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Dimwitted Dragon

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SoupDragon · 05/04/2005 18:08

I visited my GP at 9am this morning to check whether the excessive weariness etc I'm experiening is simply a by product of motherhood.

It has (literally) just occurred to me that I forgot to mention my frequent lapses of memory...

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SoupDragon · 06/04/2005 09:33

It's not even tiredness in a sleepy way IYSWIM. It's weariness right to my bones.

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katierocket · 06/04/2005 09:33

LOL at going to the GPs and forgetting to tell them you keep forgetting things.
I'm obsessed with sleep and tiredness, I always go to bed thinking "right tomorrow I'm definitely going to get an early night".

Moo - is being an adult not about eating a whole cake to yourself?

Cod - that's sweet, you must have felt very proud. I have an image of you like The Von Trapp family with the children responding to their individual whistle call!

marthamoo · 06/04/2005 09:38

Your GP sounds very wise - it is relentless. Dh works very long hours - well, for example, he went to work yesterday morning, worked all day, came home for a couple of hours, worked all night and now will work 'til lunchtime - about 27 hours. But at least it has a finish time - he can come home, go to bed, and know he can sleep. I have been 'on call' (apart from one weekend away from my children) 24/7 for the last 8 years.

Needless to say, dh does not get this argument - he is far more tired than me, works much harder, and I don't have any idea what real tiredness is. Mmmmmmmm.

JoolsToo · 06/04/2005 09:40

"now some mners woudl havce told him to eff off"

PMSL!!!!

marthamoo · 06/04/2005 09:40

Maybe your blood test will show you are anaemic then, SD - or thyroid (SuzyW will come along later and suggest that I'm sure - that's what her constant exhaustion turned out to be). I do have days where I am so leadenly tired that it's an effort to do anything - but not all the time.

marthamoo · 06/04/2005 09:41

This MNer has been known to, JT - believe me

marthamoo · 06/04/2005 09:42

KR, yes dear, it is about eating a whole cake to yourself..being a grown-up means not having to share, hehe.

marthamoo · 06/04/2005 09:43

Do you think I'd better give my kids some breakfast? Can't be arsed really.

katierocket · 06/04/2005 09:43

give them cake

JoolsToo · 06/04/2005 09:44

Hmmm - moo, I know, a certain jolly father?

marthamoo · 06/04/2005 09:44

Can't. I ate it.

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SoupDragon · 06/04/2005 10:01

It was the recent thyroid threads that made me go to my GP actually. Not sure if I want it to be an illness or not - at least that way it can be fixed. Short of selling my children to gypsies I can't see a cure for it if it turns out to be simply motherhood.

Dh doesn't "get" the relentlessness either. he doesn't understand why I would resent the fact that he nipped off work early yesterday to play golf. I don't resent the fact that he did it, I resent the fact that he can.

Ah - 10am. Time for coffee and cake! And probably way past time I got my chldren dressed...

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iota · 06/04/2005 10:09

Have to say Soup that even at the advanced age of 46 I'm not relentlessly tired, but I have noticed that I don't have the stamina or enery of my youth - I go to bed about 10.30pm - as a student, I'd be going off clubbing at that time

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SoupDragon · 06/04/2005 10:27

Bog off Iota. I may be relentlessly tired but at least I can find the Caps Lock Key

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iota · 06/04/2005 10:28

Bog off????

I was trying to be helpful, without actually saying that you may have a medical problem

Anyway I'm back on Microsoft today and I know where all the keys are

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SoupDragon · 06/04/2005 10:30

I was only joking abut the "even at the advanced age of 46 I'm not relentlessly tired" bit. Not being rude and offensive, honestly!!

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WideWebWitch · 06/04/2005 10:31

Soupy, a friend said to me the other day 'well, we are nearly 40 you know' - i.e. middle age is tiring! But I think tiredness in her case and mine (and hopefully yours) is just down to having small children. You could always ebay them if this turns out to be the case.

iota · 06/04/2005 10:33

www - just wait til you're 46 and see how tired you are then

WideWebWitch · 06/04/2005 10:34

Iota, I'll be absolutely buggered by then I imagine!

iota · 06/04/2005 10:34
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Nome · 06/04/2005 10:47

I'm relentlessly tired too and thought it might be a thyroid thing as that runs in the family. My gp rans test for everything under the sun (we'll just rule out leukemia, sort of thing) and I have abnormal liver function. Had an ultrasound of my liver and they want to do an MRI as well. Am now pg so I can blame tiredness on that. But I sat in front of the liver consultant a couple of weeks ago and he was asking about family medical history. Complete mindwipe - all I can think to say is, um we all seem fairly healthy...

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SoupDragon · 27/04/2005 19:23

Quick update... all my blood tests are fine. Which is a shame because I guess I have to wait until DS2 has left home in order to feel better. In fact, my GP suggested I sell the children and put the money towards a holiday. Failing that, an iron supplement may help as I'm ever so slghtly anaemic.

And I forgot, once again, to mention my appalling memory...

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katierocket · 27/04/2005 19:25

ah well good news that nothing is wrong. Think selling children is probably a good plan.

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SoupDragon · 27/04/2005 19:26

Yes, that's true but part of me was hoping for something minor that could be easily fixed with medication Still, apparently my cholesterol results were "enviable"

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Wallace · 27/04/2005 19:49

Next time do what i do: write a note of everything you need to ask/tell the doctor. Then forget to take it out of your pocket

At least you have a cool GP - suggesting you sell the kids. Spot on!

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