Running on empty
After being out till 3am and then getting up to rally for the first day of Jazz Fest, last night my head hit the pillow and it was lights out. 8.5 hours later, I felt somewhat refreshed but oh my. Aside from age, hypothyroidism, and being an older mother, I almost crawled back to the house from the Fest yesterday. I kept running into people I know and as I made my way bit by bit I was losing steam. By Esplanade I wanted to hire a pedicab to take me home.
Meanwhile, my young friends were texting and calling and saying what’s up and my only response was NOT ME.
April 28th, 2012 at 10:40 am
I’ve been reading about your hair loss and fatigue over the past weeks, and assume now the problem was the hypothyroidism all along. Now I’m back to catch up again; just wanted to say it must be good to have answers now, with a problem that can hopefully be corrected, although as I understand it it might take a long time to determine the correct dosage. All this is complicated–as you know–from being a mother to a three-year-old. They can keep you young and make you feel old now matter the number of years you’re facing in your next birthday!
April 28th, 2012 at 10:41 pm
Alice – good to hear from you. It’s hard to tell what wears you out – being almost 53, having a 3 year old, having your thyroid go kaput, dealing with all the curve balls that get thrown at you in a lifetime – I think about you with my hair loss and remember how cold you were, and how you searched for wigs, and how all of that – I also think I’m pretty lucky this wasn’t more serious but I still sit around sometimes and have my own little pity party – wanting the hair that was always a beast to tackle – in the end, this is my launching off point to try to get on a new path of mental well being.