Kathy (ImOut)
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I've got too much something going on right now, I can barely read the nothing thread.
It's nothing. You'll get over it.
I wish it were nothing. I'm facing two surgeries. One mandatory. The other a choice I have to make. And it's a big decision. Will the surgery improve my quality of life? Will it make me crazier than I already am?
I truly wish it were nothing. And then I can't even have the "elective" surgery until I get my iron count up. In over 30 years, NOTHING has gotten my iron count to the normal range. And having surgery may possibly improve my iron count. Ugh!!!
That totally sucks, Kathy.
But you will come through it. And there is always the chance that this time the outcome will be different and for the better.
I wouldn't worry about the crazy part. I doubt you're that crazy to begin with and a little more might just add some extra character
I feel like a schmuck now, Kathy. Sorry you're going through such a tough time. Things will get better!
If your low iron count is connected to the thyroid problem Kathy, it seems likely that after the surgery you will finally enjoy the energy that comes with iron in a good range. That won't be nothing. It'll be a whopping humungous something! Everything works better when your iron is taken care of, your body, your brain, your feelings. The very best wishes for that. I had years of struggling to get my ferritin count up. Now it's normal, everything works better.
Sorry, I was barking up the wrong tree there. Yeah iron pills do have some sticky black side effects! among others. I used to fry up some fresh lambs liver with chilli, garlic, plenty of salt and pepper. Wouldn't normally touch liver with a barge pole, but when my body was needing it, I loved it. Kept it in the fridge and kept nibbling away. Helped, but not a permanent cure. Post menopause, no more loss of the iron, was the only long lasting help. I was advised to have a hysterectomy, but flagged it. It's a very personal decision for a woman. Hang in there Kathy. We are all plumping for you.
"If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would he this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me." Ann Landers
"When you get in a tight place and everything goes against you, until it seems as if you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hang in there, Kathy.
Having had my own run-ins with endos last year, I feel for ya'.
Hey Kathy,
Have you tried magnets for your Iron problem?
Meanwhile, I would like to point out this part of your story belongs on the Something Thread.
Because it really is not nothing.
My hopes for your improvement.
Here's our big nothing in TX. They said we'd only get one inch. Today's forecast is an accumulation of 5 inches. I think we surpassed that already.
1st pic: backyard with snow drifts
2nd pic: Tonka eating the snow off the patio furniture that is on the covered patio.
3rd pic: the snow drift on my front windows
Spring did not arrive in TX.