Doc D replied to my message saying she was sorry I couldn’t tolerate the statins and yes, I can stop the CoQ10.

After reading that not taking statins means that 90 out of 100 people won’t have a heart attack instead of 92 out of 100, I realized that taking the medication isn’t very beneficial even if you can stand the side effects. I mean that’s just 2 more out of 100, so I hardly feel like I’m putting myself at much more risk than usual by not being able to tolerate them. I still think I can lower my cholesterol to a degree naturally. I’ve done it before. It’s just that during the move it was easy to slack off. Now that we’re getting settled, I can get back into my routine.

We haven’t been getting settled without delays, though, that’s for sure. He’s really feeling the effects of the shingles shot today so he didn’t do much. Definitely makes me hesitant to get that vax!

There is still quite a bit to get done. The laundry is getting backed up and I hate not having a washer and dryer inside the house! I could have just done it all myself if there was, but as he knows and understands, I’m not going into that creepy old shed. Furthermore, the kitchen stuff isn’t put away nor is the wallpaper or doghouse completed. I’m beginning to wonder if it won’t be before the people hit the seasonals. I would really prefer it if it was ready by then because we have no way of knowing how the people next to the bedroom are going to be. This isn’t the '80s when things were different, so there are no guarantees they may not have a loud car stereo, or motorcycle, or be loud and obnoxious in other ways. Maybe they hang out back all the time talking loudly or in their lanai. I just don’t know what I’m in for over there and I don’t want to find out before the room is done.

It rained for the first time in about a week. Because it’s been so dry, the grass hasn’t grown and they never mowed it. I was a bit surprised at how quickly the weather changed. One day it seemed to be raining nearly every single day and then it was mostly sunny.

Getting a lot done tonight. Haven’t worked on my story yet but I deleted the grocery list I made on Walmart and recreated it. I’m sure they’ll find a way to fuck that up for me too. They’ve definitely been getting a lot worse lately in general.

I’m going to be getting back on with my story account where I share old stories on my story account as a backup.

Later…

I was all excited to get my thyroid test results and be told that I was in the single digits so I could squeal with delight and be so glad I can finally tolerate the medication every day now that my lady hormones have settled down just to have my bubble burst with bad news when the nurse called.

I was annoyed when Tom said they called because I didn’t understand why they couldn’t just leave the numbers on the portal. He said that because they’re new doctors, they wouldn’t want me freaking out since we know I’m going to be at least a little high. But I already went over this with the doctor and she should know I was expecting to be between 7 and 9.

Then it hit me that they would likely call rather than message me about raising my dose and that would most likely be if I was no longer in the single digits. Sure enough, my thyroid has died off some more and now my TSH is a 14. :-( I am so, SO bummed even though thyroids can and do continue to slowly die off throughout life and that’s why it’s tested regularly.

As for what we’re going to try next, I’m worried but hopeful. I just don’t want history to repeat itself with the anxiety. The good thing is that the nurse said that the doctor said that since I’m sensitive to the medication (at least she’s willing to acknowledge and admit that yes, some of us are genuinely sensitive to it) we won’t just up my dose all at once as we discussed in our first meeting. She wants me to take the 75s four times a week and 88s three times a week.

sighs So now that’s more trips to the lab and the risk of having similar problems as the last time they tried to increase my dose. Or is it? Well, it may be more lab trips but I’m hoping that since a lot of the anxiety was hormonal, I won’t have the same problem. The negative emotions and waves of adrenaline in the chest were more on the hormonal changes but the booming heart and panic attacks were more due to the medication. I am just so damn glad he’s retired so I don’t have to go it alone if anything bad does happen! It’ll take a week or two for me to find out but it will start with lung tightness if there are going to be any problems and then feeling wired. I’m going to be smart enough not to let it get to where it starts taking my HR for a run for its money and causing serious anxiety. I may not be meant to have normal thyroid numbers any more than I’m meant to have normal cholesterol numbers but we’ll find out soon enough.

Some things are starting to make sense now. My weight has gone up a bit over the last year or so which I wrote off to age and menopause since menopause has similar symptoms to hypothyroidism, and I swear I’ve been watery at times. I feel waterlogged right now. When I retain water I really feel it in the lower gut, boobs, upper arms, and upper thighs. It could also be why my cholesterol was so high. I thought it was a bit odd if I was supposed to be in the single digits but I know that despite it being a familial gene glitch, low thyroid also raises cholesterol.

Tom’s having nasty flu-like symptoms from his shingles vax as he had when he got the first one. That much will go away in a few days. He took it easy today and yesterday but was feeling better today and got more done. He did some laundry and started putting together the broken kitchen cabinets that the seller won’t respond to us about after asking for pictures and promising to make it right. Well, I’ll make it right with a one-star review!

So Facebook, who claims they want their users to have fun expressing themselves, has decided that when I referred to Ilhan Omar as an “effing Muslim” for the way she hates Jews, it constitutes “hate.” So in other words, Muzzies are allowed to hate, kill, and treat people like pure shit but I’m not allowed to express my hatred for that? Can I still express my hatred for pedophiles or is that now considered hateful and politically incorrect as well, according to life’s little sensitives out there?