Tylenol

I am getting rid of all Tylenol from the house.  The more that I am learning, there really is no  need for this dangerous OTC drug to be in the house.  I used to take Tylenol all the time, for everything. I would take a lot too.  Sometimes over the recommended dosage in the hopes that whatever headache or cramps I had would be alleviated more quickly.  Little did I know that I was damaging one of the most important organs in my body!  Tylenol causes liver damage!  It says it on the bottle, although it says only if taken with alcohol..which I think is a crock of poo...

My liver is not converting the Synthroid (T4) into the active T3 hormone that my body is starving for....  I can't blame it all on Tylenol, but if I can remove one risk factor for my family that is an easy fix, then why shouldn't  I?  It  pisses me off that when you are pregnant they claim the only safe thing to take is Tylenol! That really makes me wonder. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that I have full blown liver disease, but I definitely am suffering from some liver dysfunction.

So no more Tylenol in the house for me or the family.

Plantar fasciitis

I have no idea if this is a side effect of Hashi's, but I definitely have it!  It has gotten progressively worse too.  I think I am going to have to break down and make an appointment for the podiatrist.  Although I really don't think there is anything that can be done about it, I am sure that losing weight would help... I just feel so stuck.  I really hate what my life has become.  I never thought that I would be this way or feel this way.  I am just so unhappy.

I can hardly walk, it is just so painful!

I fell off the wagon

I feel like an alcoholic. Only for me it is food....  I was doing so well with the gluten free lifestyle and then one day, boom... I just fell off the wagon and I can't even find the wagon to get back on.  I think if I can face reality for a moment, I can admit that I have a food addiction.  it is the only thing in my life right now that can make me happy. It is like a double edged sword though, those first bites make me so happy and then I feel guilt and a slew of other emotions.  I am an emotional eater, I think I have always used food from one extreme to another, when I was much younger, I would not eat because I felt like the only thing in my life that I could actually have some control over was what I put into my mouth. It wasn't a good time in my life, but I was thin!  now I am fat and I wish that I would be able to find some of the self control over food that I used to have! I am just so blah...

I can't even go to an OA meeting because any of those anonymous things have you put your faith in a higher power which definitely is not for me. No fairy tales for me.

To buy or not to buy

There is this "kit" that I am thinking about buying, but I have such commitment issues with laying out a lot of money for a purchase for myself. But the kit is for how to "cure" your hypothyroidism. Granted I know nothing is going to cure the Hashi's, but if there is something that is going to make me feel normal again, it may be worth the $127 investment. It isn't some sort of quick, easy program where you take a pill and you feel better, it is more of a lifestyle overhaul, Knowing what to remove from daily life and what to add in. some things that I know suppress thyroid function are the fluoride in my toothpaste that I use every morning, the antibacterial soap that I use more times a day than I choose to admit. I know they may all sound like little things, but I know that the use of these products just compounds my problems, and if I were to know all the things to remove I would be on a journey to a better quality of life. I also know that I need to find a doctor that is going to prescribe me desiccated thyroid instead of just Synthroid. I have an appointment at the endocrinologist next month, so I will get the blood work before the appointment and if I can not get him to give me some sort of T3 then I will have to try to find another Dr. I may also try a thyroid glandular that is online that is recommended by the maker of this "kit. It's what he uses himself, and he has hypoactive thyroid and has "healed" himself. ( I know you can't heal yourself, per se, but if he is feeling a remarkable change due to his lifestyle changes then perhaps I need to make the investment in myself a shell out the money to read all that he has learned. I think that I am going to buy the kit when I get paid next week....