All that's Green and Gold
* Aussies in the Lead
I so can't wait to see the Olympics. It's kind of strange, despite being so unsporty, I've really been looking forward to the games this year. Maybe it's more because I'm four years older. I understand things a bit better, and besides the ceremonies are getting better and better all the time ;) Eveyrone I've heard from that's seen it has said the opening ceremony was really good. I'm glad. The Greeks deserve it since they've worked so hard.
Because we dont' have TV I havent had a chance to see any more than the photos on the Olympic website, but our Grandma is taping them for us like last time. She's such a legend! I was just chatting with her on the phone tonight and she said she's taping the program from 9:00am to 3:00pm that covers all of the events of the last day. The first couple of videos with the opening ceremony and first days should come in the mail this Thursday *dances*
I was just on the athens2004.com website and so far the Aussies have the most medals *grin* We're neck 'n' neck with the Chinese with 5 golds (one being Ian Thorpes). Then we've got 1 silver and 3 bronze. I was telling Josh and he was like, "Suckers!"
* Off to the Daintree
I think I mentioned that it was Mum and Dad's 25th wedding anniversary this year some while ago. Well, they're finally being able to go away! (yes, I know that last sentence has horrible grammar. Don't eat me Tevvie.) They were hoping to go overseas (say, Vanuatu or such), but by the time it rained some (Dad didn't want to leave the station whilst it was still badly in drought) and they were able to find a set of dates that worked there wasn't going to be enough time for them to get passports and visas. Pity, but oh well. They're now going to this gorgeous place up in the Daintree rainforest for a week! Back when they got married Mum and Dad traveled around Australia. They didn't manage to make it to the Draintree forest up north, though. So, what better than their 25th wedding anniversary to finish off the trip?
<-- cool, hey? They're gonna be up in this tree house in the tops of the trees and they're gonna have a jacuzzi on their balcony! I remember when Mum and I were first looking over their site and we were reading down the list of stuff included. There was all of the usual stuff like: Air-conditioning, Ensuite bathroom, Satellite TV, CD Player, Free in-house movies etc. Then right on the bottom was "Umbrella". Of course we first cracked up, but then it kind of makes sense. It would rain heaps in the daintree, but I dunno...it was just so funny. Just how many places do you see provide ya your own umbrella?!
Anyhow, they're leaving on Thursday (mail day!) for ten days. Rachel is coming up from Sydney to hang-out with us until they get back. It's gonna be so much to have her up for a week. Movies. Movies. Food. Rollerblading. Sleep. Food. Computer. Movies. Movies. Movies. Olympic Opening Ceremony. More food. Giggle time because we're sure to be lacking sleep by this time. Another Movie. Food. Sleep. Jump in Lumbies to wake ourselves up. Sleep. Food. Talk. Food. Food. Movies. More Olympics. Lyd has to take her saliva test somewhere in here. More food. I'm sure you get the idea ;)
Wildflowers this Spring
My, oh my...I haven't written in awhile, hey? I think it's weird how sometimes the reason you don't write is not because you don't have anything to write about, but because there's so much to write about that you don't feel you can say it all and so you don't say anything at all. I get that alot. Ideas and events will pile up in my head, and in some ways I guess I feel overwhelmed so I just turn around and don't do anything about even trying to write a little about them. I'm such a perfectionist that if I can't write everything about it then I'll very well not write anything about it. Then because of my lovely dominate Phelgmatic nature I'll just shrug, flop back in an armchair and declare, "Oh well, I've been meaning to finish this book."
That's kind of been part of it. I've been reading heaps these last couple of weeks. All Core 9 stuff. I'm pretty much right on track. It's just there's been a few heavy books and I really wanted to get them done and over with, so that I wouldn't have a ton of heavy reading to do at the end of the year. I'm already gettin' the end of the year wind down feeling. Well, there's is only what...three months to go. Three months and about 18 books. I'm determined to do it 'cause I so wanna get the opportunity to read about church history (Core 8)! But I'm also really having to watch myself. If I start stressing too much or pushing myself I'm sunk--sunk with a two ton elephant tied to my ankles.
And I'm more determined to get better than read all of these books. Which is the other part of me being so abscent lately. I'm really having to stay on the ball about things at the moment. Because things have gotten slightly more complicated with the T3 medication not working, my doctor has been wanting me to do more tests just to make sure it's not other things that could be also wrong in my body. For one I had to cut off a bit of my hair and send it off to this place for them to test the minerals in my body. Apparently if I've been exposed to a really bad mineral that's stored up in my body, my body then could be having a really adverse effect to it. Plus I've got to do a saliva test to check how bad my Adrenal Glands are. But I've got to do that on a certain day of the month, which is the 31st. And of course I've got to get another blood test *shudders*. I'm kind of planning to put that off until next month...I figure if I can get the results back to her for two tests then maybe I can hold her off about the blood test until the appointment after the next.
