New Years Eve Review
Twelve months ago I was jumpy and scared. My thyroid bulged, I was tired despite being on holiday and being very well cared for. I snapped at the children and sometimes consequently burst into tears. It wasn't nice. Today, I'm not jumpy and I'm not scared. The medical peoples were useless but thankfully I did find some other things which helped. I did three months without any alcohol and then was mostly alcohol free for another three months. After that I had maybe one, occasionally two glasses of alcohol per week. It helped. I took increasing care about what I ate at night before bed and that helped with insomnia. I cut my sugar intake back. I set out to cut my bread intake back but that is always my health-kick nemesis. I'm not sure if the alcohol elimination is specifically a "cure" for the thryoid difficulties - I suspect that my liver is challenged because of haemachromatosis and this is linked to the arthritis (so 2012 for me!!) and the thy