Trivia and non-trivia

[serene]

First, the trivial stuff:

1) Maker Faire is lots of fun, especially if you go with someone who is laid-back, moves at roughly the same pace as you through fair-like things, and doesn't mind crowds. Was mildly surprised that we only saw two people we knew the whole time we were there. Had much fun, saw MANY MANY hot geeks, and saved our fair-food money for a nice Greek-fast-food lunch after we left. My joints are FURIOUS with me for some reason, but I had a blast, and I even remembered to buy/use sunscreen.

2) Also, bought crocheted poo for the teenager.


Then, non-trivial:

I am having some trouble holding it together, though so far I have only melted down for a few minutes at a time here and there. The Munchkin who doesn't live with me is having serious troubles, which means my mom (with whom he lives) is having serious troubles along with him. Between that, my upcoming three-week furlough, and my health stuff (more about which under the cut), it's hard to push through the day some days.

I've made some adjustments that will help:

A) Quit my volunteer job at the WCRC for the foreseeable future
B) Decided that the summer issue of the magazine will come out in August, not June (August is still summer, right?)
C) Encouraged someotherguy to remind me, every time I start to make some fun plan or other, that I am pretty overloaded right now and might want to rest instead. (He normally doesn't parent me, and wouldn't do so now except that I've asked him to, which took some effort on my part.)




I think it was April 1 or so when I went back on my thyroid meds post-radiation, at a higher dose (200 micrograms versus the 125 I'd been taking before the surgery). (Maybe it was April 2nd or 3rd, but around then.) By six weeks later, I was clearly (I figured) hyperthyroid, because I had some of the classic symptoms: muscle aches, heart palpitations, nerves, insomnia, muscle weakness). I figured the endo would, after my labs came back, reduce my dose a little.

But my labs came back, and I have to *increase* my dose to 225. Not especially happy about this, but I need to suppress my TSH to reduce my cancer risk, so I'm going to do it, but I don't feel so hot. I have an appointment with her on the 15th or so, and we'll talk about it, but meantime, I'm not at my best, physically, and I have some anxiety and sleeplessness that I'm sure are making it a little harder to be around me.

It'd be nice if all this excess nervous energy translated to my wanting to clean the house nonstop, but not so much.

Comments

re: Trivia and non-trivia

[betonica]

I'm sorry you're not feeling so great, and hope it resolves soon. Is there anything I can do from the other side of the continent? I can't imagine what, but do let me know. Any particular books you'd like that you don't have? I have this monstrous library....

[deane]

I remember when my Mom was getting her thyroid medication fine-tuned. One time when she was hyperthyroidic she was too jittery to get much done, but said that she felt like she could lift the house up and clean under it.

[firecat]

September is still summer, too.

I'm sorry too much life and too much thyroid are happening to you right now.

[emperor]

I get the impression getting thyroid levels right can be a bit fiddly, and not much fun. I hope they get yours right quickly!

[ailbhe]

School summer holidays in Ireland and the UK are August, and some of all of July. Not June. Here, summer seems to be mid-May to early October, going by my childhood summer weather memories. By either measure, August is summer.

Let's not ask antipodeans.

We have two Dora the Explorer helium balloons in the house right now, bigger than Emer is. It's almost as good as having baby elephants.

[needlegrrl]

I am very envious of you for being able to attend Maker Faire - I really would love to go. And I'm surprised there's not anything like that on the east coast, either.

August is totally summer - fall doesn't hit until mid-Sept, so you're fine. :)

[wild_irises]

Here to help, whatever help might mean to you.

[serene]

Thank you, love. I appreciate it.

[vito_excalibur]

August is totally summer. And I know what you mean about getting your partner to give you gentle reminders about things. It sucks, but what if you need to be reminded? :/

[serene]

Exactly. It helps that I have the partner I have, because he is really really good at direct communication, so he doesn't push the buttons my actual parent pushes. When he says "you were gonna schedule fewer things, remember?" there's absolutely nothing else he means by it -- not "you are a dummy for not remembering this" or "you need me to take care of you because you can't take care of yourself" or "I know better than you what you need" or any number of things my actual parent might have meant when I was getting those buttons installed.

Don't tell anyone, but this one can actually ask me if it's my time of the month and not inspire me to punch him.