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The Methimazone smells and tastes absolutly horrific. I’ve never been ill prior to this so I guess I’m just hypersensitive to how it smells and tastes when it melts before I can swallow it. It’s awful *shudder*…
Sorry about the confusion!
Hope your days is good.
Love to all,
Boomer
All of my joking, positivity, and small victories probably grind some nerves around here so here’s alittle something to take myself down a peg:
I pooped my pants tonight!
Have a great night all.
Peace, love, and poop-free pants to all,
Boomer
P.S. Note to self: Mind EVERY fart.
BOOMER! YOu are a wonderful piece of work! So glad you found this site/
stay here forever, even when you are better! Keep in touch with your new best friends. I’m probably the oldest of the bunch, but everyone needs a wise sage in their world! And I will be yours!
Shirley
I understand the poop issues. I GET it! It all gets better. Yes, it really does
Be nice if you never develop TED, though!!!
Shirley in Seattle but from IowaWell now go ON with your badass self Shirley. Thanks so much for the kind an welcoming words.
Feeling so out of sync with, well, the whole damn world right now, it really feels good to have like-minded badasses like you around who “get it”.
I live alone with my three dogs and have a couple nice friends (my elderly folks have been amazing too) but since I’m in the country I’m sort of isolated. In the past that wasn’t a problem but now it’s tough. The Beta Blocker I am taking makes me feel spaced out and I made a big mistake driving today so I’m gonna be off the road for a while- gotta play it safe. This board really helps to fill the hole of lonesomeness.
Regarding your encouragement – particularly that part where you said “It all gets better” really helps. What I mean by “helps’ is that should your promise fail me I will have help washing my drawers cuz I’m sending them to you. Just a little “heads-up” And a “Thanks!” in advance.
I do have a wee bit of a bulging left eye but I’m hoping I can stop it in it’s tracks once I’m treated. No two eyes for me. Nooooooo we can’t have that, huh? No such luck (wait- both eyes bulging would not be “luck” would it?). Just one goofy eyeball poking out looking at you. And you. I’m cross-eyed you see…
I play guitar in an old-man punk band so I guess it’s a pretty cool look. Great fun to scare kids and elderly alike.
This topic stinks- I’m outtie this mess.
Have a great night you and all!
Love and peace,
Boomer
Oh my, sorry about your mis-hap…… but add another to your list of people who have “been there, done that.” Were you home when it happened or out in public?
This should make you feel better: I have colitis AND Graves. As they say on the colitis forum “Happiness is a dry fart.”
Sue
@Boomer – Thanks for sharing your story…and your sense of humor…with us! You might ask your pharmacist about the taste smell issues with the Methimazole. I notice a slightly bitter taste with the methimazole if I don’t get it down quickly enough. However, it’s actually much more common to hear complaints about that with the other anti-thyroid drug (PTU).
@Sue – LOL at the “happiness” motto!Kimberly wrote:@Boomer – Thanks for sharing your story…and your sense of humor…with us! You might ask your pharmacist about the taste smell issues with the Methimazole. I notice a slightly bitter taste with the methimazole if I don’t get it down quickly enough. However, it’s actually much more common to hear complaints about that with the other anti-thyroid drug (PTU).Well if PTU is worse than I’m gonna quit whining, put on my Big Boy Pants™, and take my medicine with nary a complaint!
I’ve never had to take medicine in my entire life so I’m just not used to the whole mess that this godforsaken disease has brought into my world.
Hoping you and yours and all the brave spirits here are doing well.
On a more positive note, though, I have thus far managed to not poop my pants. Today…. Yet…
Small victories woo HOOOOOOO………….oops…. I got a little too excited there- time to go hose myself off and take a nap in the dog kennel.
Big love to all,
Boomer
SueAndHerZoo wrote:Oh my, sorry about your mis-hap…… but add another to your list of people who have “been there, done that.” Were you home when it happened or out in public?This should make you feel better: I have colitis AND Graves. As they say on the colitis forum “Happiness is a dry fart.”
Sue
Almost missed your reply Sue.
No, thank goodness I was home. Just a short crab-walk out back to hose off (thank goodness it’s summer and the neighbors are blind)
Love to you and all,
Boomer
Hi Boomer,
Welcome to the Forum, thought I would drop in and g’day from down under. Love, love, love your sense of humour, hopefully you can keep it up and rise above it on those crap, awful, I feel like slashing my wrists days that we all have every now and then. I also had the crab walk problem severely and since my wonderful amazing Endo (Thank the lord I got a good one (and I am not religious)!) put me on Vitamin B1 100mg 3 times a day, those crab walk runs are now few and far between. Not sure if it will help you, but no harm in trying. (I don’t think you can overdose on Vitamin B1, but please correct me if I am wrong anyone). Take care and welcome to our battalion of Graves’ Warriors and keep fighting on!
