HYPO.THYROID.ISM

I think most of you out there know this, but 7 months ago my son Leonidas was born. While this is definitely a highlight of my life it does make running a business {actually 2 Successful business} a bit harder. Between my 5 year old’s growing social life, Leo’s demanding expanding brain, running a boudoir studio, and the wedding a portrait business I have very little time to be sick or rest if needed. However I feel like I have been hit by a few things this year including 2 surgeries!

Lately you may have noticed- I am sure if you are waiting on photos at least you have noticed -that I haven’t been posting or responding as quickly as normal. For all of you precious clients are there I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being so patient, and I also want to fill you in on what up, and how it should be fixed soon.

10 years ago after rapidly gaining weight, battling with in and out blues, losing hair and just feeling all around like I couldn’t get enough sleep though out my maybe 5 hours awake days I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Quick summary of the disease is that my thyroid doesn’t produce enough hormone or metabolism for my body resulting in a HUGE ARRAY of problems. I was prescribed medicine and have been on it since. Fast forward 10 years, 5 doctors, and 3 pregnancies later to now and it is really really out of whack, my medicine is ever changing and we just can’t get a great reading. In order to start fresh, I stopped taking the medication for 6 weeks and went in for a blood test with my doctor of the last 4 years to check the levels and see what is was doing on its own. At that point I was really FEELING the the disease. I couldn’t get enough sleep and I could not think straight. When the results came back in my Dr. told me that she needed me to wait two more weeks and have my blood tested again. {SERIOUSLY!?} I already felt like I was flailing around and now I needed to go even longer.

Here’s the deal. At that first reading the test showed that my brain thought my thyroid was {hyper} active – making too much metabolism and hormones -so my brain was telling my thyroid to slow down. Meanwhile my thyroid was already pretty much stopping already because it is {hypo}, so there is some kind of mix up there. My dr wanted to wait two more weeks {last Friday} to do more blood work and see if my brain is just behind a bit from the pregnancy 7 months ago and would catch up. If so the test would show that and she would know how to prescribe medicine for me. If the test show that my brain still thinks my thyroid is too hyper, than again, she would know its a different situation and she can prescribe for that as well. So I waited those two weeks, and never ever realized I would feel this badly. I cannot believe how the thyroid affects your whole body because for ten years I have been on medicine. BUT BOY DO I FEEL AWFUL!

Every minute of the day I am thinking about nothing but going back to sleep or not throwing up. The minute my son lays down for a nap, so do I. I honestly struggle to even keep my eyes awake when he is up. And my daughter? Well, she has been the sweetest thing ever, trying to play quietly next to me while I nap and heating herself hot dogs for lunch (God bless that girl for being so independent) The moment my husband comes home I battle with “I really want to go to bed, but have photos I HAVE to edit” while he takes over EVERYTHING I haven’t done that day. He is such a trooper. The only thing that pushes me through it is knowing that on Tuesday my blood results should be back and medicine will be on the way!

Anyhoo. I tell you all this because I love all my clients and want you to know that I am so very appreciative for your patience, and will be on your photo deadlines soon if I am behind, and if I am not behind but get there, please know this is not the regular me. This is not how I am a mom, wife and successful business owner. This is me in a bad month waiting on test results and will be back on top soon!