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Posted 12/24/2012 7:32 PM (GMT -5)
My old thread was about to reach 100 replies so I made another. Haven't been on for a couple weeks so I thought I'd update.
I'm feeling a bit of the depression lately because I'm missing out on Christmas with my family after missing out on Thanksgiving. I was going to try to go stay with my mom in spite of my health problems but it's supposed to snow the day I'd be traveling and I'm going to be moving by the 1st so I can't risk getting stuck there. I must say I feel really jealous of everyone doing their normal Christmas things right now.

I might be a little closer to a diagnosis... went to a clinic a couple weeks ago because my symptoms were getting worse and they checked my thyroid among other things. Turns out I am slightly hyperthyroid. I went to my regular doctor and they didn't feel the need to do anything but I am going to get a second opinion, hopefully from an endocrinologist if I can get a referral.

Anyway, hope everyone has a Merry Christmas/holiday.
-Lindsay
Posted 12/25/2012 9:37 AM (GMT -5)
Hi Lindsay,

I am sorry that you don't feel your Christmas is "normal". But we have to make the best we can with our limitations. I hope that soon you will find out what is going on and learn to cope with it. It isn't easy.


I hope that you are having a good Christmas, even if it doesn't seem normal. We make the best out of our situations.

Take care and have a good day. Count your blessings, try to focus on the positives instead of the negatives. The more you pay attention to the negative, the more pronounced it becomes. Don't let it ruin your special day...

Keep posting and know that we all care.

Hugs, Karen
Posted 12/25/2012 11:53 AM (GMT -5)
hi lindsay,

sorry to hear you are having so many problems.

just my opinion, but it's so easy to feel "robbed" on xmas. the media sets us up for this in a way, by showing so many pictures of a "perfect holiday".

reality is that some people have a great christmas, but many more just have a regular day, with disappointments and other facets of "reality".

hope you get through all right, and here's hoping in the future things work out.
Posted 12/25/2012 4:19 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks guys. :) It wouldn't be too big of a deal to me to miss Christmas itself, but it's almost been a year since I've seen my family because of all this and it's starting to make me feel really angry.
Another thing that's bothering me is not knowing what's wrong, so I don't know if I'll be able to have a normal life in a couple months, a couple years, or never. Oh well, one day at a time I guess.
Posted 12/25/2012 6:34 PM (GMT -5)
That is all you can do Lindsay, take life one day at a time. I really do think you have fibromyalgia like the one doctor said, and fibromyalgia taught me to take life one day at a time, and I have learned to deal with it that way. It really does help. Especially when you never feel good.

I have been living with it for ten years. You learn to make the best of everyday.

Hugs, Karen
Posted 12/25/2012 9:54 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks.
I think if I see an endocrinologist and they say it's not a thyroid problem, I will accept the chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia diagnosis. But one of my thyroid levels does indicate mild hyperthyroidism so I think that's definitely what's causing some of the symptoms, if not all.

Now I think I'm coming down with a cold on top of all this so I'm feeling even worse. I got it from my boyfriend, I wish I would have gone to my dad's a day early to avoid catching it!
Posted 12/31/2012 7:18 PM (GMT -5)
I hope everyone has a happy New Year.
I have to say, 2012 was the worst year of my life. I learned some life lessons, though. I hope 2013 will be better.

Still not feeling too great but I've been much worse. I am moving in a couple of days so if it's mold making me sick I'll be getting better, and I'll also be finding an endocrinologist so if it's my thyroid I should get to feeling better too.
Posted 1/7/2013 2:44 PM (GMT -5)
Well, turns out you need a referral for every endocrinologist around here and my regular doctor won't refer me. I'm seriously starting to hate all doctors. They see a young person like me who looks healthy on the outside and think it's all in my head or symptoms from a virus I had nine months ago! I am missing out on my life. I officially give up.
Posted 1/7/2013 2:58 PM (GMT -5)
Try taking life just one day at a time. Listen to your body, but if the doctor wont refer you, then they must not think anything is wrong. Maybe a different doctor is in order. I don't know. I just hope that you feel better soon.
Posted 1/7/2013 7:26 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks. It's just odd and confusing because when I talk to people in hyperthyroid Facebook groups and other forums, they say I am without a doubt hyperthyroid and a lot of them say it took them a while to get diagnosed too. It's just frustrating.
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