I am totally stupid at times, and I mean just a total stupid idiot. For the last four days or so, I’ve been having heavy fatigue. I waited an hour yesterday and today instead of a half hour like I have been and it’s almost like someone flicked a switch to my energy levels back on. So if I had any lingering doubts as to whether or not waiting time matters, at least for me personally, they’re gone now. I definitely need to wait an hour. Every once in a while, I can do a half hour if we’re going out and I’m in a hurry or something like that.

I noticed how much more alive and awake I felt when I woke up today. I can’t stress just how horrible and profound thyroid fatigue is! It’s like your whole body wants to shut down. It goes way above and beyond normal fatigue.

My heart started racing again (something about showers) and I recorded the event on the phone. It sends messages periodically, saying that data was sent so you know it’s still recording. It works like Fitbit where it sends chunks of data at a time instead of a steady stream. A message popped up this morning saying I’ve completed most days of my testing and my estimated final day of testing will be on Sunday. Then on Monday, we’ll mail the monitor back.

Not surprisingly, my energy didn’t last long. It’s like taking that shower and whatever sent my heart racing into the triple digits sucked the energy out of me. It’s going to take time to build myself back up, but still, if I could just get half a day of energy, that would really help and make a huge difference. I shouldn’t sleep for 7-8 hours, then have to nap for a couple more hours shortly after getting up.

It’s an utterly chilling thought to think, what if my health was like this when I was in jail? Well, I definitely wouldn’t have gotten out alive because I think I would go into a coma in less than a month without the medication. They have to verify with your doctor and pharmacist what medications you’re on, and that takes time. They can’t just take an inmate’s word for what they’re taking. I guess it’s a good thing most inmates are young and healthy then.

This goes to show that this medication isn’t just helping me, but it’s literally keeping me alive as much as I hate having to take it and have had problems with it in the past.

I’ve got the Clary Sage oil going now in the diffuser, and I barely smell a thing. Neroli, on the other hand, is gorgeous. So are Jasmine and Ylang Ylang. There’s also another really beautiful one, but I forget the name of it.

Got some surprisingly heavy rain yesterday We weren't flooded like Miami was, but it rained long and steady and hard. It was a winter rain even though it was 70 degrees. There was no thunder or lightning.

I was just out a few minutes ago, and it was cloudy and misty and slightly cool.

So pissed at VZfit because they totally changed the layout and look of the app. I knew they were going to do this because they announced it, but I liked things the way they were, and I swear that HUD gets more and more cluttered every time they do an update.