Wow

So yesterday I was at work and saw my phone ring and answered it as if someone told me to. I normally do not do this but I just knew it was important. Turned out it was my Dr. telling me that I have a very severe thyroid problem and that I needed to go to the endocrinologist right away. By 11 am I was there and I found out I will be on Thyroid medication for the rest of my life! Ouch it definitly came as a shock when the Dr. basically told me I have three choices for the treatment of my now diagnosed Toxic Nodule Thyroid Disease. 1. surgery and medication for life, 2. medication only with a 1% of it working efficiently, or 3. Radioiodine therapy to destroy my thyroid and then medication for life.

Well anyway despite the news and then spending the rest of the day and night on my couch doing absolutely nothing wondering what my life is going to be like. I can't remember to take a vitamin daily! now its going not an option not to remember. Well despite that I woke up this morning and wow I havent felt this good in a while maybe it was just a relief knowing what is wrong. So I went about the morning and so far so good maybe im in denial. But I hadnt felt this energized in a long time and even on my drive to work I just felt something was different.

Something is different. When you know you love someone you never question your love but its amazing when it grows. My ex husband whom I informed of my present condition and that I would have to undergo the therapy which will require me to stay about 4 feet away from people for several days to avoid passing on the radiation and possibly destrying thier metabolic system, made it veery clear he does not intend to take care of his children for those few days and protect them from any danger. But yesterday before I even told Nic that I my ex would not be steppin up to that responsibility he volunteered to help me. Now that is amazing and while I will try and find other routes to this because I dont think him havign to use his leave time to do this is fair, Its amazing just to know that he would do that for us.

Something else is different too. Obama signed a bill I have been campaining for since I found out about it. The Lilly Leddbetter fair pay act of 2009!!! That is an amazing feeling to know our voices were heard. Not sure if it will make a huge difference to me at the moment but just knowing that it is now in the past that a single mother would be makign 60 cents to a mans dollar!