Argh!  pain!  fatigue!

We were off in tropical souther Michigan the last two days to elect a new
(Episcopal) bishop for our diocese.  Thank goodness we reached a decision
yesterday, because I won't be able to take another weekend of this!

My leg muscles, esp. hamstrings, have been aching bigtime for about 3 weeks
now.  My meds help a bit and so does stretching, but I have to stretch many
times/day to get even a bit of benefit.  But we had a long drive down to
Grand Blanc.  And Mike was flying back from Boston late which meant I was up
late until we'd had a chance to talk about a couple of things.  Then it was a
long day of sitting/standing/sitting/standing through the election
convention.  Then a long ride back north, with a couple of stops for shopping
and dinner.  Meanwhile, I forgot to refill the tramadol I carry with me, so I
only had tylenol for pain control.  By the time we got home I was soooooooo
ready to swallow a handful of pain meds and collapse on the couch!  I was
aching so terribly and was as worn out as can be.

Well, when we were putting away the food we bought coming home - stuff we can
only get down there - one shelving unit we use for food storage in the
basement fell over.  sigh...............  Surprisingly, many of the jars
survived, but a jar of pickles and 3-4 jars of jelly busted.  Plenty to make
a royal mess of everything.  Working together, we got it all cleaned up in a
half hour or so.  I got upstairs to whipped to even put away the very little
luggage I took along.

I finally got some tramadol in my to help with the pain.  I also decided to
take half a muscle relaxer in the evening instead of waiting for my bedtime
dose as I was so sore.  Well, the muscles were so wound up, I had major
muscle spasms while the Zanaflex was acting.  I was literally writhing on the
couch for a while.  Ended up taking a couple of tylenol 3s I've been
hoarding.  For a while I feared I wouldn't be able to sleep, but the meds
finally kicked in.  This morning I was hurting to much to take my Fosamax- I
had to get the pain medicine inme immediately.  I suspect I'll be sleeping
all afternoon - at least I hope so.  It can only help me.  I'm thnking now
I'd best take another half Zanaflex to get through church.  Ack!

At last, to my question.  Those of you with thyroid issues, did you have much
in the way of muscle aches with it?  And has anyone gone hypothyroid quickly
after being normal?

My mom and sister are both hypothyroid.  I've been tested several times, most
recently last Sept. to make sure that isn't a component in my fibro.  Been
normal thus far.  But the fatigue and muscle aches have been so much worse
lately.  And I've learned online that hypothyroiditis is associated with low
albumin levels, the reason I had that liver biopsy last month.  Also, my
cholesterol balance and triglyceride level have gotten worse the past 6
months - also can happen with thyroid problems, I see.  I had decided to go
in and see my PCP about all this if my last albumin draw was still low, but
when I saw my RD's PA last week, my lab results hadn't made it to the chart.  
She really thought is was just a fibro flare, but it's never been this bad
before.

Can you tell I'm getting frustrated?  I'm so fatigued and so aching and
spring is springing outside!  now for a rest before church.