post-parathyroidectomy

Aug 24, 2010

well, the surgery went very well, smoothly, etc. but i've had a really terrible time since.  not really sure what's going on.  i fully expected to feel either significantly better, more energy, etc. or feel the same - but not WORSE, and i feel awful.  Now, the first thing i think of is, i haven't slept much in 3 weeks.  That's pretty much guarenteed to plunge me into deep, deep depression.  I'm averaging maybe a couple of hours a night and when i do sleep, it's fitful and i don't wake up feeling rested.  so at this point i'm horribly sleep deprived.

i took an ambien a few days ago and slept one night through and felt fantastic the next day, but that could be either the sleep or a biochemical reaction to the ambien, which does work on certain related receptors in the brain.  i'm at a point where i don't care anymore, i have a long history with insomnia and iknow at a certain point it takes on a life on it's own and just snowballs.  so i'm going for another rx for ambien until i can get restablized. 

doc says it might be i went temporarily hyperthyroid after the surgery.  we've done some post-op bloodwork to check that and other related levels (calcium, PTH, and including double-checking a hgh DHEA saliva test I got a few months ago, another story). 

It may also be simple stress from losing my job AGAIN 3 days before surgery, a whole nother issue.  I got a good reference, it's not about attitude or unwillingness to work, but i am apparently even less detail-oriented than i would have believed, i make a lot of mistakes, and this is not the first job i've lost over it.  Just the first boss who didnt' treat me like an asshole over it, believing i did it intentionally.  I was crushed - i loved that job. 

on the upside, i'm being considered for a job walking dogs, which would not only be fun and give me exercise, but actually pays about the same :P

so that's the report for now.  my weight is holding around 164 lbs, which is still wonderful after years over 200, but still only half-way to goal.  i'm still on metformin for insuline resistance and it's possible the high DHEA, if verified by the blood test, may again point to PCOS even though i'm mostly asymptomatic.  could also be cushings or another adrenal gland malfunction.  i do think having a more active job would be a really great asset to my health and furthering my weight loss at this point.

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