As you know my life changed greatly for the better this past year when my Dad had a heart attack & then an open heart surgery. The Lord has changed my heart about life, my soul about where I am going for eternity & has opened my mind to the importance of what life is really about.
My battle with my thyroid....
I don't know if you were aware but I have struggled tremendously as well this past year with my thyroid. I struggled greatly with it during the time of my Dad's heart issues. I was stressed, my hair was falling out, my vision was blurred, I COULD NOT lose much weight & I worked out EVERYDAY. My hormones were off, I was cold constantly, bruising easily & found myself some days barely able to get out of the warm car to walk into my house. It was exhausting. I blamed a lot of it on simple stress maybe a tad bit of sadness/depression of what my family was going through.
To make the story short I had been on 3 different types of medicines for a year & finally decided to go see an Endocrinologist who is a thyroid specialist. My new doctor SAVED my life. I am now off all the medicine but one for my thyroid & have NO symptoms. I even dropped 12 lbs in 4 weeks. Talk about the feeling of being so down not knowing what was wrong. The last 2 months have changed me incredibly because I feel so good!
Through the entire journey of my issues of thyroid which I think stemmed after having Avery, & my Dad's issues, I decided it was time to get my life with God right & dig into the word. I joined a class where I am studying James in the Beth Moore series "Mercy's Triumphs". God has straightened me out. It really wasn't until I reached for Him & gave Him my life & prayer when I didn't know where else to go with my sadness & body issues that He spoke to me & gave me the answers. I am still growing but WOW how time changes & how seasons grow us & how we are molded into new blooms. I am so thankful. So blessed.
This past Saturday was the American Heart Association walk. Chad's family as well as mine all walked in honor of my Dad. We named our team "Rick's Rockstars". I teared up several times under my glasses thinking about how God has changed my life through my Dad's heart issues & how when I reached to God, he changed me completely! I am whole again.
This is a day I will never forget!
Thank you Dad for all you are! We love you so very much!!!!
This song has gotten me through some really hard days!
I have SO much to catch up on! Will be back soon!
I'm so happy to see that you are feeling better, Ashley. But my favorite part of this post is how you give Him all the glory! HE is so Good!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a great time and you look great too!
ReplyDeleteI love your headband! So glad the walk went well and you got your thyroid on track:) My mom and I both think she has a thyroid problem and the doctor doesn't want to test her.
ReplyDeleteps. I did the James study last summer, love it!
I too struggle with my thyroid. After having my second little one, my thyroid went crazy...hair loss, greying hair, falling asleep whenever I sat down, and just being an emotional, irrational mess. I am still on the journey of getting the right dose of medication. I'm praying we get there soon. Thank you for sharing your journey. I don't know anyone else who has traveled this road and at times it is lonely because it's hard to explain to anyone else just what is going on.
ReplyDeletePrayers for you and your sweet family!
Thyroid issues SUCK! I have Graves Disease, so can definitely relate to what you're going through. I tell ANYONE who complains about seemingly unrelated symptoms: go get your thyroid checked. It controls practically everything in your body!
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