My iodine tests and thyroid panel came back this week. Everything is looking good. My reverse T3 has gone from 603, to 180. (Range = 140-500ish). This is more than I could have expected in the improvement stakes, so I am thrilled. My reverse T3 to Free T3 ratio has now gone up to 2. It needs to be above 1 to be ‘normal’, and previously was .75, so this is also great news. The rest of the panel is also better, but the reverse T3 situation was my main focus.
So it looks like I’ll go ahead with fresh embryo transfer on my donor cycle, which is one decision made. Finally.
My strict healthy eating and increased exercise has resulted in a 3kg/6.5lb weight loss over 4 weeks. I am also very happy with this turn of events. It is SO nice to decide to do something involving my body, and to be able to achieve the goal through sheer will power. If only I had as much influence over my reproductive system!
My new curtains are finished and are very well made (thanks to the help of a friend!) have a rod of the right size, and am waiting on some hooks, which, once found, will allow me to put those suckers up. It was a very satisfying project. Next I will attempt a few mending projects, and then I might get onto something more crafty.
Speaking of crafty, I have that felting workshop coming up on Wednesday. We are learning to make felt directly from animal fur/wool. I am using alpaca wool from a friend’s farm, and am intrigued as to how it will go. I am only used to felting with already prepared felt, so making it from scratch will be interesting.
Yoga this morning was lovely, and quite energising, which enabled me to whizz through some tedious chores before getting outside. Today was a big gardening day, with 4.5 hrs spent pruning, pulling, and heaping things into the compost before my friend comes, in the next few days, to turn it all over. Then I straw mulched most of the beds again, and planted out some long overdue Swiss chard seedlings which were sadly root bound, I had left them unattended for so long. Tidied up my potting shed, and gave the floor a bit of a weed. Spied some new asparagus shoots from the plant I trimmed (due to it seeding and me not wanting the birds to spread asparagus all through our waterways), so nipped them off and ate them for supper (alongside baked beetroot and roast potatoes also from the garden) with a roast chicken. Yum.
Tomorrow is Australia Day, and a public holiday for the nation. DH worked today (though he usually has Monday off) and will have tomorrow off instead. I think we’ve got another big day of around-the-house jobs planned. He’s going to put up the steel posts for the shadecloth, so we can measure out the exact area and get on and order them to be made. Then he’ll take the posts down again, and paint them, while we wait for the cloth to come. I’ll be cracking on with Grandfather’s memoirs, and maybe de-cobwebbing the outside of the house, plus the kitchen needs a jolly good clean, and then my counselling session is in the evening.
Also, I want to squeeze in a visit to BFF. She’s pregnant again, (5 weeks perhaps?) but spotting and cramping, and generally having a stressful time. This time I feel much more able to lend support than when she announced her previous pregnancy, which is a relief. I discovered in my last counselling session that I have a lot of conflicting emotions about her new pregnancy, and they are complicated and tangled, but I don’t have to sort them all out and make a plan on how to deal with them. It’s ok to let them be what they are, and trust myself that I can deal with feeling chaotic for a while. I feel “yay” for her; I also feel “oh no” at the spotting; I feel “God I can’t go through this again right now” at the prospect of another loss. And I feel a sort of dread about there being some feelings I can’t name, or point a finger at, just some free-floating uncomfortable-ness.
And all of that is ok. I’m not overwhelmed, I’m not furious or distraught, I’m not having panic attacks. I’m feeling centred and strong and ready to face what comes. Today I am content.
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