I’m a full week off of all thyroid medication in preparation for my radio active iodine treatments. I’m also fairly religiously following my low-iodine diet. There are very few things I can eat. No seafood, no dairy, no eggs, no prepared foods or resturant foods containing salt. That pretty much strikes everything but fresh fruits and veggies, meat and steamed rice. I can have bread if I make it but I’m pretty unmotivated. I was starting to feel a little sorry for myself at the two father’s day meals we attended at my parent’s and BJay’s parents today when the options for me were peas, ham and water. I am also feeling the effects of no thyroid hormone. I’m naturally a little foggy-headed at times, clumsy, and I can’t get my words out. Now that is all exaggerated and I’m pretty tired. So I was starting to feel sorry for myself until I read this post that my friend Jamie linked on her blog. She and her sisters are taking care of their mom while she’s going through chemo. It ripped my heart out of my chest and my heart isn’t even connected to their mom. Life is so amazing. All the sudden I don’t feel so tired. I don’t feel so hungry. I just feel grateful. I can handle this. Its nothing compared to chemo.