Cheers
Deb
(A.K.A. Robboford)Howdy Deb! Pleased to meet you!
Since I was diagnosed a mere week ago I think it is fair to say every day has been one of those slash your wrists days. Please note that I said your wrists as I hate the sight of my own blood. In addition I’m more of a “drown in someone else’s vomit” kind of guy so perhaps that draws a better picture of who I am…
In all seriousness, though, in just this past week the ATD seems to be slowly helping as things are slowing down a bit. Other things, such as this frustrating lack of sleep, remain the same. Having never been a long sleeper I still function fairly well on just a wee bit of sleep thank goodness. I come from a long line of expert nappers so I catch a few winks any time I get the chance. When I m president naps will be mandatory.
I’ve taken vitimins for decades but my Endo ordered me off of everything except my my prescriptions during this “holding patern” I’m in as I await my next bood test and then make my choice as to which treatment I’ll use fight back at this godforsaken disorder on a more permenant basis. I have, however, noted in my journal your success with B1 100mg 3x/day should I need it in the future. As of today(which is either yesterday, tomorrow, or upside down in your location) my BM was the nearest to normal in well over a year. I could be a fluke but I’m holding out for a more long-term respite.
Thank you for sharing your tip with me and for the kind welcome you extended. Yourself as well as the other brave members here has showed me a kindness and concern previously unknown to me. Thank you kindly
Great and good energy to you and yours this and every g’day,
Boomer
Hey – Yo, Oh Devilishly Handsome One . . .
How about putting an avatar pic on here so we can all bask in the splendor?
SueDon’t you just love people that are healthy? they don’t understand any of this. I’ve never wanted to slash my wrists, too messy. but I’ve had handfuls of pills and almost nearly downed them. I got chicken. when I told this to the doctors at integrative medicine, they looked like I was nutso.
But that’s for healthy people that just dont understand and have had a happy life so good for them.
@Sue, I know about colitis. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis years ago and took drugs to stop it. Colonoscopies and the upper GI series. Yuck. My heart goes out to you.
@Boomer, I imagine you are at the end of your rope. I have been there. As a matter of fact, my Graves + menopause doesn’t mix. I HATE THE HEAT. My gyno laughed last week. I told her I wanted to go to Alaska or Antartica. Someplace freezing. I want to be on the crab boat on “Deadliest Catch.” that looks nice and cool:) I think it’s important to keep a sense of humor with this as this morning I woke up in a pool of water and so hot, I could explode. Out came the gatorade and tranquiliazers. If I ever get through this I’m going to see Dr. Drew’s rehab. He has a center in Pasadena for non-celebs. I’m going there if I can afford it, which I doubt.I know I have an addiction to benzos but what can I do? It’s either that or I just can’t cope.
More frequent bowel movements, I haven’t lost that completely but it’s annoying to have cramping all the time like you have to go to the bathroom and then nothing much happens. So annoying.
I do believe God has blessed us with this disease indirectly. I think we are special people who have gone through and are going through a test to see how strong we are. Hopefully we will be rewarded in heaven for this. I pray so!
Karen
Here’s some info from the National Institutes of Health on B1 (Thiamine):
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/965.html
It looks like there’s not much info on drug interactions, but there are rare allergic reactions. It’s *always* a good idea to speak to your doctor before adding anything new to your regimen!
SueAndHerZoo wrote:Hey – Yo, Oh Devilishly Handsome One . . .
How about putting an avatar pic on here so we can all bask in the splendor?
SueSue, Sue, Sue, tsk tsk tsk….
Don’t you know you should be VERY careful what you wish for?
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Many years ago, before Grave’s reared it’s ugly head, I was playing around with a program called “Photo Booth”. It is part of the Mac operating system. You can take regular pics or you can use all sorts of cool and/or silly effects.
I took a picture using a fisheye sort of lens in which I was pointing at my eye which was, because of said filter, HUGE. I used it as my avatar on another unrelated forum for years and let me tell ya- the comments and compliments never ceased.
Oh the wicked irony indeed: I *almost* posted it here as my avatar but then it dawned on me: “Wait! You really DO have a big goofy eye now and though the pic is funny, in this context it could be very hurtful to others on the forum.” so instead I shall post a normal pic of myself.
Mind you that by “normal” I mean “normal by MY standards.”…
Please sit there and hit “refresh” for the next hour or three while I upload and install my “normal” avatar.
Just for you
Big love,
Boomer
P.S. If you want the “Huge eye pic” hit me up via pm!
Wow….. I’m wondering which picture I’m seeing because you look SO YOUNG!
It’s the one that looks like you have something in your mouth or like you’re pointing something at your mouth.
Thank you for the eye-candy.
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