Hopes for Renewed Energy

While at Dr. Reisman's office last week, he wanted to do some labs to check for things mom's regular doctors have not checked that could be attributing to her low energy. He called her the day after her appointment and let her know that her thyroid levels were really high. This is an indication of hypothyroidism and explains a great deal about her fatigue. He has her on a natural thyroid medication, and Monday she will go again for a second IV vitamin therapy treatment. The time it takes for these things to kick in varies from person to person, but hopefully it will kick in soon for her! For quite some time, I've wondered about her getting tired after playing with the kids, getting sleepy whenever she sits down, etc. Knowing her thyroid was so off, and there is no telling how long it has been, makes sense of why. It can be easy for people to explain away their symptoms (in her case, thinking it was just "old age"), when our bodies are actually symptomatic because they are trying to tell us something! I'm so grateful to Dr. Reisman for digging to get to the root of the problem. There is much more to be searching for in terms of her regaining health, but just having some answers to her tremendous fatigue was a relief to her.