The lab got back to me quite quickly, and the sample they had on hand tested completely normal for thyroid function. That's both good and bad - by my blood, at least, I am in optimum health, which is great news. But now I have a bevy of symptoms I can't shake and no explanation for them. Will they persist? Will they go away? What's causing them? I have no answers to any of this.

The nurse's best guess what that it was just a weird hormonal fluctuation that did this. It's possible, of course, but hard to believe my body would react to a normal pregnancy so differently this time around, and with symptoms not typical of pregnancy. As Diane suggested in the comments to the last post, it may have been weightloss as well - but I lost so slowly and gradually it's hard to believe that would have caused a nutritionally-related shed.

My only recourse right now is to keep an eye on the symptoms and keep measuring my thickness every month. If I don't lose more and none of the other symptoms get worse, I will just assume it was a freak occurrence and no underlying problems persist. If I am still having ongoing problems I am going to seek out a deeper metabolic panel to test things like liver enzymes and such and rule out some other possible cause.

I'm super healthy by every indicator but how I feel. Greeeeaaat.

Today and tomorrow have been/will be dedicated to cleaning and getting packed, my LEAST favorite part of travel (I always forget something), I just hope I have the energy to do what needs to be done. Tonight we're offloading my guinea pig to some kids in church to care for, and making sure no cloth diapers are left unwashed before we travel (ewwww.). Food-wise I am doing well today, though I have a headache I just can't shake and I didn't eat anything that would trigger a food-sensitivity-related headache. I just feel off, and it's not making my job any easier!

Add to that my sick toddler who has woken me up over a dozen times a night the past two nights, and who is running a 103.5 fever as of this afternoon (it did go down a few degrees with tylenol, thankfully), and this trip is becoming more daunting by the minute! She conked out for her nap within five minutes of going down, so I hope sleep does her good. On the upside, her little sister is happy as a clam and showing no signs of illness, despite constant swapping of water cups and 'sharing' of food (read: stealing it).

So this day has been... blah. Good and bad news, a bit challenging, and very exhausting (I will blame the daughter in lieu of an aberrant blood test). Here's to tomorrow being better!