Had so much fun with my lil girl yesterday. We went to go and see Disney on Ice, she loved it almost as much as I did. Unfortunately today I have the sniffles and am extremely exhausted because there were like thousands of people there. Walking with my lil tummy bouncing up and down and a toddler holding on to me and nachos and drinks balanced on the other arm was like whew.
What i wish people knew about thyroid disease is just because you get on a pill doesn't mean that the exhaustion goes away completely. It just allows you to function a little bit better. I remember when i was younger one of my cousins commented Kiki don't run no where. At the time I was like eh, oh well no i don't. .Fast forward a couple of years. I am in high school, working, after school most days and on the weekend. I remember sitting at the table with my friends, and looking over at the shiney young ladies who seemed to be bouncing off of their skin in excitement of another school day. At first I thought that maybe I felt so removed from them because I worked like most of my friends and maybe we were not on the same wavelenght.
As I reflect back on it now. I realize that I was envious of those young ladies, not because of hair or cuter clothes etc etc. I was envious because they had energy and I did not. I used to be tired at the start of the day through the day. Gym was a special kind of torture at the end of which after the shower I wanted to stretch out on on of the benches and go to sleep, not take a nap, go to sleep.
I am at a point now where I am taking control of my condition. Got the best meds, eating better, exercising and in general doing everything I can to make sure that my thyroid does not interfer with my life.
Yes I have thyroid disease, yes I get tired quicker than most. Yes i have to work out twice that of a normal person and yes I have other associated stuff like the metabolic disorder. But I have something else to, the will to not let it overtake me.
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