hello i am new.....long

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Hi my name is Tammy

I am probably being a basket case but anyway...I am totally new and

clueless about my thyroid so if i sound like an idiot i apologize

ahead of time.

2 years ago i was given a thyroid test and it came back borderline

but being on a military base you can't be borderline you have to be

hypothyroid or hyperthyroid and no in between in oder to get the

symptoms treated. So i went along my marry little way. I can't

remember what my levels were (sorry) now in that 2 years well let me

start from the beginnings its easier.....3 years ago this

Thanksgiving day i almost weighed 300 lbs that Thanksgiving was a

wake up call when i was climbing my stairs one step at a time and

couldn't breath when i reached step 4! I won't go into my exact diet

but i did fairly well by watching and cutting out the bad stuff and

excercised daily. Eventually by the end of 8 months i had lost

100lbs and my cholesterol was in the normal ranges but my ldl was a

36 which needed to be a 40 so she told me to excersise more

akkkkkkkk i was already doing 2 aerobics classes, a yoga class,

pilates, and jogging at night daily! what more could i do? A year

later i lost 30lbs and then another 30 and 10. In may i had surgery

for severe acid reflux and hiatal hernia (nissen fundolication)

in these 3 years i used to always hot and then something happened

and i was freezing all the time! We use to joke and say i lost my

fur coat that's why im so cold. My husband would hug me and back

away saying oh my honey your freezing (we live in Florida)

so in Aug i went to have my nails done and the next day my ring

finger on my right hand started to swell to this day they don't know

what's wrong i am waiting for tricare to call me to make an mri appt

about 3 weeks ago i started feeling run down just load the

dishwasher is a chore! Oh i now weigh well did up until 3 weeks ago

145 now 160. I gained 15 lbs in 2 days!!! And i haven't changed my

diet! I don't know what you would call me but i watch my carbs,

don't like to go over 25mg, i hate red meat, i eat chicken

sometimes, i don't eat eggs, i'll eat salads and tons of fruit

especially grapes i can't get enough grapes i crave them like a pg

woman! oh and i drink tons of water. My husband says i eat like a

bird but i will eat bad stuff every now and then like going to the

movies and eating popcorn. My muscles ache all the time its a never

ending story to say my back hurts or i have a headache! Now during

my surgery they said i have a low tolerance to anesethic because my

heart rate went to below 40 and had to inject my iv with something.

I don't like taking pain meds so i took maybe 1 demerol the whole

time i was in the hosp. I do now take phentermine doctors prescribed

and closely monitored, i was on maintenance until this 15 lbs crept

back. I may have depression but not really bad only get depressed if

something really bothers me. I have had to take efexor if my husband

deployed because the kids would drive me up that wall or they would

do something and the school would call me now i have 1 graduated and

one in his last year of high school and one that is 16. Hubby is

deployed again and things so far is pretty good no problems. A girl

in one of my was harrassing me and that made me

depressed for a while. Forgetful, ummmmmmmm yea i have been meaning

to send out my husbands care package for over a week now and i keep

forgetting and walk right out the door or i'll be driving somewhere

and drive right passed it or i lay something down and forget what i

did with it. Forever losing my id card or my car keys. Forget dr

appts here lately forgetting which kid is which or the dogs names!

Sooooooooooo i decided to self medicate myself. Went to GNCa nd a

friend of mine that works there helped me i am taking 2 times a day

i capsule of gugulipid, an womens ultra mega vitamin,big 50 b

complex,l-tyrosine and 1 time a day i am taking 1 tablet of kelp and

my 1 tablet of phentermine. So there's my story! Sorry so long but

thought it be best to start from the beginning. Am i doing the right

thing? So far in taking my supplements i have noticed that i have a

little more energy and my body seems to be heating up and last night

the swelling in my finger went down. I asked my orthopeds doc about

it being related to thyroid and he said its a possibility and he has

heard of that happening but still have the mri. I just want to feel

better i am so sick and tired of being sick and tired all the time!!

I want to feel back to my self. I keeps saying gosh i have med

problems being obese now i have med problems not being obese i can

never win but i guess that i am not dead which is where i was

heading if i stayed obese!

So please if someone can help me understand or if i am doing

something wrong please help me. If anyone wants to reply to me

private my e-mail is sedona_2002@...

I greatly appreciate this!!!!

Tammy