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How many grapes have an underactive thyroid/Hypothyroidism? Gardening is, albeit good for you, quite hard work even if you are fairly fit. With an underactive thyroid you "get" a certain amount of energy each day and if you go and "spend" some of that allowance with a session on the plot, if you are not careful or your levels are not quite right, it can take days or even weeks to get over it.
I was diagnosed around 6 years ago and often struggle with day to day life with the house and 4 kids and thats before the garden comes into the equation! I would love the opportunity to chat to other hypothyroid gardeners. I thought perhaps we could "meet" here once in a while, update each other on how we are doing, share tips on how to best make use of the energy we have and maybe even share some precious magic energy dust! I know my post on Bashfull has revealed one fellow sufferer (you know who you are) so I just hope you will join me here.
Medication;
My medication was raised from 125mg to 150mg in September but since Christmas I have been struggling even more. My requested blood test from last week has come back with a TSH level of 4.8 which because it is within the normal range of 0.5 - 5.0, no action was to be taken. However I had a chat with my doctor today who, although adament my bloods meant there is nothing wrong with me, conceeded there was room for manouvre with my medication. As a result she has agreed to up my level to 175mg, upon agreement that my bloods are re-checked in 6 weeks. It will be interesting to see where I am then.
I was beginning to dread the comming gardening season as I would like to continue at the quantity of crops we grew last year as it made us almost self sufficient for 3/4 of the year but I really didnt know how I was going to manage. After all if I cant manage looking after Pea n Pod all day, the house and then Bluebelle and an unruly Bashful Bill after school?..... - oh and its not the school run any more its the school limp lol Now my medication has been increased it has given me hope that I will be able to acheive what I hoped for this season.
Much love and energy to all.
Tired Tammy
I was diagnosed around 6 years ago and often struggle with day to day life with the house and 4 kids and thats before the garden comes into the equation! I would love the opportunity to chat to other hypothyroid gardeners. I thought perhaps we could "meet" here once in a while, update each other on how we are doing, share tips on how to best make use of the energy we have and maybe even share some precious magic energy dust! I know my post on Bashfull has revealed one fellow sufferer (you know who you are) so I just hope you will join me here.
Medication;
My medication was raised from 125mg to 150mg in September but since Christmas I have been struggling even more. My requested blood test from last week has come back with a TSH level of 4.8 which because it is within the normal range of 0.5 - 5.0, no action was to be taken. However I had a chat with my doctor today who, although adament my bloods meant there is nothing wrong with me, conceeded there was room for manouvre with my medication. As a result she has agreed to up my level to 175mg, upon agreement that my bloods are re-checked in 6 weeks. It will be interesting to see where I am then.
I was beginning to dread the comming gardening season as I would like to continue at the quantity of crops we grew last year as it made us almost self sufficient for 3/4 of the year but I really didnt know how I was going to manage. After all if I cant manage looking after Pea n Pod all day, the house and then Bluebelle and an unruly Bashful Bill after school?..... - oh and its not the school run any more its the school limp lol Now my medication has been increased it has given me hope that I will be able to acheive what I hoped for this season.
Much love and energy to all.
Tired Tammy
God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done
Hope you havent got it - it really is a nasty condition to have, made worse by the fact people cant see how you are suffering. They wont test T3 unless the TSH is out of the normal range. What makes me angry is that the levels differ accross the world - if I was in the USA I wouldn't be considered to be within the normal range as it goes to around 3.0 there! Hope you get sorted soon. xxxx
and shove some (reputable - i.e. Thyroid uk) results/findings under his nose.
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