Dear Lillian,
I had thyroid problems too. At the beginning, they tried to control it
with some medications they have. It was kind of a wierd time, sometimes my
thyroid was high and sometimes low. I noticed my thyroid seemed to be like
a magnifying glass to everything in my psyche that made me nervous or
scared when it was high, and what made me depressed when it was low. When
it was high, I would go into an elevator, and all of a sudden, get panicky
and have to tell myself, it's OK; you're in an elevator but this is just
your gland. And when it was low, the world started to look like a movie
going in slow motion. I started to wonder who is me, and where is me on
this roller coaster ride. A definite drag.
But Lillian, when will you be in NY? Let's do lunch or have cafe lattes or
go shopping, or I'll go shopping for you..or something! Let me know.
Love,
Martha Cerreto
mjtcerreto@prodigy.net
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> From: lillian jennings <firefly@islc.net>
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> Subject: [MOL] Re: A Funny Story About Crying!
> Date: Sunday, July 19, 1998 11:56 PM
>
> Part of my aftermath problems is that I must take meds. to have my
bodies'
> glandular systerm work at a 50% level. The adrenal glands control
stress,
> emotions; etc. Well all of a sudden I would cry over the least thing.
Now it
> wasn't any silent tear's it was loud sobbing noises and pants and I would
loose
> my breath and gasp. Lordy, I should have been on stage. One day, I go
to my
> doctors and am sitting in his waiting room and in walks the peditrition
that I
> used to sit on boards with. He sat right next to me, said a pleasant
hello and
> BINGO, it all started. A crying jag like you wouldn't believe, it was so
funny,
> he tended to pretend he didn't notice this outburst, other people were
changing
> their seats, starring or looking away. The doctors nurse came and took
me in for
> blood work and then brought this doctor to sit down right next to me. I
would
> have loved to know what he was thinking? I was then taken to the examine
room
> and was able to compose myself. The doctor asked me three questions, the
first
> two I just spited out, the last, I couldn't remember the answer and I
knew I
> should have know the answer and BINGO , the wailing wall was right
there. My
> doctor took my hand, tried to comfort me and I just flooded the room, he
then
> held me for 45 mins. until I stopped crying. At the end of the exam he
said I
> should go visit a phys. Two or three days later he called telling me my
thyroid
> levels were low again ( that effects the adrenal glands and stress; etc.)
and
> increased my steroids. I believe the moral of the story is: We all have
the
> right to cry, it cleanses us, lifts the weight off of our shoulders and
we start
> anew. Now just hope that all my glandular levels are where they are
supposed to
> be when I get to N.Y., or I will have to be the entire show!!! LOL and
none of
> us want that.
>
>
>
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