The Last Time...

Several weeks ago and for several years, I felt very fatigued all the time, and along with that fatigue came a loss of motivation not to do too much of anything.  These feelings and sensations, I attributed to my cancer treatments and quite possibly to the cancer itself inside my body.  But...  because I made a comment about sweating during the day to the Nurse Practitioner, my Oncologist decided to run additional tests on my blood and discovered that I had a thyroid condition and prescribed medication for me because it was underactive as I recall.

Within days, my fatigue disappeared and I felt better than anytime in my life that I could recently recall and started doing things around the house that I had not wanted to do for a long time...  a pleasant side effect of this medication was that I was no longer depressed off and on like was the case and my life started to take a more positive approach, even though I thought I was currently being positive.

My fatigue started to return and my blood work again indicated there was a thyroid problem so my dosage was increased and back again I returned to my newly improved self.  And...  this is where I am today, although, sometimes my depression returns as does my fatigue but the length of stay varies but it is always shorter than before...   and, I wonder if my meds need more readjusting...

I am 73 years of age and by rights of my older age, I should not be as active as I was before but for some reason I just don't think it is my old age that is preventing me from feeling that I need to be more active.  We are in the midst of fall and there is much to do around the house like trimming bushes, shrubs, and trees and weed eating around the yard one last time...  and, returning to the gym I must after my prostate biopsy but my increasing arthritis inflammations have so far prevented me...   and, while I am not in favor of taking pills to dull the pain, it may be necessary if I am to stay a young 73 years of age.