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I love the camaraderie this forum has. Honestly, other groups I’ve joined scare the heck out of me…..I am avoiding my email now for fear of seeing 100+ emails each day from frantic patients having questions and seeking advice.
Two of my major goals are remaining as calm as I can throughout this journey and changing my lifestyle to have way better habits and exercise, so I can have the mental clarity to be well informed and aware of my body and its changes. (Not as easily put into practice yet since we all are familiar with the graves emotions.)
” title=”Wink” /> Now…. my super power came only after after swallowing a small antibiotic-looking capsule from a small plastic orange bottle inside a small metal sleeve. I hesitated like I suspected I would, drilled the radiological tech, and then swallowed the pill. Mine looked inconspicuous.
I did find myself changing from being a mostly self-centered, assured, confident person to a person more humbled by life’s curveballs, one who I think will continue to be amazed by the wealth of sincerity "out" there. People the rest of the week I encountered were nicer to me. One incident was after leaving the 24 hrs check in "Nuclear Medicine" when my mother and I stopped to eat at Arby’s. The employee said, " We hope you enjoy your meal, now." After not being able to order a big apple juice with my meal –rather a small kid’s one was offered, the lady apologized to me again once I returned to the counter to ask for more water. I’m one of those people who usually picks up on when people are sincere and not just going through the motions. Her approach, however small, jolted me in a way that kindness before May hadn’t affected me. Perhaps it is the uncontrollable emotions i feel and the need sometimes to suppress them. I swear the rest of my week I was receptive to that kind of treatment from others. While I don’t consider it pity since she did not know me, I now feel better able to relate to others and maybe now I’m more open to becoming a better version of myself. Oh, and my diagnosis has inspired me to write again, something I put away for a long time.
I was an English teacher for 8 years prior to this, so there are some things that Graves has not changed.
Thanks Justin for starting this thread!
April
