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reviews_and_ramblings ([personal profile] reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2009-07-12 01:03 am

A personal post

The last were not easy months for me. I often wonder if I should have say something, sometime I feel like my journal is not really mine, since it's not so personal. And when I had the spur of the moment to write something, soon after I always thought, maybe I will wait another week, maybe I will write when this will be all over. But it seems that week after week that "over" moment is always still a week after, and I also realized that I'm loosing point with all of you. So, in this night (for me it's night) between saturday and sunday, when LJ is mostly dead I will post, and maybe few of my friends will read this post, maybe only the one that are really important.

I know that I behaved in a strange way in the last few month, I was distracted and easily irritable. I was paranoic, sometime with reason and sometime not. I lost friends, since I was unable to reason with them in the right way. One in particular was pretty hard to loose since he knew what it was happening, but apparently it didn't matter to him. And I took with all heart things that I should let it go. Part of it it's me, as I always was and probably will, but part it was also due to some healthy issues I had. I found some nodules in my throat, and before any of you start to worry, don't worry, they are not malignant. But I didn't know at first, I went from doctor to doctor, and did test and test. Since the first test I took, they said not to worry, but the nodules were pretty big and I probably will have to go under surgery. And I hate, really hate hospital. Since the surgery is tricky, I will also have to stay in hospital for some days. I still have to do it, since I'm waiting for the umpteenth test, this time with the surgeon that eventually will operate on me.

The only good thing in all of this, is that I finally found out why I took so much weight in the last year... all right I'm not the most active people in the world (!), but really, I'm almost starving, I eat 1 meal at day, and a light meal, and still I gained weight year after year. The nodules don't go well with my thyroid, and it doesn't work as it should be. So till the surgery, and probably after that too, if I don't want to take too much drugs (and I don't want), I have to go under an intensive training to make the thyroid active and working. There is a chance that the surgeon, to avoid further operations in the future, will remove also the thyroid as well, and so I will be forced to take the drugs... hope not.

Why I wrote this post? since this time is nothing to worry, but if it was not? you know yes, that I will never leave you and my journal if not for a reason not depending from my will? So, sorry to all the friends I let down in the last months, I will try to catch up with all of you.

[identity profile] mistry89.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry you didn't feel you could say anything, this may be a "public private" journal, but it is because of you that people return.

Good Thoughts and Healing Wishes for your operation and for your diagnosis (half the battle, it seems!).

[identity profile] ebony-silvers.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
* hugs * Good, good thoughts going your way.

[identity profile] eevereon.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Take care of yourself, Elisa! Your wellbeing comes first, blogs and reviews are not as important. I hope everything will work out for you.

[identity profile] zamaxfield.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, my! ((((((((HUGS)))))) My thoughts and prayers will be with you as you go through this! Please take good care of yourself and don't worry so much about thyroid medication, it's simply the bioequivalent of what your body makes naturally and even though it's a tremendous bummer to have to take it, (as I do, and will forever) it's inexpensive and has no side effects whatsoever, and relatively harmless as drugs go. Being without a working thyroid on the other hand, can make you feel mad as a hatter, in all the worst possible ways. I wish you all the best, and will be thinking about you!

[identity profile] jardonnsmith.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Good. Now you have posted about your problem and you can focus your mind on fixing it. I will think positive things for you.

[identity profile] cassandra-gold.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry to hear you've had health issues. It's got to be scary not knowing what's wrong. I'm glad you found out, and can get treatment.

Take care of yourself, and feel better soon.

[identity profile] lilygcs.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh Elisa, I'm so sorry to hear what you've been going through. I hope the surgery goes well and that your hospital stay is as brief as possible.

Take care of yourself. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

Lily *hugs*

[identity profile] pd-singer.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Here are best wishes for successful treatment and speedy recovery.
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[identity profile] kirby-crow.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs you* Don't worry about your blog, we're not going anywhere. Just get well!

[identity profile] spinsterwithin.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Elisa its clear that you put a great deal of work into your site. Its awesome. Just remember you have got to put yourself first, especially when you are dealing with medical issues.


Best wishes
to you and yours and I hope for your continued recovery.

[identity profile] bean-montag.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
By commenting, am I important? :D

Once I found a lump in my breast. Intellectually, I knew it was *probably* nothing because I was, ohhh, 21? 22? But it still freaked me out! Something in your body that is not supposed to be there would freak anyone out.

Surgery is a bit scary, even if it's not something that is omg so srs bzns, so I hope you take very good care of yourself up to and after, and also, seriously, one light meal a day? How do you live?

