[Hawkwind]

Holy horse-feathers! You should see the mess outside today! When I got out of the kwoon last night I had to clean my truck off to head up the mountain. It was snowing like mad. We got at least two inches on top of the 3 or so inches that had accumulated the past few days...well now it is pouring, and freezing on top of that! I was hoping to get back to the gym today and start back on heavier squats...but I am in no mood at all to dig my truck out of that slop!

So I'll train light at home today. Probably for the best all in all, my body temp has been swinging wildly when I'm training. Hot/cold/hot/cold and I noticed that if I'm not careful my muscles have been cooling/chilling faster than normal for me so I probably should keep things low-key until that stops.

It's just really starting to tick me off royally...especially with 'the call of the trails' ringing so loudly in my mind and heart lately. My wanderlust has kicked in big time and I want out of my studio and into the wilds!

Post ma training musings:
We did a lot of weighted ab/core work last night and my glutes were stinging when I got home from the combo of Monday's kick work and last nights ball toss work, (We basically 'toss' a ball to each other using only our feet.) the abs were sore last night as well...today I'm fine. I'm actually ecstatic about that as I'm starting to recover a bit faster from my training.

Moving into hypothyroidism musings as it pertains to my training:
I'm on my third book about living with hypothyroidism (and many hours of online research) and while I was with Kim yesterday I asked her (again...as I forgot to write it down) what my TSH level had been. 7.05

Shiet son! I was in a butt load of trouble when you compare that to the recommendations from 2002-03 that have still not been fully accepted in medical circles and within the labs. I missed my fasting blood work two years in a row because I had been out of state...and I never called back to reschedule. A lot of my other tests had been done, but now I wonder, how much earlier could I have picked up on this had I been a bit more determined to keep up with all of my blood work?

I'll never know and I'm not going to beat myself up over not rescheduling. I am tested twice a year for a helluva lot of other things thanks to my other health issues and I quite honestly get fed up with blood work and office visits.

Anyhow, with what I have been learning about hypothyroidism...it's a dayum good thing I am such a freak about exercise and diet! But...I am also curious as to what it would 'feel' like to experience a more 'normal' life. Meaning...I found out and was actually shocked to learn that my thyroid has probably been at the root of some of my problems for a while now...

After sorting out my meds and moving up my next follow-up/blood work appointments Kim and just sat and talked about the ramifications of hyperthyroidism in relation to my other immune and autoimmune problems over the past few years. She thinks that in a few months I'm going to feel like a 'whole new women'. I cannot begin to tell you how much that thought appeals to me. I've spent a long-assed time working around chronic pain and fatigue.

Just about have the diet sorted, the supplementation and timing thing sorted, have all the other meds I take sorted. I've been able to keep up with my MA training, so that's fine. Only thing I want to bring 'back on line' is my trail conditioning and lifting, oh yeah...and the sleep thing, insomnia is a biatch and daily groggies are no better! Then as far as I'm concerned...life will be 'sorted' health wise for me again.

Will I feel 'like a whole new woman'? Only time will tell. I'm not sure I want to 'look forward' to that day. (could prove to be a let down) I'd rather get my way of living back in order and if it gets better and improves...alrighty then...bonus.

After Kim and I sorted through a small mountain of information yesterday I looked at her and said, "Good thing I'm so hyper..." I paused and started to laugh and we both shook our heads. I added, "Now who would have thought you could find a 'hyper' hypothyroid?!"

For the first time since 'the winter blues' took me out again and I held those freakin' test results in my shaking hands barely two months later I'm starting to see a light at the end of this tunnel. Let's pray it's not another freakin' train coming in to mow my ass down!