What happens when your thyroid goes on hiatus....

Just a short list:

• you sleep too much, yet you feel exhausted
• your hair dries out and develops a straw quality
• your memory starts to give out and you notice that you now need a phone book and can no longer keep all numbers in your head
• you get clumsy and break some toes
• you can't lose weight - even though you should and even though you've been exercising and watching what you eat
• the world seems like too harsh a place and every day feels like a hike up Mount Everest
• tears suddenly and unexpectedly appear in your eyes at the most inopportune times

And you know what? Two little white pills taken each morning at least half an hour before you eat makes all that go away (well, maybe not the weight yet, but I'm working on that...) literally overnight. And they're not even drugs - they're just the hormones your body is no longer making.

It's just such a shame that it took over a year to find out what was wrong...