???

:p~~

Sending good thoughts,
Bean

[identity profile] magelette.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
I just want you to be safe and healthy and happy, Elisa, enjoying the world of romance as you do. :)

Kara Larson

[identity profile] sharrow96.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
I a so sorry to hear you've been unwell and can only imagine the stress. Hugs to you and feel better soon. :)

[identity profile] taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
I dearly hope that the operation is easy and perfectly successful.

I wish you health and happiness. Your daily posts always make me smile, and I always appreciate them.

[identity profile] astridamara.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Good luck, Elisa, and best wishes from me -- I may not comment all the time but I *do* read and appreciate your journal immensely. You are in my heart and I hope for the best!

Health first hon...

[identity profile] erotichorizon.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com) 2009-07-12 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
My thoughts and my prayers are with you....
Loads and loads of hugzzzz
E.H>

[identity profile] tc-blue.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
I can't imagine you ever letting anyone down, Elisa. Seriously.

Your recent posts may have felt lacking to you, in sparkle or excitement, but I promise you that *I*, at least, have enjoyed every one.

That you were able to do that while going through such an emotional time is simply stunning to me, in the very best of ways.

You, my dear, are appreciated and adored by so many people, for your steadfast and consistent reviews of books and movies, for your photos of places around the world, for your interviews with all sorts of people within the GLBTQ world... for your wit and charisma, that comes across so well online... and for just being you.

It's wonderful that you've been able to keep doing everything involved with keeping your LJ going on a daily basis. And makes me want to hug you for doing so while keeping everything that's been going on to yourself (makes me want to smack you a little too, but that's just me. LOL).

Hopefully everything will go well from here on. I totally understand hating hospitals. Lord knows they're not my favorite place, either. But if they can take care of the problem and get you out again, healthy and feeling good and all that, then it's worth it.

Hey, on another subject, sort of... how does the affect your planned visit to the US? I'm still hoping to meet up for coffee when you're in DC, but if you're not able to make it, I completely understand.

Be well, hon'. *hugs*

~Tis

[identity profile] sidhe-woman.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
Take care of yourself, Elisa, and don't worry about your blog Flist. We're in for the long haul.

I'm very glad to know the lumps aren't malignant, and while surgery *is* scary, think of it as getting rid of something that had no business being there in the first place.

Thyroid problems can really mess with your body - mine went overactive years ago, so I was given treatment that knocked out of commission and I've been on thyroxine for years with good results. It isn't so much a drug, more a replacement, a supplement, so if you have to take it, don't worry about it. Just look forward to getting your quality of life back.

Sending you good vibes
Chris

[identity profile] marquesate.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh Elisa, I so can understand the worry and it must have been so hard for you to put up a brave face and keep going. I am glad you are sharing this with us now, because that means I can think of you and cross my fingers and send you a virtual hug. Also,my dad had what sounds like the exact same operation and he recovered very very well and quickly from it and has been fit as a fiddle since then. And he also lost the weight.

Big hugs, Elisa, and keep us updated. Thinking of you!

[identity profile] a7thina.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
hmmm... I know I'm a rather new member but I had to comment to this post.

This is really worrisome. I hope that the surgery will help and that you'll feel better soon. I'm glad that it wasn't something worse.
Take care!
Regarding your friends: I think that as soon as you tell them what you just wrote in this entry and heartily apologise I'm sure that the ones who truly appreciate you will understand and forgive. So be brave and honest and they'll come back eventually! :D

[identity profile] charliecochrane.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
*great big hugs* for a shining star.

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[personal profile] jl_merrow 2009-07-12 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
So sorry to hear you've had such a rough time this year. And honestly, speaking personally I have found you nothing but kind and considerate even while you were going through all this.

I know it's horrible to have to contemplate surgery - but just think how much better you'll feel when it's all over. So glad to hear it's something they can fix!

*hugs*
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[identity profile] alex-beecroft.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry to hear that you've been having such a hard time of things recently. You had hidden it so well that I had no idea. But it's good news that they now know what it is and can do something about it. A friend of mine had thyroid treatment recently and feels absolutely wonderful now; the weight has dropped off her and she has lots of new energy. I hope it works that way for you too!

[identity profile] annebrooke.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
So sorry to hear about the health scare, Elisa - glad it wasn't malignant and hope the hospital visit is soon over for you.

Loads of love & hugs

Axxxxxxxxx

[identity profile] a-j-mirag.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry you're going through all this stress. I hope everything goes fine.

*sending good vibes*

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