Mus-kels

Been enduring a quite severe neck pain for almost a week now which made me scurry to my endocrinologist a couple of days ago thinking it is related to my being hypothyroid. If you haven't read my previous blogs, welcome. But if you have been reading thanks!

broken mirror? design them. we opted
for a wooden theme to remedy the crack.

I often associate my muscle pains to my hypothyroidism because there's no other culprit 80% of the time. When I was still hyperthyroid my muscles were so weak, when I turned hypothyroid my muscles are so stiff most of the time and if I stop taking hormone replacement drug I will feel excruciating muscle pains definitely. I have been doing a lot of lifting and drilling since we moved to our new home and a week after, that's when my neck pain kicked in. I know the difference between a normal muscle spasm over something chronic and this time around the pain won't subside for days. I took Alaxan FR, both warm and cold compress, even took use of this muscle relaxant ointment my Ortho prescribed years ago.The ointment partially relieved the pain but the discomfort continued on so I decided to go ahead and have my thyroid checked. My last check up with my endoc was March this year prior to me leaving for Hong Kong and I was told that my TSH level was ok. I was supposed to come back last month but got too busy so I failed to show up and just decided to have another check up after my prolonged neck pain. I know, I know, always go back when you're told by you're doctor to do so for your own peace of mind. So, I attributed my muscle pains to my thyroid and decided to have my blood tested again (TSH, FT4 level). I went back the next day for the result and thank God the pain is not in any way related to my thyroid. It was ruled out since my TSH level (my endoc said hormone level connecting the brain and heart) is fine, not normal though because you're never normal after RAI. I was told that I wasn't hypothyroid which means that my neck pain was due to my heavy lifting or drilling. That, the lifting might've already damaged my muscles and the constant physical activities aggravated it. Problem solved. I was advised to go for a massage and continue taking my Levothyroxine.

my new read...

latest project: Black and White photo
wall. Yes, I drilled all the wall hangers.
Six more photos to go..still far from
 completion.

I'll be resting for the time being and avoid any lifting. I also had a neck massage this afternoon and hopefully I'll be back on track in a few days. I hate not to hover. My sisters and I still got a project to finish which is our Black and White Photography Wall, an idea we got from Pinterest. Well, most of our projects here at home came from Pinterest. It's like the Instagram for DIY home ideas.

What else? I'm back to reading. I am currently reading Claire Zorn's The Sky So Heavy. It is interesting actually. I thought it was boring at first but never judge an e-book just by it's first few pages. It's about nuclear testing gone bad in Australia which resulted to extreme temperature drop. Imagine snow in Australia? I'll share it with you guys once finished. I haven't finished reading Vina Jackson's Eighty Days Amber because I've gotten tired reading all the sexual content and I want something that would make me travel some place else since I miss traveling all the time.

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hyperthyroid turning hypothyroid

I have been enduring a lot of muscle cramps, muscle twitches or whatever you call it since after i stopped taking inderal (its known side effect) for roughly less than a couple of months now because i am hyperthyroid. after reading articles online, i found that i may now be hypothyroid because hypothyroid patients endure so much more muscle pains than hyperthyroid people. when my hyperthyroidism started manifesting i've had palpitations, hand tremors and the worst of all thigh pains which made it too difficult for me to climb stairs because it felt like there's too much weight on my calves and the pain was unbearable every time i walk up the stairs. after the treatment, the hand tremors dissipated, my heart rate slowed down and i was fine again plus my heart seemed to enjoy the walking unlike before, i have to stop every time due to extreme tiredness especially walking uphill. however, i noticed that i'm starting to gain weight. at first, i was a little delighted that my eyes were no longer bulging, my cheeks looks fuller again, but then, i didn't like the fact that my weight gain would be alongside so many muscle twitches that i can no longer function normally. 

i can't do stretching like i used to nor exercise due to the unusual muscle pains. i am now looking to switch to another endocrinologist because i have a feeling that my overactive thyroid is now underactive because of my weight gain, extreme sensitivity to cold, constipation, sluggishness and the worst extreme muscle pains. i know i shouldn't assume but i learned from another hyperthyroid patient from work that once hyperthyroid, if not monitored by an endocrinologist, the patient has a tendency to become hypothyroid due to over medication. i hated my weight gain because it took me 2 years to lose weight.

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