Well, thanks entirely to my sweet niecey Patricia, this site is finally AGAIN listed on at least one search engine with the correct link! Thank you tremendously Love!

Let's see... how many months did that take? Um - like SEVEN!!! WoW! Sheesh!

So - where to begin again? Well, meds is a start I guess. Finally got a Dr. to "allow" me to try Armour Thyroid instead and forcing synthetics on me. I have only been taking this new med for about 3 weeks now so can't tell you whether this will end up working for me or not. See, I had to find a Dr. who has no expereience with Armour to prescribe it ~ thus ~ she is learning and I have been crashing. I guess I should have done more homework on it before I asked for it! There is nothing like jumping in uninformed!

I will take the responsibility for this one! I just wanted so much to have a chance to feel alive again! The synthetics were not doing that for me. And so I was and am willing to take whatever chances I have to so that I can feel like a person ~ if I can ~ not just lumping around and feeling exhausted all the time. See? So if anyone has any suggestions - please do let me know!

Isn't it funny how I am finally back updating again exactly 5 years since the first update? And almost a year since the last real update? Wanted to update last fall but - well - NBCI canned the site and - I won't go into that again or I'll just spend the next umpteen hours complaining - and to no use. Still have to give it one more ptpth~~~ thought! :)

I have to admit I am terrible at updating about my flacking disease anyway - so lack of updates is of no real mind boggling loss. :) I have missed reading all the guestbook entries ~ and have very much missed getting e-mail from those who read this site! The hardest thing for me to deal with about being "unfindably down" has been that I have not been able to help anyone along with their disease! Even though a lot of this stuff is way old (for me) it was all new and often helpful for those who are new to all this. I realize there are thousands of sites out there now as compared to 1997 when I first started this site ~ but there are still very very few that cover the personal side of dealing with a disease that can totally mess up your life!

I know that this site has never been full of "super information on what to do to feel great"! But then it was never intended to do that. All I ever meant to accomplish was to help "newbies" find that they are not alone and are not insane! That they are sick ~ not stupid! I know from all the guestbook entries and from all the e-mail I (sigh ~ use to) receive that I accompished what I set out to do. When I (used to) get e-mail most often it was a thank you for letting people know they are not alone! And for giving them that little bit of something that gave them the courage to ~ if nothing else ~ not allow themselves to get as bad as I did. That the future holds hope ~ just not more of the same - or worse ~~ And all you have to do is get informed and try........

I just hope that if the information here can still be of help and that the search engines find this site again and allow me to continue to help. Can't ask for more than that! Well, I could - but finding Aladin's Lamp is probably not as do-able! :)

So, I will close for now! And maybe even find something "new and silly" to put together for "your entertainment pleasure"! Or I might just go eat a double-cheese pizza! Look to the Future ~ and learn to kick ass! Sue :)