Week 9

Friday, October 23, 2009

My appointment with Dr. Krishna was for 3pm. Dan and I prompltly arrived and were ushered into waiting room one. Dr. Krishna came in and asked me what I was here for. I explained to him about my pulse and that my Midwife wanted me to be checked out, just to be sure. He asked me if I have ever had my Thyroid checked, I said no. He then began to ask me a series of questions that the content of which was all to familiar.

How long have you had a high heartrate? As long as I can remember.

Do you have heart palpitations ever? Yes.

Hold out your hands, do you find you tremble often? My hands are always shaky.

Are you warm blooded, or cold? Warm, but that just changed a few years back. I used to be cold-blooded.

Do you sweat a lot? More so than my friends, yes. But not excessively.

Do you experience shortness of breath with physical activity? Yes! I thought I was just horribly out of shape though.

Do you find that you don't gain weight, even though your appetite may be increasing? ABSOLUTELY. I have stayed the same weight, forever. I just thought I was blessed with a high metabolism though. ;)

He came to the conclusion that I may have Hyperthyroidism. He did an EKG there in the office, which was normal except for tachycardia of course. He scheduled me for an Echo and a Thyroid Ultrasound for the following Monday. We drew the normal Thyroid functions there at his office and I would receive the results on Monday when I came in for my tests. He told me to cut out all caffeine since that would raise my heartrate more.  =(  BIG SADFACE. I had already cut out 90% and was saving that last 10 for when I felt sick to my stomach and moments of weakness. Of course, I can't cheat even a little bit, because there are people all around to call me out every time. Marcie mainly.

The weekend preceding my appointment was uneventful. Time was spent with Dan, and cleaning the house. Of course, I researched away about Hyperthyroidism and all possible complications for me, for baby, treatments, etc.  One great thing about this week though? The nausea and vomiting has cut down a bit. I don't feel miserable ALL day long. Only at certain parts. My vomiting has been cut down to an average of about once a day. Which is a great improvement!! All things I have tried have failed unfortunately.

My midwife suggested B6 50mg twice daily. She also wrote me a RX at week 7 for Zophran to hopefully stop the vomiting. I tried the B6, my sweet husband could only find 100mg pills and he spent 30 minutes cutting each pill in half for me. :) Sadly, the B6, would start quickly dissolving in my mouth and would make me more sick, so I stopped those after a couple of days. Much to Dan's dismay. I never filled the RX for the Zophran because I didn't want to take unneccesary pills. I tried Saltines, Pretzels, anything salty. These things definitely helped for a time. Dan scoured the city for SeaBands, the small accupuncture wristbands supposed to help with nausea. Those did little but put indentations in my wrists. Surprisingly, the thing that helped the most, was eating constantly. I have to eat every 2.5 to 3 hours on the dot, or I will be sick. Eating those small meals often as well as thinking positively has worked to make me feel a bit better. I am thankful for every minute of it. And for my sweet husband.