Graves

Thought I had better put in an update.

Theres been a bit going on, but mostly its medical and thats pretty dull.

I've been diagnosed with Graves disease. It goes some way to explain the recent weight loss although I'm quite miffed this may not have been from my own efforts and instead from a stupid disease.

I've certainly had some interesting symptoms. The heat sensitivity has meant I'm wandering around in T-shirt and sandals which for summer you might say "Yeah 'course!" but remember this is a British summer...

I've often had wet feet.

The other fascinating symptom is the emotional rollercoaster I'm on. I admit it, I'm a control freak, I'm not one who shows much emotion in public and I NEVER turn on the waterworks. However, Graves makes emotions feel a billion times stronger than normal and I feel my body is quite seperate from my mind which is often shouting "NO! STOP!" at the moment.

On the one hand I'm REALLY excited about my holiday, but on the other I've broken down in tears in front of my boss and had a panic attack when my other half had to hit the breaks kinda hard while driving me home.

I feel like a Catherine Tate character.