Comments on: this is not a cry for help http://www.elainenelson.org/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/ in which I write about stuff Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:11:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://www.elainenelson.org/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Mike Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:02:45 +0000 http://www.epersonae.com/ew/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/#comment-128 Sorry to hear about that, Elaine. When my mom was in ICU last month, it was because she stopped taking her thyroid meds over a year ago. She was anemic, because the thyroid assists in blood production (hormones, or whatever). There were other problems related to her deadly low levels and if she had waited a few more hours, she wouldn't be alive. You can have the condition for years, I did & my mom too, and can live a seemingly normal life. But if it gets misdiagnosed as epstein-barr or as something else, it can get worse. Sorry to hear about that, Elaine. When my mom was in ICU last month, it was because she stopped taking her thyroid meds over a year ago. She was anemic, because the thyroid assists in blood production (hormones, or whatever). There were other problems related to her deadly low levels and if she had waited a few more hours, she wouldn’t be alive. You can have the condition for years, I did & my mom too, and can live a seemingly normal life. But if it gets misdiagnosed as epstein-barr or as something else, it can get worse.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.elainenelson.org/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Elaine Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:16:21 +0000 http://www.epersonae.com/ew/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/#comment-127 thanks...that's actually one of those things I've been meaning to do...a friend of ours died (and came back!) a few years ago due to a misdiagnosed thyroid disorder. thanks…that’s actually one of those things I’ve been meaning to do…a friend of ours died (and came back!) a few years ago due to a misdiagnosed thyroid disorder.

]]> By: Mike http://www.elainenelson.org/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Mike Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:02:37 +0000 http://www.epersonae.com/ew/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/#comment-126 Go see your doc and have him/her check your thyroid levels. I went through similar problems (and continue occasionally) and found out I was hypothyroid. I had weight gain, depression, and absolutely no motavation. I feel a lot better now. Go see your doc and have him/her check your thyroid levels. I went through similar problems (and continue occasionally) and found out I was hypothyroid. I had weight gain, depression, and absolutely no motavation. I feel a lot better now.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.elainenelson.org/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Elaine Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:36:22 +0000 http://www.epersonae.com/ew/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/#comment-124 thanks, both of y'all. I was going to delete this entry this morning (replace it with a copied poem), but now I think I'll leave it. thanks, both of y’all. I was going to delete this entry this morning (replace it with a copied poem), but now I think I’ll leave it.

]]> By: Dorothea Salo http://www.elainenelson.org/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Dorothea Salo Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:14:38 +0000 http://www.epersonae.com/ew/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/#comment-123 Yes, go. Best thing you can do for yourself. If you want a sympathetic ear, advice, commiseration... you know where I live. Yes, go. Best thing you can do for yourself.

If you want a sympathetic ear, advice, commiseration… you know where I live.

]]> By: kermix http://www.elainenelson.org/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-122 kermix Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:04:54 +0000 http://www.epersonae.com/ew/2004/07/25/this-is-not-a-cry-for-help/#comment-122 You would do well to remember that you are a magician. It's so easy to forget, and even easier to assume that someone else is a better one. You would do well to remember that you are a magician. It’s so easy to forget, and even easier to assume that someone else is a better one.

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