Prayer Request

As some of you may know, I was diagnosed a year and a half ago with hypothyroidism, something I suspect I have been battling for close to five or more years. While people like to make you think that it's an easy condition to treat, it's not. As if having a chronic, life-long condition weren't daunting enough, sometimes it takes years to find the perfect dose of medication for a person. Even when the right dose is found, it only remains the right dose for a few months up to a few years before it has to be changed again - don't you love hormones?! My doctor warned me that my journey was not going to be easy because I have one of the most difficult to treat types (basically whatever the doctor does to treat me, my body turns around and does the opposite to reverse what good the treatment has done, so he has to stay one step ahead of my body in order to get me feeling better).

I just got the results of my most recent blood work and my thyroid levels were through the roof, and I am already on one of the lower doses of medication. Right now I am supposed to take an even lower dose and get rechecked in a few weeks. If my levels haven't dropped enough, the doctor wants to take me off of the medication completely until my levels are back in the low range and basically start back at the beginning.

I am scared about what will happen when my levels fall because this is the best I have felt in five years. If my levels fall too low, then I will be back at square one - weight gain, extreme fatigue, migraines, horrible forgetfulness, uterine cysts, etc. Please pray with me that this lower dose will work. I would be so happy to be able to stay on one dose of medicine for more than a month or two, but I have accepted the fact that that is not God's plan. I know that my problems are miniscule in comparison to those of so many others, which makes me reluctant to even mention them, but I also know that God is the ultimate Healer and He listens when we call on Him.

Thank you so much for your love and support!