Why? : (

[SassySharon]

I am really, really tired of all these symptoms and I know you guys have been there. I sit now with my face so swollen that my eyes are just a little more than a couple of slits. Throat is swollen, swallowing is hard. Not a sore throat. Only a couple of bites at supper that my dear husband made for me.... Why???  I just feel like crying.  I am resigned to the fact that I will have all these issues for what remains of my life. Sooo ready to get to the bottom of this, but my symptoms seem to grow and grow and my endo is slower than slow. Guess I shoulda went to Houston but my schedule does not allow me much time off and I am trying to save my little bit of vacation for when my twin granddaughters are born in May. And I know, I won't be much help to them dead.  But just the trip is 2.5 hours there, then a visit and then back!  Hard enough making the drive to where my endo is now. Guess I am just a sad sack tonight.  Sorry...just needed to vent....                                              s

[SassySharon]

Ha,Ha!! Thanks Nat!!  Just meant I was being ridiculous!!   Grammar faux pas!!  
Sorry that we all go thru this but I am glad to be in such excellent company!!!!
You're The Tops!!               Just Sayin'..........-sass-

[Nat_16]

I totally understand the frustration you mention when you say it feels like nobody understands.  I was thinking the exact same thing the other day when I was completely miserable!  

Oh, by the way...you're not "so stupid"!!!  

Take it easy on yourself : )

[SassySharon]

i know, i know...don't worry about me, I will be okay.  And yes, my husband will be glad to take me to Houston, just don't have the time away from work. Not to say having to get referrals and appts.  I wonder if I call my neurosurgeon that did my Pituitary Surgery would help me find a good endo and a referral there. I start to think about it and then I think of all the energy it takes to get in with someone there and poof....just give up thinking!!  

And Nat, I am just not a cryer, wish I was, instead of holding it all in and keeping up the brave front for family (and myself).  I just get so dang frustrated cause I feel like nobody understands and then why should they if I don't tell them and then I think why would I burden others and then I try to keep that stiff upper lip and then I get dizzy on this stupid merry-go-round that I continue to spin around all by myself. Ha!! Then I fuss at myself for letting it all get to me and swear to be tougher!!!  I'm so stupid!

But I also have a wonderful, bright, funny 6yr old grandson that is the light of my life!! And the Twins coming....why should I be so un-thankful.  Silly Me!!  Thanks Guys    -sass-

[Nat_16]

Ergh, I feel for you with it all.  Especially the "slower than slow" endo.  I saw about 3 of them!  Don't resign yourself to the symptoms being around for the rest of your life...it will get better!!!

If you feel like crying, just cry.  Let it all out.  Seriously, I do regularly and usually (ok, well, sometimes) feel quite a bit better afterwards just through letting the emotion and feelings escape.

Use your Grand-daughters as an incentive to get better.  Then you'll be able to do all the Grandmother duties for many many years to come!! :)

[goolarra]

All I can say is that NO! you don't have to resign yourself to the fact that you will have these issues for what remains of your life.  It sounds like you desperately need a new endo...no matter where you have to go to find him.  Get your thyroid taken care of, and then you'll be able to enjoy your granddaughters for a long, long time.  If your husband cooked you dinner, he'd probably take you to see the endo 2.5 hours away...