More Songs About Buildings and Food

I took this in Taos, New Mexico last May. I love the loneliness of abandoned buildings.

 

This is just going to be a little update post with some photos I took of abandoned buildings last year.

Soooo, sometime in November I started feeling like I was becoming Hypothyroid again. For those of you who don't have to worry about these things ( I hope that is all of you), what that means is that I was getting more and more tired, lethargic, a little blue, freezing cold, and gaining weight again. I also was beginning to have headaches and digestive issues. Kind of like when people have gastric by-pass surgery and they can't eat very much or they feel very sick, only I gain weight instead of lose it. (LOSE/LOSE!). I knew I had a doctor's appointment in January, and it wasn't terrible yet, so I figured I could wait it out. The symptoms have been gradually getting worse, but, again, I just waited for my next appointment.

Well, on Wednesday I had my appointment to have my labs drawn the day before my doctor's appointment, and I was right (it's hard to be me). My Free T3 and 4 levels were right on the border of hypothyroidism. Which means my meds are working very well. Which is good. My TSH is also in normal range for the first time since I was diagnosed with Grave's Disease and Hyperthyroidism in 2022. It went from .001 to 1.64, which is incredible. It's all great news, except for my cholesterol numbers (stupid menopause). So, I was hoping that all doctors involved would be amenable to me cutting down my meds. For whatever reason, my body tends to be hyper sensitive to....Everything, so when my numbers get even borderline Hypothyroidism, I get very pronounced symptoms.

Of course, later that afternoon, I got a call from my doctor's office saying that my doctor had Covid and they had to reschedule my appointment. GAH! Lord knows, you can't help having Covid, I just have to wait another few weeks to see if we can cut my meds. Meanwhile, I'm trying to fight lethargy, exhaustion, weight gain, and always being cold (except when that gets broken up with a hot flash. Woo hoo!). In the middle of Winter, I don't need any help feeling ANY of those things anyway. I'm just going to ask all of you to wish me luck with my dose reduction plea and my current battle to stay awake.

I took this in Louisville, Kentucky last month. I especially love abandoned, lonely buildings with ironic billboard ads above them.

On a happy note, I feel like I've had a much better attitude about Winter this year. And seein's how this has been a VERY Wintery last couple of weeks, my timing has been excellent. I do know that it gets harder to maintain that attitude the longer Winter lasts, so check back with me in a month or so and see if my blog posts are just a picture of me with an axe in my hand saying, "HEEEEEERE's Churly!"

Right now, though? Right now, I am dressing in millions of layers, trying to get out and cross country ski as much as possible, and then making and eating some amazing comfort food (maybe Menopause isn't the only thing to blame for my rising Cholesterol?), and hanging out with cats in front of my fake fireplace reading books. All good things, right?

I hope all of you have wonderful health news this month, and that you are able to handle whatever weather situation you find yourselves in.