Y'know what?

[wordinista]

In case anyone, for whatever reason, might be remotely curious, the following is a list of symptoms for hypothyroidism.

• Fatigue
• Sluggishness
• Increased sensitivity to cold
• Pale, dry skin
• A puffy face
• Hoarse voice
• An elevated blood cholesterol level
• Unexplained weight gain
• Muscle aches, tenderness and stiffness
• Pain, stiffness or swelling in your joints
• Muscle weakness
• Heavier than normal menstrual periods
• Brittle fingernails and hair
• Depression

A... number of these apply to me these days. So you know what?

SCREW THE POSSIBLE THYROID DISORDER.

I took a NAP.

I am TURNING UP THE HEAT.

And I am making COOKIES*.


Am so tired of being tired and cold and feeling constantly like I'm depriving myself.


*Cranberry Oatmeal, and I'm feeling generous so I'mma share the recipe!

1 cup butter
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
t tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cardamon (DO NOT LEAVE THIS OUT, IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE)
3 cups rolled oats
1 cup dried cranberries (or other dried fruit of your choice)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Cream butter and sugars until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat like a redheaded stepchild.

Combine dry ingredients. Add to butter mixture and stir well until blended. Fold in dried fruit. (Or, you know. Just stir. I won't tell.)

Drop by teaspoonful onto parchment-covered baking sheet. (Obviously I mean normal teaspoons, not measuring teaspoons here. Otherwise those'd be teenytiny cookies. Like... crouton-cookies.)

Bae 10-12 minutes or until golden.

ENJOY WITH MILK.
 
\o/

Comments

[ankoku-jin.livejournal.com]

ENJOY IT WITH WHOLE MILK. Reduced-fat is for wusses. I firmly believe this.

What's funny is that I have almost all of those symptoms, except for the weight gain, so they checked me for hypothyroidism, but found nothing. :( Then we did a bajillion other tests and found nothing, thus the diagnosis of CFIDS. (AKA "We Don't Know What The Hell is Wrong With You But At Least It's Not Lupus Or MS Or Lyme Or Something".)

*joins in the heating, napping and cookies*

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

Normally I like 2% best, and have to be in the mood for the creamier texture of whole milk, but as I am going to the store tomorrow, I AM PUTTING WHOLE MILK ON THE LIST.

Y'know, part of me is so afraid these tests are going to come back and the doctor's going to be all THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU, YOU'RE JUST LAZY :D, and no matter how much I know that's simply not true, I'm just... I've always had this thing where I'm just irrationally afraid of being accused of faking an illness.

...Which miiiight be why I tend to resist going to the doctor unless something is actually WRONG.

[miyun.livejournal.com]

My sister, hypothyroidism. It sucks majorly. ;o;

*smushes*

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

*smushes back. with cookies* ♥

[miyun.livejournal.com]

cookies! 8D

<3

[miyun.livejournal.com]

p.s. I'm praying you don't have hypothyroidism...really, really. To watch my sis live with it...*sigh* just not cool.

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

I don't want to say "OMG I HOPE I HAVE HYPOTHYROIDISM," but I will be very upset if the tests don't show anything conclusive. I just want some sort of resolution, I guess. I'm tired of TRYING so hard to do the right things and eat well and be healthy, and it just... not even having any effect. This has actually been bugging me for a long time, but I just assumed that I wasn't doing enough -- wasn't exercising enough, wasn't eating healthy enough, wasn't being smart or good enough. And now there is a chance that what's going on might not be directly related to anything I've been doing. And THAT is a potential relief. Not the possibility that I may have a thyroid disorder. I don't WANT it, but I do want some sort of... validation? If that makes sense?

I also want to know what on earth has been going on with my hand.

I AM A WALKING MEDICAL MYSTERY.

[miyun.livejournal.com]

*nodnod* I gotcha. *smushes some more*

My sis was diagnosed with hypothyroidism..and it came with rheumatoid arthritis. they had to remove her entire thyroid because it was cancerous as opposed to just taking out a tiny part of it, which was the original plan. now she has to take these pills for life and sometimes they're not working well enough that she has trouble just bending her knee.

hopefully, they come up with something concrete, yeah?

[jazzy-fay.livejournal.com]

But...All but the weight gain one fit me...Bullshit!

And thank you for the cookie recipe; now I have something to keep me warm tonight.