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  As I started on my thyroid journey, I honestly didn't believe I would feel any better. There I said it! I was a complete skeptic, that I would ever feel any better. I didn't think the brain fog would leave me. I didn't think that my symptoms would stop or diminish. While they haven't gone completely away, I am still in the newness phases of this journey and its been enough of a difference to want to tell everyone about it.

That nurse I told you about in the first blog, had a lot of holistic knowledge. He didn't have to think about what he was saying, he just knew the research he had done. He had tried it for his mom and it made a huge difference in her life he said. She was hypothyroid and had tried it and it worked for her. He suggested ordering Nascent Iodine and Selenium. The Iodine comes in a dropper bottle and you literally add one drop to a small cup of water. I took the Selenium at the same time, and chased it all with orange juice and my NP thyroid pill. I did this for a few days and started noticing that my brain fog had lifted quite a bit. Life got busy and I quit doing it for a few weeks, although was still taking my thyroid meds. Brain fog came back and the feeling of the haziness over my eyes.

  On the day that my grandmother passed away I began to get sick. I coughed and coughed like my life depended on those coughs (I think it was covid to be honest). I was even MORE tired than ever before, and was so out of breath walking up the 3 tiny steps in my RV. After almost a month of coughing and feeling horrendous I had to go get a thyroid check up at my regular Dr. He was concerned about my cough so I was given antibiotics. He also chose to check my iron levels again along with my thyroid levels as he often did. He was not happy with the iron and so he sent me to a hematologist. This Dr was very concerned with my iron levels, enough that if they weren't improved by the next month he was talking about doing infusions or a blood transfusion. That scared me. He also sent me to have an ultrasound on my girl parts to check for tumors etc. He also did more blood panels (like I had enough blood for them to keep taking it LOL). Turns out I have a fibroid in my uterus that is causing the issues. He was still more concerned with the blood work. It had improved because I started taking my iron again. He wanted me to continue taking the iron and if it didn't improve then I would have to do infusions. I've been taking my iron since and noticed that some of my tiredness went away, but not all of it at that point.

I started taking my iodine and selenium again as well, and as before the brain fog began to lift within a week. During all of this time my weight had began creeping up again. I felt swollen. My calves didn't look right, I could see inflammation in my face. I felt old, tired and washed up. My skin has been wrinkling up since my husband's medical issues a year and a half ago when stress became an article of clothing I have kept on at all times). I aged 10 years in a week, I can see it everyday that I look in the mirror.

At the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdowns I suddenly had time to do research. I was continuing to take my thyroid medication, iron supplement, iodine and selenium. I felt better, but I still didn't feel like I should. I knew a life before this that was bustling with energy. I used to cook and do canning and baking ALL THE TIME and keep a clean house, home-school my 3 kids, work cutting hair and cleaning houses and still have time and energy to watch a movie and unwind with my husband. I KNEW how I used to feel and so this wasn't going to cut it for me. The information I began reading were things I had read in the past, but didn't have the brain function to put anything into action. I began grabbing the different supplements as I went to get groceries every week. I ordered some essential oils online. I wanted to come at this from every angle. I am still in the process by the way of adding supplements/vitamins to my daily routine. A multivitamin just DOES NOT work for me. Period. As I need specific things to help the thyroid along. I will not be explaining in great detail the conversions etc of T3 and T4, as I am not yet proficient in that, but I will try my best to explain as I understand it. I will try to be as honest as possible with how I feel when I added things to my routine. I did not add everything all at once as I wanted to gauge my reactions to everything. Continue with me on this journey as it unfolds. Until next time...stay blessed and not stressed 💓 
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