, you feeling better? :) :)

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Hi ,

Yes...yes!! I was the same way when I was younger. For my 15th B-day I

asked only to have a carrot muffin and a set of weights. UM, I was

about 5'2 and 93lbs. WEIRD! I then went on to do a lot of starving and

dexatrims. Lord knows why. I was very thin and petite to begin with. I

am now 5'5 & 129 lbs. roughly. I gained 50lbs with each baby and they

were essentially back to back. I think nursing saved me to some

degree. I lost a little with the second pregnancy, but I really had to

cut out my carbs after nursing which really helped. Plus, I had good

days and bad days before I got really hypo (recently), so I busted

butt working on the house which helped some too. I was VERY lucky to

catch my disease at the stage I did and I was VERY lucky to be able to

get down to where I am. It was really slow, but I got here. Now I

don't even have an appetite because of the Hashi's and I eat like a

bird. I literally have to force myself to eat. I have been very good

lately getting a whole wheat english muffin down for breaky. I was

only eating two small meals up until 3 days ago. It has definately

been one heck of an emotional journey. Right now, I look so gosh darn

pale and sunken with a million zits, that I can truly relate to those

bad days of feeling like a creature from the lagoon. I also agree with

what you said about pregnancy precipitating the hypothyroidism. I

believe I had this for years before the babies (because symptoms would

wax & wane), but I think the back-t-back pregnancies triggered a full

blown flare-up with the Hashi's. My second baby even suffered severe

constipation and dropped into the 25% percentile for weight and height

which I believe was from being hypo while nursing her to 12 months

(she's back up to 50% now -THANK GOODNESS). I will never know if I

have affected my children's IQ, however, from not getting properly

diagnosed before getting pregnant. Anyway, keep your chin up. I wish

you the best. You stand your ground with those kids! SOmetimes kids

are too selfish to even realize when someone is going through a

difficult time with health issues. You need to lay that on the table

and just say " NO " . Good luck :)

P.S. Are you on armour yet? Do you have Hashi's too?

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> It's funny, it took me four years to get pregnant with my first

child, and I

> had no idea that problems with your thyroid could be a contributing

factor.

> I also remember crying when I found out I was pregnant, but not with

joy, I

> was terrified that I would gain weight and be fat for the rest of my

life.

> Guess what happened. Those fears were confirmed. During my

pregnancy is

> when my thyroid went haywire. I gained 70 pounds, and have pretty

much hung

> on to it for the last 15 years. Prior to that, I was overly zealous

about

> watching my weight. I remember at one point in high school (17

years old) I

> was working out twice a day, 5' 8 " 117 pounds, too thin and thought

I was

> fat. When I was 12 I remember asking my mom for a girdle to make my

stomach

> flat (she gave me one).

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> My husband is also a very wonderful, hardworking man. He drives a truck

> coast-to-coast and border-to-border. We own a small trucking

business. My

> husband is a wonderful provider but of late truck repairs and the

price of

> fuel has turned our livelihood into something not quite so lively.

He is

> always telling me how beautiful I am, but I don't feel beautiful so his

> words hold little meaning for me.

>

> My sons are the two things that keep me going and at times make me

want to

> throw in the towel. Children can make you soar and then show you

the lowest

> valley all in one day. Especially my youngest, he is exasperating and

> wonderful all rolled into one.

>

> My step-children are the ones who can suck me emotional dry of late, and

> they are grown and married, but the oldest is separated from her

husband and

> struggling with those hurtles, and the middle daughter just had her

first

> child in December and I have visited her (Florida) and speak with her at

> least weekly, and the youngest son married a shrew and we have struggled

> with our relationship for several years now.

>

> Anyway, I think my hormones on just on haywire today. I am feeling much

> better this evening.

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> Thank you for your caring reply.

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> -- Re: I know this may not be the

place, but

> I'm feeling like I have no where else

>

> , please don't feel alone in this. I am right there with you.

> The only difference is that I currently do not have a weight problem.

> This is partly because I have been fanatical since I was 15 about it.

> Crap, it has probably been a contributing factor to my Hashi's.

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