Re: i have been so tired latley is that normal i ...

[Guest guest]

thanks but i have not been to my appointment to see if i need treatment so

that is why i am wondering about my thyroid. they thought i had hyperthyroid and

they want me to have an ultrasound done

What else could cause fatigue should I fight through the fatigue. Is there

any way I can get extra help.

Best wishes,

Bernice

[Guest guest]

Are you taking a multiple vitamin? B Complex may help, too. That's what I

take. I've heard that if you force yourself to get some exercise, you'll

feel better. I made myself get out and walk, even though I was tired, and

each time I seemed to feel a little better.

Marie

At 08:37 AM 6/8/2004, you wrote:

>thanks but i have not been to my appointment to see if i need treatment so

>that is why i am wondering about my thyroid. they thought i had

>hyperthyroid and

>they want me to have an ultrasound done

>What else could cause fatigue should I fight through the fatigue. Is there

>any way I can get extra help.

>

>Best wishes,

>

>Bernice

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Bernice, Hepatitis C causes fatigue. I saved a post I sent to someone a while

back, and I'll repost some of it here. There are things you can do to help with

fatigue. Here's what I wrote:

The people on this list and another really helped mefight the fatigue. They

gave me suggestions that worked beautifully. Here are a few: Drink water! One

oz. of water for every 2# of body weight per day. You're going to get up at

night a lot at first, but your body learns to deal with it. I carry a water

bottle with me everywhere. It's just good to do for general health, to keep

flushing toxins from your body. Get enough protein. We're tired, we're draggy,

we just don't feel like cooking so we grab whatever is easy. The foods that

give us energy are protein-based. We need 60 grams of protein a day. Get a

book on nutritional values - most even include Mcs and Burger King. Seek

out protein first, if you can't get it from food, you can get drinks from health

food stores. Just be sure that they have NO Iron. People with Hep C cannot

process Iron, it gets stored in the liver and causes damage.

Take a good multivitamin every day that is also without iron. The " silver " or

" senior " vitamins generally have no iron because as we age, we don't need it.

You can have foods with iron in them, if you make sure you don't have vitamin C

with them. For instance, I love spinach salad. I can have one, if I don't have

tomatoes, mandarin oranges or strawberries on it, too. Your body will just pass

any iron you eat, unless there is vitamin C there to process it. Then it goes

straight to the liver.

Exercise! When I first joined this list, and people were helping me to have a

healthier life, one of the men on this list told me to exercise (Glenn? I don't

remember now). He said that if I walked to the corner and back and came home

and took a 2 hour nap, that was ok, because it was exercise. The next day, I

might even be able to go around the corner, and someday I might even be able to

go around the block and only need a 20 minute nap when I got home!

And I was told not to beat myself up if I was tired and wanted to lay down. If

I got up at 8:30 and by 9:30, needed to sleep some more, go for it. I would

feel like I *shouldn't* be tired after sleeping all night, so would fight it

until late afternoon, and then crash for a couple of hours. If I lay down at

9:30 when I first felt tired, I might sleep for 20 minutes, or even an hour, but

then I had energy for the rest of the day, instead of feeling like a zombie all

the time.

I can't believe how much better I felt after only a couple of weeks. I haven't

been on treatment yet, but just making these few changes have made all the

difference in the world to me. I used to take several naps a day, and would

sleep 10-12 hours at night, and still was always fatigued. Now I almost never

have to take a nap, and it's been almost two years since I made these changes.

I can even take my dog for walks! Maybe these suggestions will help you, too.

Marilyn

Re: i have been so tired latley is that

normal i ...

thanks but i have not been to my appointment to see if i need treatment so

that is why i am wondering about my thyroid. they thought i had hyperthyroid

and

they want me to have an ultrasound done

What else could cause fatigue should I fight through the fatigue. Is there

any way I can get extra help.

Best wishes,

Bernice

[Guest guest]

Thanks that advise really helps me alot,now I dont feel like I will be lazy.

A year ago I could not relax now I lie down. I need to drink water more,

i know, has any one had hyper thyroiisum before

I was told I had that. My doctor wrote a letter of support for me with

drawing fro m my classes and told me to take it easy.

how wen the load is on me like everyone else here. i have learner to enjoy

life more and take the bitter with the sweet, pick my battles and i dont always

have to win the war

Best wishes,

Bernice