Energy Crisis, or Gland Ho!
I've been very quiet lately (although this blog has gotten some activity). In particular, it's now over a month since the last time I posted anything on LOLMac.
The fact is, I've been having health problems for some time. I finally got tired of feeling like crap, and went to the doctor for a check-up -- my first in three years. I've been resisting it since the botched colonoscopy back in 2011.
I was diagnosed with low thyroid, and sent for more tests, and finally got a confirmed diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid disease. This probably sound scary, but it's actually a huge relief to have something identifiable and treatable. Basically, my immune system has gotten confuzzled, and is producing antibodies that are messing with my thyroid. Silly immune system. Y u do dis? It's in the very early stages, just barely at a level where it will even show up on a test, and the symptoms are pretty mild -- but the full list of symptoms is a detailed summary of practically every damned annoying physical problem I've been having for the last 10 months or so, and the thought of possibly being able to improve all that crap at the same time is a really bright light on the horizon!
I started treatment on Monday. Recovery will be gradual and incremental; the condition is expected to be permanent and progressive, so I'll be taking these little pills for the rest of my life, probably in slowly larger doses. But that's okay. I already have meds (antihistamines and antidepressants) that I take every day; taking them means a greatly improved quality of life. This one I have to take at bedtime, and I have to not snack late at night so it can be on an empty stomach, and it will greatly help if I get to bed at a more regular time, which would be good habits to get into anyway.
The upshot is that, finally, finally, I can look forward to having real energy again -- so that I don't come home from work every day and sit and stare and do puzzles, and I can do more on weekends than do laundry and nap and do puzzles. I really, really miss doing the LOLMacs, and I desperately want to have enough energy to get those going again. I miss, most of all, the interaction and cheerful silliness of hanging out online with my friends.
I'd also like to have enough stamina to write more consistently -- at last, I've had a few nibbles of inspiration, enough to get a few ficlets out, wheee!! I'm actually working on my third prompt from Obscure & British, which is turning into crazy kinky smut (sorry, Lost_Spook, you might not be able to read this one at all, but I think at least a few people are going to love it). I have a promising start to an Unconventional Courtship prompt, featuring Mac and yet another Lady Scientist of the Week. I have the Laundryfic. I have Spider's Web, waiting for me to get both focus and energy back in line. So much fic, so little energy for so long . . .
. . . I can't wait to get the energy back. *pokes self* C'mon! Get weller faster!!
The fact is, I've been having health problems for some time. I finally got tired of feeling like crap, and went to the doctor for a check-up -- my first in three years. I've been resisting it since the botched colonoscopy back in 2011.
I was diagnosed with low thyroid, and sent for more tests, and finally got a confirmed diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid disease. This probably sound scary, but it's actually a huge relief to have something identifiable and treatable. Basically, my immune system has gotten confuzzled, and is producing antibodies that are messing with my thyroid. Silly immune system. Y u do dis? It's in the very early stages, just barely at a level where it will even show up on a test, and the symptoms are pretty mild -- but the full list of symptoms is a detailed summary of practically every damned annoying physical problem I've been having for the last 10 months or so, and the thought of possibly being able to improve all that crap at the same time is a really bright light on the horizon!
I started treatment on Monday. Recovery will be gradual and incremental; the condition is expected to be permanent and progressive, so I'll be taking these little pills for the rest of my life, probably in slowly larger doses. But that's okay. I already have meds (antihistamines and antidepressants) that I take every day; taking them means a greatly improved quality of life. This one I have to take at bedtime, and I have to not snack late at night so it can be on an empty stomach, and it will greatly help if I get to bed at a more regular time, which would be good habits to get into anyway.
The upshot is that, finally, finally, I can look forward to having real energy again -- so that I don't come home from work every day and sit and stare and do puzzles, and I can do more on weekends than do laundry and nap and do puzzles. I really, really miss doing the LOLMacs, and I desperately want to have enough energy to get those going again. I miss, most of all, the interaction and cheerful silliness of hanging out online with my friends.
I'd also like to have enough stamina to write more consistently -- at last, I've had a few nibbles of inspiration, enough to get a few ficlets out, wheee!! I'm actually working on my third prompt from Obscure & British, which is turning into crazy kinky smut (sorry, Lost_Spook, you might not be able to read this one at all, but I think at least a few people are going to love it). I have a promising start to an Unconventional Courtship prompt, featuring Mac and yet another Lady Scientist of the Week. I have the Laundryfic. I have Spider's Web, waiting for me to get both focus and energy back in line. So much fic, so little energy for so long . . .
. . . I can't wait to get the energy back. *pokes self* C'mon! Get weller faster!!