Aim To BE the Best YOU You Can Be - Even When It Gets Tough
Sometimes a new or old life challenge can throw us off track. This recently happened to me.
This past December I found out that the auto-immune issue I have, Grave's dis-ease, is active again.
One part of me felt relieved. I felt relieved because now I understood why I was feeling like crap. I thought maybe the lymes had returned, but when those tests came back negative, I had an idea that the other issue was back. So I went to the doctor, had the test done, and my suspicions were confirmed....it was back.
I soon got passed the 'I'm relieved' attitude to the 'I can't believe it' attitude. 'Oh boy, here we go again', I thought.....'I thought I had this thing kicked'.
Then I got on the beta-blockers and felt a lot better because they helped tone down my symptoms - even though I know that the underlying cause is still there. Then I slowing started getting thicker around my middle - that's what can happen when you take beta blockers because they slow down your metabolism.
'Great' I thought....'now I not only have this issue again, but it's putting weight on me'.....and little by little the victim voice would come into my head.
This went on for a good month....I not only felt like shit from my health issue, but my thoughts were doing just as much damage. And my actions were starting to mimic.....
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