[Kestrel]

in reply to: Is it really Grave’s Disease? #1173832

Thank you Kimberly for the journal idea. I think that is great. It will give me something to actually show the doctor. I really do appreciate all of the advice.

Alexis-it is nice to meet a fellow home schooling Mom. I know that you must understand all too well what I am going through. It has been a really tough week and I am having a hard time determining if it is my meds or all of the stress that my family is going through. I did start school on Wed. but we are only doing half days for now. My husband’s Grandfather passed away at 4:00 a.m. this morning. We were with him for about six hours yesterday and we were able to say goodbye. This is the first funeral that my kids will be attending so it will be a tough week for all of us. The visitation is Sunday evening and the funeral on Monday. Of course I had planned on starting full days on Monday I keep telling myself to just take some time and it will all be ok. My children are also 5, 7 and 9. This is my first year home schooling all three and I am freaking out a little about that. My 7 year old has APD and is dyslexic. I suspect that my 5 year old is as well but it is still too early to tell. She will be six next month and still does not know all of her letters and sounds. It is very frustrating trying to teach two children to read who struggle with it so much. My son basically taught himself to read so it was so easy. We are also preparing ourselves to say goodbye to a very dear friend. He has been battling cancer for two years now and was put on hospice today. He has been our life group leader for the last two years. We met every Tuesday night to study the bible together. His faith through all of this has been unbelievable. His wife and 11 year old son are taking it all so well. I just keep thinking of his son losing his Dad and it breaks my heart. I went to see him today and it is so hard. I just feel like death is all around me right now. So I also had to break the news to my kids and of course it is harder for them to understand why Mr. Curt is dying. And then there is just the day to day of feeling lousy and unable to sleep.

I am always the strong one who is the caregiver for everyone else. My husband suffers with MS and I care for my 93 year old Grandmother. I have to be strong and hold it all together for everyone else. But the last week or so has been really really hard. I am exhausted both physically and mentally. So I think instead of doing school tomorrow, we will all just have a day of rest and family time. My husband’s brothers will be here from MS soon and we will have a house full of people staying with us. So right now it is hard to tell if it is the meds or life circumstances that are causing all of my symptoms.

I will ask for ranges from now on with my numbers and record them in a notebook with my symptoms. Thank you to everyone for explaining more of the numbers to me. I need to educate myself on it all more once life calms down. And thank you for letting me vent.

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in reply to: Is it really Grave’s Disease? #1173829

Thank you Kimberly and Caro for responding. It is clear that I need to educate myself better on GD. I understand why my doctor lowered my medication but I just wish that it did not make me feel so awful. I just wanted to know if is normal to feel this way and how long does it take to adjust? I have three small children and I home school them plus have a disabled husband. I feel like I cannot function and the exhaustion is horrible. Just curious if this is normal or is something else going on with my health. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you.

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