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YOUR BRAIN FOG LOG

Since my thyroid disease diagnosis, I have mastered the art of list making. I have to create lists on a regular basis, or else many important tasks don’t get done.  The daily schedule I was able to keep contained in my brain must now get jotted down on my portable brain fog log.

My list making skills have been perfected over the years through trial and error,  because I have to make lists for just about everything now.  I thought I would share the top 3 things to remember when creating your “to do” lists.

1.Find the right handy, dandy notebook.  I personally feel more
  comfortable using a notebook instead of an electronic device
  because it is easier for me to have just one notebook dedicated
  to my daily duties…but if an electronic notebook works better
  for you than go for it, the important thing is to come to the
  realization that you probably need to make lists now instead of
  relying on your memory.  Less stressful to:  jot it down, get
  it  done, and then cross it off.

2.Make your lists realistic. Don’t write down an exorbitant 
  amount of tasks to accomplish each day or tasks that are
  completely unrealistic, for example:

Not Ideal                                                                                        Ideal

·         Baby sit the neighbor’s kids for 2 hours                 •  Babysit the neighbor’s kids for 2 hours

·         Clean the house for dinner guests                          •  Nap

·         Make dinner                                                                 •  Work on menu for the rescheduled dinner

·         Entertain house guests                                                 party

·         Help child with homework                                        •  Delegate house chores to family for dinner

                                                                                                            Party

                                                                                                       •  Help child with homework

Note: The “Not Ideal” example may have you in bed for the next two days trying to recuperate.

3. Don’t be cryptic with your lists. Remember your to do lists are there to help you, which means you may have to write a little more than what you are used to.  For example:

Not Ideal                                                                                             Ideal

•   Boogeymom1975@email.com                                              • Boogeymom1975@email.com –   

                                                                                                       need to email her today to let 

                                                                                                       her know I want to take

                                                                                                       the next Zumba class

Note:  The “Not ideal” example…If you are like me, you can walk away from your list for just 10 seconds then come back to it and ask yourself… “Who the heck is Boogeymom?”  You think you will remember when writing it down, I mean come on…how can you forget who Boogeymom is…Ahhh… but trust me the thyroid brain has other ideas.

Click here for some fun Brain Fog Logs aka thyroid notebooks.

Crazy Thyroid Lady

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

JUST KEEP SWIMMING - THYROID RAP or THRAP

Just Keep Swimming

Can be rapped to the rhythm of your choice, if you have someone that can beat box along with you…even better!

The hooks, the hooks they’re all around

Trying to reel me in, trying to make me sin

This disease has me feelin’ like a fish out of water, I wish I could cast spells on it like Harry Potter

I’m a thyroid mutha don’t mess with me,

Trying to avoid the hooks, trying to stay free

Just keep swimming; just keep swimming I can’t put that (Bleep) in my body

Cuz the hooks make me sicker,

The hooks make me quiver,

I am not quicker when the hooks grab my zipper.

What are the hooks, what do they represent?

It’s what makes me operate at 30 percent.

The Gluten

The Sugar

The Processed foods

The alcohol

The Stress –putting me in bad moods

The hooks are negativity

Bad vibes all around me

I’ve been researching the hooks like Madame Curie

If I don’t just keep swimming my body will disagree

I’m a thyroid mutha don’t mess with me,

Trying to avoid the hooks, trying to stay free

Just keep swimming; just keep swimming I can’t put that (Bleep) in my body

 Move over Missy Elliot make room for

The Crazy Thyroid Lady

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WOW YOUR MOM REALLY IS CRAZY is now available.

It has always been my dream to write a book, but lack of confidence held me back. I am a testament to the saying “adversity brings out the best in people” because after my father’s death last year-something within me said…”I have to do this.” He has been my guardian angel, my muse and my strength. I could not have finished this book without both my father’s in heaven (little f and big F)

What to expect from Wow Your Mom Really is Crazy?



I am not a doctor nor do I have any sort clinical credentials after my name. But I am an expert thyroid sufferer. That’s right! I can suffer like no body’s business. So much so that I totally forgot what it was like to be a well person. This angered me. I was too young to feel as sick as I did. So I fought to feel better and in my book, I will reveal what I have placed in my thyroid illness assassin’s arsenal.

The thyroid controls just about every cell in the body. Let me say this again…the thyroid controls just about every cell in the body…EVERY CELL! When this realization finally hit me, I thought to myself “Why in the HECK did I think one or two little prescription pills would do the job in replacing that powerful endocrine gland God gave me. It is going to take EXTRA work to feel better. Even though I was lead to believe by my Endo that the script would do the trick…I should’ve known. If it is too good to be true, it usually is…

Now don’t get me wrong there are a few who are the exceptions to the rule, they may be doing outstanding with just their thyroid medication-Poof! They went back to normal, after their thyroid bumpy medical adventure. I didn’t…and perhaps it could be because my thyroid condition was accompanied with an autoimmune disease.

Anyway, I am OK with the long road to feeling much, much better because it led me to meet all of you. And I want to get to know more of you…In my book, I have included an email address, to contact me if you have questions, comments or just want to vent about being a fellow thyroidan.

In addition to my contact info, the book also provides:

**Stress coping tips.
**How to deal with friends and family who don’t understand our plight.
**How to find easy, creative and cost effective ways to eat nutritionally.
**I serendipitously discovered what can happen to an unhealthy, diseased body– this find has completely changed the way I feel. I feel so much better and I share this infomation in my book.
**Humor.
**A sneak peek into a fellow thyroid sufferer- the infamous Judy Kirby’s story.
**Oh and how to really GO CRAZY.

Click on the links below to get YOUR copy

- Ebook


- Paper Back or Hard Cover


Crazy Thyroid Lady

MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL EDITION

Happy Mother’s day! My hats off to any mom who suffers from a thyroid condition or any chronic illness.

In honor of you, I dedicate this blog. However, it's technically not just for the mommies with illnesses…No, this blog is also for those who have the awesome responsibility to make this a special day for you….Therefore, if you happen to print this blog off and strategically place it where it could be found…say…like… taped to one of the television remote controls…it might definitely be a win, win for everyone.

Top five things a mom with a chronic disease would want for Mother’s day –

5. Spa day/Massage-Chronic disease sufferers can have joint pain from head to toe, so this gift would be wonderful as well as therapeutic. Ahhhhh…Oh OK, where was I…

4. Leave mom alone for the day-Give her one day to herself. Let her have the house! If that's not possible, at least give her a room-to read, watch TV, stare at the wall…whatever.

3. Cook her favorite meal and deliver it to her in bed-Allow mom to rest her sore, tired feet. If she doesn’t trust you in her kitchen, then grab an awesome meal to go, from her favorite restaurant and bring it to her. Whichever idea you chose, don’t forget to clean up the mess!

2. Comfort, comfort, comfort-If you have a wife/mother who would rather “open” something when receiving a gift, then for her, I would go comfortable, like soft jammies or slippers. The more comfy the better.

1. Clean something you know she hates to do-Or something that may be difficult on her body, like scrubbing toilets, bathtubs, windows, mopping floors…,etc…

Having a chronic illness and being mom at the same time is very difficult. You are my hero and you deserve all five of those aforementioned gifts, plus much more. But, as a mom, I am sure you would agree that your baby (s) big or small, is truly the best and most rewarding gift of all.

The Crazy Thyroid Lady

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