So I went to my appointment with my new
Doctor, and it was great. It's so nice just to be listened to and
feel like I'm not being treated like a number or something. She gave
me so new herbal supplements to take as well as drawing my blood to
test my TSH levels. She also gave me some light exercises to help
with my back pain. She believes the back pain is caused by a bulging
disk in my back, funny thing is that's what my mother has said
several times. The Doctor was glad I had come off my other medicines
because it meant not having to wait for them to come out of my system
before starting the new treatment.
The Supplements I'm on are as follows:
Dr. Heron's Thyronix Formula –
Thyroid
Potassium Magnesium - Heart
Hawthorn Extract – Heart
Vitamin D – Heart
She also recommended me to drink
emergenc to replace some of my soda intake we're hoping to slowly
implement changes in a way to where it won't seem so overwhelming. I
feel pretty good about the whole thing.
Well My monitor started going south, It started getting these lines on
it at the top of the screen. I figured out it was the monitor and not
my video card when I took a screenshot and they didn't appear in it. It
was an old CRT a 17 inch gateway evo700. Well yesterday the hubby says
he's going to walmart to buy the new underworld movie, but instead
comes back with a brand new 20 inch acer LCD widescreen! This is my
first experience with an LCD screen up until now all my monitors had
been CRT, because well they seemed to last a good long while and so we
would buy computers but no monitors, because we already had them. I'm
totally blown away by the difference between the CRT and the LCD it's
amazing! It's kinda strange getting used to a widescreen, but I'm
loving it!
So I have a pretty nice Computer I love it, it's a Gateway GM5478,
the one problem I have had with this powerful system is apparently
something a lot of people have had. A while after purchase the system
will randomly kick the fan on really loud then reboot.
At first it only did it once or twice, then yesterday it begun to do it
like clockwork, every hour on the hour. Well after much frustration and
reading I discovered that the only way to fix this issue was to flash
my BIOS. Ok fine no problem I can do that, but I have a problem. The
program to flash the BIOS is a windows program and I have linux
installed. Well I could have went the round about way of trying to
dualboot windows after I already had Ubuntu installed, but that seems
more of pain then just reinstalling windows. I keep backups of all my
goodies, so backing up the changed files wasn't a problem. I spent two
hours re-installing windows just so I could update the BIOS and then
wipe it out and re-install Ubuntu. What I pain in the ass! But on the
bright side, my system no longer reboots.
Currently My son is in 8th grade. When we first moved to our current home, we had 2 choices on the middle school we could send him too. One which is in our district and a second which is outside of our district. We choose the out of district school, due to it basically being a better school. They provide school bus transportation and all has been well for the past 2 years.
Next year he'll be in high school, and due too limited space we we're unable to get him into the high school of the same district. So I began looking for alternatives, as the district we live in (well just happen to fall just shy of the wrong side of the district border), isn't the greatest school. What I discovered was the Insight School of Washington. It's online public high school, and there is no tuition for us to pay. They also provide each student with a laptop and printer. The school has a HUGE course catalogue, and allow my husband and I to be very involved in his education, something I really like. He'll have a learning team which consists of His teachers, counselor and an imentor. An imentor is a person that both parents and student can go to with questions, suggestions and basically works with the entire family. He will attend classroom sessions online but he'll also have other assignments which he'll do on his own time. The school set's up field trips and gatherings for the students and they also have student clubs, as well as dances (so yes there is a prom), and a graduation ceremony. Students are still eligible for extra-curricular activities in the home school district, so my boy can still do football and wrestling.
I think the biggest question most people have about an online school is "what about the social aspect of going to school??" well in my opinion, traditional school is great for younger children. Younger children definitely need to experience the kind of environment that traditional school provides socially. My Son has plenty of friends with whom he already doesn't go to the same school with. Some he met here in our apartment complex, others he's met in places like the mall, or skating rink(a favorite Friday night hangout). I believe at this point in his life it would be a good time to begin focusing on teaching him some self-reliance and self-motivating skills. He is 15, and next year he'll be old enough to get a job, I'm sure he'll make more friends that way as well. But as I said there are plenty of ways for him to be social with his schoolmates they provide Lot's of opportunity for student interaction.
He's very excited about attending his new high school, heck I'm excited for him. I wish they would have had this kind of program when I was in school, chances are if they had I would have graduated.
If anyone is interested you can see an overview of how the classes work, by going HERE
One the hardest things about graves disease is the emotional aspect of it. It's hard not only on me but on my family as well who have to be asked to deal with mood swings, a quick temper, and tears. Since coming off my meds I've been suffering with bouts of anxiety & rage (also known as graves rage). I try very very hard not direct this at my family members but it can be difficult as sometimes the smallest things seem to set me off. Bless them for trying so hard. It can sometimes be very hard to calm down but I do find that frankincense tends to help. But I'm also open to suggestions if anyone has any ideas On how to help with my anxiety and mood swings.
Not feeling satisfied with my current line of treatment from my doctor, I have spent countless hours of reading and research about My Graves disease. I have been very unsatisfied with my current line of treatment, and my endocrinologists insistence that the only way to fix my thyroid dysfunction was to have radioactive iodine treatment. This particular line of treatment would basically kill my thyroid, leaving me on medication for the rest of my life and instead of being hyperthyroid I would then be hypothyroid, with no chance of remission. As it stands right now most modern medical doctors insist on only treating one symptom of Graves disease(read thyroid), instead of treating the disease itself.
After all the research and reading I've come to the conclusion that something in my own lifestyle has caused this graves disease. I wasn't taught the healthiest of eating & lifestyle habits growing up and I'm sure that it's a combination of a few bad habits I've acquired over the years (smoking, terrible mountain dew addiction, high salt diet..to name a few).
So I decided to look into alternative treatments to my disease. I found a nearby Naturopathic doctor, who is covered under my current insurance, and treats thyroid disease & dysfunction. I called them up and made an appointment for the 5th of June, also I decided to take myself off my current dosage of Methimazole(Thyroid Medication), while continuing to take my Metoprolol(Heart Medication). In the meantime I have cut salt out at the table. I still cook with it, but I don't add anything extra. Also I've begun eating better and have switched from drinking loads of Mountain Dew to drinking more juices and more water.
Well It's been four days since I've taken any Methimazole and so far I feel fine . Please note That I made this decision after doing much reading and research on graves disease., and this approach is a personal decision I have made for me though it may not be right for everyone, as everyone's body reacts differently to different situations. I'll keep updated on how I'm feeling and post back regularly.
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