But then, all the tests haven't really been taking up all that much time. Mostly it's all of these tablets I've got to take, and I've got to closely monitor my temperature (take it three times a day) and how I'm feeling to make sure I know exactly when I begin to overdose and have to cut back. I was counting the other morning and let's see--
~take in the morning~1 T3 (at exactly 12:00pm every day)
1 Astrelagous 8 (for my immune system)
1 Fish Oil (for Omega-3 oils)
2 Q10 (for stamina to keep me going)
1 Adrenoplex (for my adrenal glands)
~one in the morning & one at night~2 Lipo-tone (for my liver)
2 Zinc (for my immune system and skin)
~take at night~1 Multi mineral with B Vitamins (for my immune system)
1 teaspoon of Magnesium powder (for energy)
2 teaspoons of Vitamin C powder (heck, you should know what that's for!)
Man, what's that?
10 different things: 11 tablets and three teaspoons of powder (I drink it with orange juice...hot water is another way to get it down, but whatever you do,
don't ever take powders in just normal water if you aren't use them it. You'll nearly throw up.) I've always hated taking tablets. They taste foul, they get stuck in your throat, and they just...I dunno :P I can't help but shudder when I just swallow them with water, so I've given that up. I swallow them with food. It's the only way.
Sometimes I think I'm feeling better, then I get other days like yesterday when I feel like the only think I'm useful for is sitting in a corner crying. I'm slowly learning, though. I can read about half of a blood tests results now; Mum and I went online and bought all of the books and stuff we could find on Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome the other day and reading more indepth about it is really helping; and like Mum said the other day: when I'm realing struggling against depression and irritability I need to keep remembering that this isn't me. She's like, "Maybe it'll help if you keep reminding youself "This isn't me. This is abnormal. It isn't me." to keep yourself from giving in." It's a fight, and I've probably blown up more times this year than I have in the last three...
I guess, it's this fighting to keep from drowning that takes most of the energy. Just living and trying to stay emotionally level. Taking all the tablets at their designated times; taking my tempt at three o'clock, six o'clock, and nine o'clock; and eating. Making food and eating it. Any left over energy I have seems to go into hanging out with my family.
You know, it's so strange. I never know how to end these kind of posts. I could leave it like this, but it leaves things with a distasteful taste and I hate being down all the time. I especially hate pulling people down with me 'cause I know that only a couple of hours after posting really down posts I'll probably feel up again. 'Cept I don't really feel down tonight. I'm feeling pretty emotionally level. I just wanted to blog is all, and I especially just want you to have the chance to understand.
This is my current life. This is a little of how it is and how I'm handling it. And did I mention that there's flowers this spring? Wildflowers. Because of the last three years of drought we truly haven't had wildflowers. Clowds of purple and white and yellow aren't smothering the roadsides this season, but there amongst the old dead wooly butt grasses there's some purple and yellow. Aaron, my youngest bro, brought me in a bunch the other day, and they were so pretty.
Quote of the Moment
Sorry Kyra, but for some reason I read this and totally cracked up. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the numbers on the clock read 2:38am...
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And then of course there are my various fantasy crushes. *grows fangs and stalks off after Firebird*
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--Kyra
Dr: That's so bizarre...
This one is so going down on the record. I had another appointment with my doctor today to discuss my blood tests results. She's like, "I've got it right here..." Shuffling noises enamate on the other end of the line. Then after enough time has elapsed for her to have skimmed through the results, she says, "This is bizarre..."
When they test your thyroid they test for how much T4 is in your body, how much T3 (WTS people don't have enough T3), and TSH. TSH is kind of like what your body is saying about your thyroid. When it's a low number it's saying, "There's plenty of thyroid stuff in your body, so don't make too much more." and when the number is really high it's saying quiete frankly, "We're running low. Quick! Make more!"
Back in January my TSH was saying 3.3 and that was high enough to say my thyroid wasn't making enough stuff. Now it's 6.9 of all numbers. I almost felt this evil kind of satisfaction from scaring my doctor out so much. She spent a good part of the whole appointment just going, "Bizarre. That is so bizarre." 'Cause really it shouldn't be anywhere like that, and especially because I was taking so much T3 there for 4 months it should have gone down.
This all now means that I get some more lovely tablets to add to my ever-growing mound, and that I have to get another blood test in a month *groans*
Something I realised, though, the other day was--apart from my thyroid, adrenals, and liver (you're thyroid goes through your liver and Glandular Fever directly attacks and lives in your liver...)--I've got an extremely healthy body, what with having to eat so healthy and all these supplements. My nails are the best I've ever seen them. In three weeks they've grown almost as long as it took me two months to get them before the wedding, and they're really strong. And I haven't done a thing with them. Not filed 'em; no nada. Still they look really good. *grins*
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BTW, for our internet we get charged by how much download we do in a month, and the last couple of months we've been going over our alloted download (1,100 MB) because Hannah had been using webcam. We figured out the problem before we went over this month, but it means it's been tight this last week, and we're only suppose to check our mail...so, I'm sorry that I haven't been to visit any of your blogs! The month should turn over this weekend, and I'll come haunt you all then.
