Starting with April...
I have graves disease. I have had this for a long while. I have worked with the doctor for the past 5 years to get my thyroid under control. I have had half my thyroid removed. Didn't fix anything. Taking medication has been a mess. I found that I can't tolerate the most commonly prescribed and better for you medication. I have lived in the - your thyroid is fast- take medication- normal, but I felt like it was slow- go back to doc- your thyroid really is slow- take a break from meds - thyroid is fast take meds - it slowed down too much- stop meds - to it is normal and had a year off - to back a really fast again. Needless to say I think all this slowing and speeding up has messed a lot with my metabolism and it is just freaking out right now. In April after I got the news it was fast again, we decided to take radio active iodine to kill off my thyroid and just control my thyroid by medication only. I went and had my thyroid radiated on April 15. That was fun!!! I had no contact at all with anyone. Kyle had to move out of our room and I couldn't be around anyone for 3 days and then limited contact for 5 days. I was told I could feel nauseated during this process. My throat felt like I had a golf ball stuck in it and my throat was dry. The day I could be around my family, was the day the nausea started of course.(That lasted about a week) I was hoping for a super power, but of course, nothing. I thought that would be a perk to the radio active iodine. A girl can dream, right? I went on Wednesday (June 1) and had blood drawn. Still waiting for the the results and hoping it took. I definitely don't want to do that again. I feel really tired and my appetite has changed and I of course have gained weight(boohoo) so, I am hoping for the best.
Hannah got to come home on April 22. She finished her 2nd year in school and did well. Woohoo! Go Hannah! Her birthday was right before she was supposed to come home, so we celebrated when she got here.
She is the big 20! I can't believe it. Since she is living in an apartment away most of the year, she is building her movie collection. We got her a blu-ray player and all the Harry Potter movies. She has also bought movies with her birthday money. That will be a work in progress, but she is loving it.
She wanted strawberries and cheesecake factory cheesecake. Yum!!!
Easter came and went and I have no pictures to show for it. I didn't buy Easter clothes. ( for reason above). I didn't feel well, that darn nausea, but I am glad to have all of the kids at home.
