Okay, for the Monday morning weigh-in - I forgot to weigh myself before breakfast this morning, so I will do so tomorrow. Not expecting much though. I have been slightly off my diet (not badly, but an extra 200 or 300 calories a day is enough to do me in). I'm trying to get back to the diet log to keep myself honest.
I'm taking a slightly higher dose of my thyroid medicine before giving up and switching to Armour brand. We'll see how this works - I notice I have a little more energy, but exercise tolerance isn't so great.
H was gone with S14 over the weekend to snowboard with his brother and nephew in another state. D15 had lots of social engagements so I enjoyed a quiet weekend by myself without having to cook for or clean up after others - heaven! I even got to watch all the Oscar coverage yesterday.
H's brother and his wife are in the downward spiral dance, it's interesting to see H's take on it, since he sees some of his old self exaggerated in his brother. H gave his brother some good counsel, I think, but you know you can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink.
Funny, in the context of our conversation about it last night, I used an episode from our summer vacation as an example of how unpredicatble the mood-disorder stuff can be (we suspect H's brother suffers from depression too like H). I mentioned - in a very nice, unthreatening way - the example I had posted here, where H got so upset about having to wait behind 2 cars at the gas station on a lovely day when our trip was going really well and we had plenty of time. He cussed and used the F word in front of the kids, I thought something had broken on the trcuk and we were going to be stuck in Mexico until I found out what it was really about.
Anyway - I mentioned this episode to H and he had absolutely no memory of the incident!!! None!!! Which just goes to show how depression can affect memory.
It was good, though, for H to go on this trip - he always really appreciates me more whenever he talks to friends with troubled marriages.
So - in keeping with the theme of this thread, "Thyroid madness" - I'm working on optimizing my thyroid treatment - I want to be 100% again. I'm also going to make sure H gets his rechecked - it's been a couple of years since his last test, and he has some risk factors for thyroid disease. And D15 needs rechecking, too, as it is possible that some of the things she is experiencing now could be due to thyroid disease. I know I sound paranoid, but it really runs in my family.
