I read your post for the first time today. If you hadn’t mentioned the fact that you have a 2 yr old, you were describing me. I was surprised that you mentioned, your wife was going to have RAI pretty soon. I was diagnosed in 2007, confirmed diagnosed in December 2007. I started seeing my endo in Jan of 2008. I was put on Tapozol and was on it for 2 yrs. I personally made the choice to have RAI in Jan of 2010. For most of my Hyper stage my husband was in Iraq. (he missed out on the yelling and crying everyday). My husband does everything he can but pushes me to do more around the house. I do what I can but for me it feels as if he doesn’t get that I can’t do it all in one day. He is very frustrated with me. My thryoid lvls have been "normal" for 8 months now. Our relationship is not going well. Divorce has been tossed out there many times. There are days where I have, what I call my Ally McBeal moments. I can actually picture myself pushing his head into a wall. I would never do it, just can picture it.
This disease sucks to live with. Not just for us who have it but for everyone around us. Even without a thyroid we still have GD. It never goes away. It took me 4 years for my GD ahh haa moment. I was at my endo and complaining about how bad I was feeling. She told me, your thyroid levels are fine and that’s all I deal with. Everything I would need to see my primary for. Endo’s have no clue what GD is doing to us except for our thyroids and their side effects.
I feel like I need to stop now because I notice I’m rambeling.
