy.  I am fun Michelle again!  While some of this might be from sleeping 10 hours (albeit, I didn't sleep from the hours of 3:30 -5 AM), the energy levels seem to be just below full capacity.  They aren't completely full but by tomorrow, they will be.  My students asked what I had done with grumpy Ms. M.  My TA's asked why I was smiling all the time and in such a good mood.  And Eric asked why I offered to let him sleep all afternoon while I play with the boy quietly in his room.

I feel good, peeps!!

See, when the thyroid isn't working, I never notice.  And not noticing?  Well, that's the worst part of it.   I figure the fatigue is normal.  The irritability is due to the cloudy weather and the lack of sleep.  I figure the reason I wake up 10-12 times a night is because Eric snores or the computer is too bright.  I figure that the scale isn't budging despite WW and running 3-5 times a week because I ate too much salt (not true, btw).  I can justify why every symptom is occurring and blind myself to the truth because I never want to admit something is truly wrong.  If something was wrong, I would have to go to the doctor. 

And I hate going to the doctor.

  I should probably work on that, eh?

  It's all the thyroid.  I have a habit of stepping onto the thyroid bandwagon and tell everyone to have it checked.  But I won't take my own medicine.  The good news is I told Eric last night that the next time I suspect a change, I'm going to get a blood draw, rather than wait it out.  It isn't worth it anymore.  My life is 100% different since being diagnosed hypothyroid.  I am so thankful I have the wonderful Dr. M to help me out. And yes Mom, I am thankful that 5 years ago, you convinced me to have it checked. 

Without having it checked, I wouldn't have this little face in my life. 

So worth it.