Long enough to go to ballet and fall in love with it, and to have my dreams shattered when my thyroid STOPPED WORKING and I gained 50 pounds in a year... 10 pounds in one week before they tested my thyroid levels... Just kept telling my mom I was a fatty and should get off the couch and stop eating junk food.

not for one single day. 17 was close... but not quite.

That's why I can't swim anymore. I mean, I know enough not to drown, but I can't actually swim. I learned when I was skinny and healthy. Never learned how with all this weight.

not for one single day. 17 was close... but not quite.

=/ Yeah, it sucks not to be healthy like other people. It's a drain...

swimmings one of the only things i can do really well. could live in the water

meh. everyone has problems. lots worse than mine.

I can only swim certain ways. I can no longer rotate one arm all the way around. Makes swimming difficult.

i just swim, i don't think about how.

I don't really resent my thyroid issue, but what I would definitely like to change is how I've had to feel because of it. I know from other people that I don't have to feel this way; if treated properly I can achieve some semblance of normality health-wise. I can be motivated, I can feel less tired, I can have healthier skin, I can lose weight easier....

 

It's just that I've had terrible/inexperienced doctors dealing with my problem until now. XD Now I finally have the chance to change things...

I can only swim certain ways. I can no longer rotate one arm all the way around. Makes swimming difficult.

Oh wow, I can imagine....

 

I can tread water. I can lay on my back and propel myself by kicking. Usually when I'm at the pool I stay in water where I can touch the bottom, and move myself by pushing off the ground, hopping forward.

Ow, I need a shoulder massage, there goes that ache again.

Bah, why do I have to get so tense?

I'm not extracting teeth or anything.

Or playing Operation.

Mebbe I have anxiety..runs in the family...maternal side..which is where I get most of my issues...don't know about paternal...

Could refriend him on FB and ask, but I dunno if he's active on there.

I don't even know if he knows who I am. XD

I added him before and he accepted my request, but never said anything to me...and I never got around to messaging him or anything.

Purged my friends list a while back and since I noticed he wasn't really doing much on FB, I deleted him...

But, it would be smart to know if there are any health issues I should be aware of on that side.

I had rotator cuff surgery on both shoulders. The one that is the worst is the right. I complained for years but the doctors didn't believe anything was wrong until it was just completely out of place.

And I wish I knew his mom's name. I'm the only grandchild she has, or will ever have... I have 2 pages of photos with her as a baby in my album, and I've never seen her since...must find her... XD

I had rotator cuff surgery on both shoulders. The one that is the worst is the right. I complained for years but the doctors didn't believe anything was wrong until it was just completely out of place.

Ouch.... See, that's a problem with some doctors. They don't listen to the patients, they think they know everything, they have overinflated opinions of themselves... XD Some are great, but some.... *shakes head*

 

So what positions can't you move your arm in, anymore?

*skips across thread throwing sparkles*

Oh, and I believe I have an answer for Ayla's postcount question... XD

 

If you post in a thread and that thread's deleted, the posts you made in that thread will no longer count toward your "real" post count on the profile, but the post count that shows under your avatar will keep going up and won't register a change.