[barb dwyer]

...does the anticipation of pain change your 'going out'?

I don't mean the necessary going out stuff - grocery store, paying bills whatever - I mean, do you find you're 'packing' a lot more stuff 'just in case'?

I was recently invited to spend the day with two very nice ladies - and I declined, becuse I know that right now... I'm simply not as ACTIVE as they are - and I felt I'd become a burden after a few hours.

So I told them that.

I see on tv all these 'talk' shows where the speaker person
(whatEVER you call those people other than out - of- work- actors)
is talking so SOME doctor and the doctor says 'get out and exercise' ...

obviously NOT a doctor in pain.

I just wondered if other people have to judge their activity level and the length of time they can BE OUT like this.
I know that once the thyroid medication is 'up to my speed' so to speak a LOT of this will be in the past for me. Right now - I have to calculate how long it's been since i took the medication in order to know how long I've got before it 'wears off''. But that's only because I've just started on this little adventure.

DOes it eventually become second nature?

Right now, I'm also counting ibuprophen ... to have enough for the 'duration'; and then one dose for 'just in case'.

Just curious.