This memory thing is really frustrating, isn’t it?
Just a few things I do to keep from going crazy:
I do morning rituals in a certain order…always!
such as upon awakening–go to the bathroom/wash…take
synthroid..put on watch/ring….that way when I can’t
remember if I took my synthroid or not (happens frequently!)..if my watch and
ring are on then I took it. (not to say when I first
started my morning rituals that I had to take out pills
and count them! GRR)
I have calendars on the fridge, bulletin board, sewing
room, in my purse with appts/etc on them.
Work is another challenge, I use to be able to get my day
set up and remember everything that needed done and dole
them out in spite of many interruptions…now i have my
trusty paper/pencil (although I am seriously thinking
about a small tape recorder to replace the paper) many
times I stand in a spot trying to remember why I’m even
in that part of the store!
On the bright side—my co-workers appreciate my ‘loss
of memory’ when everyone else has already heard their
jokes! I don’t remember them even if they have already
told me the day before. They can tell me their secrets
and know they won’t go any further cause I won’t remember
them to tell anyone anyway!
I have had Graves since ’96 and have been hypo
since my RAI in 97 although I haven’t yet been stabalized
on synthroid. I still have my TSH every 4 months and my
prescription is still changing….but now after reading
the bb will call and ask about the T3…
Hang in there…in spite of everything, I still feel I’m
better off then when I had my thyroid storm in the dr.s
office (went cause I thought I had a bladder infection and was
tired of loosing control of bowel movements..thank goodness
I was there!) I never want to feel like that again…
what I remember about it!