Recovery cont'd

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday!

So much and nothing at all has been happening.

We had a really great time with our friends that were in town for the holidays. We didn’t do a lot but they were a big help around the house and it was nice having other energy in the house. We woke up to just enough snow on Christmas day to feel magical without being a pain! We were also able to keep our Christmas hike tradition, which was important to me.  We went .5 miles out to a waterfall and then back. 

Reality wise,  things are moving forward but not without some difficulty.  My thyroid levels are not yet stabilizing so my doctor adjusted the dose of my medication.  I’ve been getting very fatigued around 3pm, which is hard for me to handle but I’m trying to honor my body. I started the new dose today and while it will take a little while to kick in,  I’m hoping I start to have more energy soon.  I got more blood work today to check my calcium levels too.  I self-reduced the tums from 3x/ day to 1 cause my stomach hates them. Fingers crossed that remains stable.

I also saw my pulmonologst yesterday.  I had that appointment set up as a checkup from a while ago but kept it due to the breathing issues I’ve been experiencing. He was concerned about my right lung after listening to me and ordered another xray. It showed that there’s more fluid and it’s not dissipating.  Sigh. To be safe, he ordered a Thoracentesis (they numb you and put a needle in to suck the fluid out). It should be an easyish outpatient procedure,  but ugh,  just another thing to deal with.  The good news, though,  is that it won’t turn into pneumonia and that I should be able to breathe again. I get that done next Friday.

I started PT today, which I’m excited about. It was just the intake appointment, so we didn’t do much activity. Going through my health history is getting really long and depressing. She was very nice though and gave me some neck exercises, which is helpful cause it’s been really tight with the large incision. I’m excited to get moving.

The other thing I’m grappling with is that I start back to work next week. Time just flew! A part of me is excited to get one step closer to normal,  but I won’t lie,  I’m nervous about it.  There’s still a few battles ahead with the fatigue and the radioactive iodine,  but I will just take one day at a time.

I’m also lucky that my work has been very supportive.

In the meantime,  we still have the next week to relax.  We probably won’t be doing much for new years, but in keeping with our tradition,  we bought a pinata that we fill with everything we want to purge from the year and then beat it. Though this year,  I’ll have to roundhouse kick it instead of hitting it with stick.  😁