Kind of new, been MIA since I signed up. My Story.
Hello ladies (and Gents if there is some)
I started me diet the Tuesday before Thanksgiving (yes I am nuts). I have shedding the pounds at a decent weight but think I may have leveled out at this point and then to work much much harder to get the rest off.
All this year I have been gaining weight I and not losing any no matter how hard I tried. I finally h it the 160 mark at the start of the summer and was disgusted because I didn't even weight that much when I was pregnant with either of my children. I started going to the gun 5-6 days a week working out about a hour a day for 3 months. I pushed myself hard to points I came close to passing out at the gym, but nothing was coming off, I still had little energy. I was so frustrated I gave up.
In November on my yearly check up I told my doctor about my frustrations. She decided to do a bunch of blood test to see if there was a hidden reason on what was going on with me. It was the day after that visit I decided to try again. First week I lost 6 lbs woo hoo!
Then the results came back. I had abnormal thyroid levels so she told me to go see a specialist. So I did, thinking nothing of it, thinking it was stress that caused the off levels because my mother in law had been stating with us the last couple weeks. The specialist did a ultrasound of my neck and proceeded to ask very weird questions that had me even more worried. He proceeded to tell me that my thyroid was 3 times the normal size and had tons of nodules all of it that were to small to biopsy but he worried they were cancerous since last year my Thyroid levels were normal and my thyroid progressed abnormal very fast.
The following Monday I went to the hospital as the drained my blood, well not literately but took 22 vials of blood. 10 days later I got the life changing news. They told me that I had both Graves and Hatiomoto's diseases, very rare to have both. One caused hyper and one caused hypo. They were battling each other and that what was causing damage to my thyroid. We discussed options and determined my best option was to remove the thyroid.
I did my research on all of this and it wasn't an easy decision. **** I am only 26 and a mother of two young kids and I was losing a very vital part of me. Something I could die without if I didn't take what I use to call old people medicine every day for the rest of life. The thyroid the thing that helps control the metabolism that helps many vital parts of your body. I am still having hard time adjusting to everything. Most days are better now that I have done a lot of research but I am still angry at the same time that my own body turned against me even though I have always been healthy.
So here I am 6 days post op, back to work after being out for a week. Scarf on my neck to hide my embarrassment. Most of those who sit around me know a readers digest of what's going on but I am still embarrassed and ashamed.
I was so excited about all my weight lost. I lost 16 lbs the 1st month and now it's going to be nearly impossible to lose weight because my entire body is shot. But I am not giving up, going to keep trying even though I know that I will very will possibly gain the weight back before it starts coming off again. So this is my sob story but I was born stubborn and not going down without a fight.
Here is my start and current weights. I weigh myself every Tuesday so I will have a new weight tomorrow even though I know I probably gain weight because I said screw it this week since I couldn't eat much or move much. My start weight was 6 lbs less then when I weighed myself at my yearly visit. I contribute it to the stress of the mother in law. I ate very little just so i could clean up and get far away from her as possible. She's one evil person.
Start weight
11/24: 154.8
12/02-148.4
12/09-145.6
12/16-143.3
12/23-140.4
12/30 ( day of surgery) 138.2
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I'm sorry that you've had to go through this. I had a biopsy done on me as well after my some thyroid tests came back abnormal and also had a big lump on my throat. I didn't have to have it removed (yet), but I can understand the fear and anger you must have at having to go through this, especially because you've been so healthy. I found out I had thyroid issues after I lost all my weight and stalled out (and gained like 5-10 pounds). You didn't do anything to cause this, it's just sort of bad luck -- at least that's how my specialist explained it to me. Don't be embarrassed about your scar! It's a sign that you are on the road to recovery! Good luck !
