VITAMIN B-COMPLEX TO THE RESCUE

YEARLY THYROID EXAMS WENT WELL.  Thankful for that.  I weighed in heavier then expected.  humph.  It seems that my weight is stuck.  My visit included some questions that were answered.  It was brought up that some research is being done in the basement of the facility about ARMOUR (natural) vs. Synthroid (synthetic).  Interesting.

You see when I first started this merry-go-round of taking Synthroid, I was determined to honor what the endocrinologist suggested as their Gold Standard.  I took it for 5 and a half years. As rotten as I felt, I checked into natural sources which included Armour.  The research I uncovered was staggering.  

I took it upon myself to visit with my MD asking questions about Armour a year before I switched to it.  A year later he obliged me and prescribed Armour.  I started taking it.  When switching from Synthroid to Armour, it is advisable to ease into it.  I didn't and the adjustment was HARD.  ROAD RAGE at home was inside my body.  I remember getting so angry.  I could sense the rage.  I'd be home alone and my mood would change to being overly mad at life.  I'd adjust and calm down as my body got use to the new meds.  With Synthroid, I was overheating all the time. It was awful and the weight gain continual.

AT THAT TIME, the endocrinology facility said they NEVER prescribe ARMOUR and they did not have any one there that was taking it UNTIL HUBBY and I showed up one day and informed them that we had switched to ARMOUR.  We were the black sheep of the family.  We remained as patients and were not let go.  Back to my present day visit. 

My TSH is way too low due to being overmedicated.  Instructions to lower my dose which I was pretty sure would happen.  I went ahead and had another lab done this morning to see how much the TSH has raised since a week has passed for the blood work for this exam.  It'll take a day or two for Walk-In-Lab to show the results in the health portal.  I was 0.226 last week.  I NEED TO BE a 1.0 to 2.0.  

I asked the medical personnel what to do if my TSH is within range, but still too tired.  He suggested checking Vitamin D levels, Vitamin B12 and iron through regular doc.  I believe I will do this.  I purchased a Vitamin B-Complex today at the health food store that is stored in a brown amber glass bottle. I'll start these tonight.  

Come to find out that B-Complex vitamins aid in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins to support cellular energy production for the body.  Also play a necessary role in supporting cardiovascular and nervous system health.  Each required nutrient in the Vitamin B-Complex performs a unique role in maintaining proper metabolic functioning, while nutritionally supporting the body during occasional stress of daily living.

SOUNDS like I need some help from Vitamin B-Complex.

https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/vitamin-b12-side-effects#bottom-line

https://www.webmd.com/diet/vitamin-b12-deficiency-symptoms-causes

IMHO, I believe more then not, health issues are created when our nutrition is off and we have a vitamin deficiency AND mineral deficiency.

Here's to better health,
~d

Bobo's

Here I sit.  TIRED, but oh so HAPPY to be HOME where I'm blogging and putt-sing around shuffling odds n' ins in the Dining room.  Working at making room usable for Thanksgiving Time while my Husband recovers from his second thyroid surgery.  

He did well with his surgery.  He's resting right now.  Surgeon said the left lobe was more difficult to remove.  It is slowly sinking in that he had cancer.   

Life is returning to 'normal' if there is such a thang.  Hubby is upstairs resting before I fix SOUP with crackers for Lunch.  Better make that a pre-made Chicken Pot Pie.  I need EASY, so I can have a Coffee Break.  

~BOBO's in Topeka KS~

 ~NOT This Bobo~

~Barbara (Bobo) Sears Rockefeller~

Doesn't her hair look like Marilyn Monroe's?

We returned HOME from the Topeka Hospital late yesterday afternoon.  First, it took a while before prescriptions were filled at the pharmacy.  Seemed to be a mix-up.  We went to eat at BOBO's and had a hamburger which at their Car Hop place that's been in business since 1948 is a Steak Burger with French Fries.  Later, we had a Red Button HOT Coffee with three creams in it while sitting at SONIC waiting for Hubby's meds to be filled.

Thought it to be better to sit in the car than drive in Topeka's busy traffic.

In the morning while Husband was waiting to see the Doctor, he napped and I went shopping early in the morning with a HY-VEE coupon-in-hand...buy a HAM and get a FREE TURKEY.  Picked a nice size Ham and then picked an 'almost' 14 pound Turkey.  

Turkey will be baked this week-end and the HAM is going in a CROCKPOT just about now.

This gives me some ideas for Thanksgiving.

I noticed that the ones shopping early in the morning so they could get FIRST PICK FREE TURKEY were the older Homemakers.  Because you stay HOME as a Homemaker doesn't mean you will do completely without.  You may be the one that gets the bargains because you have flexibility with your hours and will GET the worm.  That saying, 'The Early Bird Gets The Worm' went through my head as I walked into the SUPER-SIZED Grocery Store.  The thought that we are BLESSED in this country with so many stores to shop.  Stores of all kinds.  Stores of various sizes....big, small, in between.  

