Thyroid issues......

As mentioned before I did the race for life in June and shortly afterwards moved to a new house. Well through all that I got really tired and run down....I couldnt even walk down the street without getting cramps in my legs. I thought it was just from all the stress, but I just couldnt get my energy level up. At some point my legs really started swelling with water retention and I kept gaining weight. At that point I decided to go to the doctor who suspected a thyroid issue and took my blood and told me to call in a few days time for the results.

Funny enough he called me back later in the afternoon and told me that the lab called him and informed him that my stats were pretty bad....usually T4's should be between 9 and 25, however mine were around 3....so he prescribed me levothyroxine which I have to take for the rest of my life. Well over the next few weeks I didn't really feel much of a change, still cramps everywhere and really worn out.....

A few weeks later tho I slowly started to feel better...less cramps, no more water retention. But my weight just did not start going down. My doctor advised me to wait another month until my stats were more back to normal and then she would put me on Reductil to see if that helps.