Thyroid Update:

That saying, "When it rains, it pours" has never been so true. A few days before NYE I woke up to some crazy swollen eyeballs. They water constantly at night and have been swollen most mornings but this was a different swollen than what I was used to. My right eye was slightly larger than the left eye and my vision was a little blurry. With Graves' there is something associated with the eyes called Thyroid Eye Disease and it's just as bad as it sounds. As soon as I was diagnosed with Graves', I bought a book that was recommended and read all about TED (thyroid eye disease) and was terrified and knew for some reason that I would be affected by this. Don't ask me how, I just was like, I'm going to be one of the few that this will happen to. So as the days went on my eye stayed larger than the left eye. My sweet sweet husband, bless his heart. I would come to him and complain that my eye made me look "CRAZY!" or when we would talk I would say "stop staring at my crazy eye!" He would just tell me that I was overreacting and that it "wasn't even noticeable until I pointed it out" "You look fine babe." he would reassure me almost daily. But I knew something was wrong and wanted to catch it before it got any worse. Of course, when I realllllly need to get in to see a Dr. there is always a waiting game. I called my optometrist first because he's just wonderful and really knows his stuff. I've been seeing him since I got my first pair of huge coke bottle glasses in the 6th grade :) Yea, picture that. I couldn't get in to see him for almost a week. Then I proceeded to call my endo. OUT OF THE COUNTRY for another week. Go figure. So here I am, walking around feeling like a cyclops...secluding my self from friends, family and public as much as possible. I have never in my life been one to feel sorry for myself, EVER. I believe in the hand that I'm dealt and deal with it because I know I'm NOT in control. But for almost two weeks I was in a funk and worried about my "looks" ( I know that sounds so vain) but really concerned about my health as well. Then I got hit by the STREP sickness. AWESOME, not. I was miserable and laid in bed all day Saturday. With the sinus pressure I had, it made my eyes or EYE feel even larger and more blurry. So at this point, I'm a bawling, sickly, crazy, feeling sorry for myself, hot mess. Thank goodness we know people who work in a clinic. Walked in Sunday and got a shot in the bum. I had my eye appointment yesterday and it went better than I expected. Got some fancy eye drops and I see my endo today. Hopefully I will get the answers that I need. I can report today that my eyes feel much clearer (not 100%) and my right eye has gone done some. And I'm done feeling sorry for myself :)