I don't want a worm, but the BARGAINS are a welcomed thing.  A MUCH NEEDED THING.  Women....BE ENCOURAGED.  If you are LIVING on ONE Paycheck, the Bargains can and will come your way.  The Lord's Blessings are why.  

I also purchased a ROAST and will be preparing it the way Heloise suggested by marinading it over night in vinegar.  Discard vinegar then pour two cups of STRONG COFFEE and water over it to add FLAVOR.

~COFFEE POT ROAST~

Heloise called it Peking Roast

Starting with a 3 to 5 pound roast, use a large knife to cut slits completely through the meat so they look like little tunnels.  Insert slivers of garlic and onion into the slits.  Can do without garlic and onion.   

Put the beef in a bowl and pour one cup of vinegar over it making sure that the vinegar runs down into the slits.  Place this in your refrigerator for twenty-four to forty-eight hours.

When ready to cook the roast, discard the vinegar solution and place meat in a heavy pot (iron if possible) and brown in oil until nearly burned on both sides.  Then pour two cups of strong black coffee over the roast.  Add two cups of water and cover.  

If liquid boils down NEVER add more than one cup of additional water at a time.  Make sure the lid is on tight.

Cook this slowly at a simmer for six hours on top of stove.  (Will try the CROCK-POT.)

Do NOT season with anything else until twenty minutes before serving and then add salt and pepper.  

That's it.

Looking forward to my QUIET TIME TODAY.

May you have a blessed and pleasant day.  

Thank you for stopping by and saying hi,

d

A Better Day

After I posted yesterday's message, 

I went to the hospital emergency room and was looked over by emergency staff.  

My heart continued to skip beats.  All the internet reading I had done about what to do when having irregular heart beats was saying to contact doctor, 911 or emergency facility.  Truthfully, we had tried to visit with my endocrinologist that prescribed my synthroid for thyroid and find out what to do.  We were given a on call doctor.  Prescribed beta blocker and we made a late night trip to Topeka to pick it up.  Our little town does not have a 24 hour Pharmacy.

I was told to go to endocrinologist office in the morning to have blood drawn to check TSH reading and our doctor would let us know what to do next.  I was given a report on the blood and was told that I would be called on Thursday or Friday and be told what to do.  Drove home.  Heart still beating oddly.

Next day after having a full body scan, as the day progressed I broke and asked my husband to take me to the emergency room in Manhattan.  We drove over and I had my doubts.  I kept hoping that my heart would straighten out and return to a nice steady beat.  If you're anything like me...it makes me nervous when my heart skips so many beats.  3 beats, skip a beat, 3 beats, skip a beat, 9 beats, skip a beat, 30 beats, skip a beat, 2 beats, skip a beat, 2 beats, skip a beat, 3 beats, skip a beat, 21 beats, skip a beat....for two days I couldn't get the heart to straighten out.

Admitted to the Hospital.  Paperwork filled out.  Computers were down.  My ID Bracelet was hand written.  Dressed in a hospital gown. I was visited with and looked over by an MD, blood drawn, hooked up to a EKG, blood pressure and temperature taken, given a aspirin and 2 tiny Ativan.

The EKG showed about 3 times is all that my heart skipped a beat.  I was all decked out and no place to go.

The doctor increased the beta blocker and prescribed Antivan.

Went back home and rested the rest of the evening very well.

Now to get the name brand medication for Antivan would take some work.  Checked with 5 Pharmacies and none had the name brand, just the generic.  So for 82 cents, I bought some generic antivan.

I pray that my thyroid medicines will stabilize my hormones needed to function.  After taking 2 Thyrogen injections in which to lower one to being hypothyroid so the radioactive iodine takes action inside the human body to kill off left over thyroid tissue that might be cancerous, I believe that the lowering my thyroid reading has caused this irregular heartbeat and high blood pressure.

The antivan is to help relax me so I'm not getting overly upset that my heart beat is whacky and making me uneasy.

Today my overall health was better.  So much better!  PTL.
Hurray.

Lord willing this week-end I will totally clean the Dining room and it will once again look as if somebody cares about the way our home celebrates having a dining room at HomeHaven.

Thyroid health.
~Deanna~

I am sure the tone of my blog will change as I just called to hear my Doctor's Nurse say a biopsy needs to be done on the nodules found in my thyroid. Though the test read that my thyroid is alright...the nodules have been scanned...a problem. Stuff going on in the thyroid on both lobes of thyroid. My husband is on his way to pick up my copy of the report.

IMO your TSH, T3 and T4 readings can be in a good range and still have cancer in the thyroid. IMO...these test are not all inclusive with what's going on with the thyroid.

Cold nodules were found and these are the ones that are more suspicous than what is known as warm and hot nodules. A biopsy is a sure way to determine if they are cancer. That's the road I am about to walk down. My guess...it's cancer.

More reading to do.
~Deanna~