Let me preference this post by saying that I am currently preparing for Radioactive Iodine Treatment (oral chemotherapy) as a part of my Thyroid Cancer treatment. To prepare for this, I am on a low-iodine diet (which mean I can eat basically nothing) and can't take my thyroid medicine (I am hypothyroid). This post does not reflect my normal behavior.
I walked into my office yesterday morning and a wonderful aroma hit my olfactory senses. When I turned the corner to go into my office, I saw them.
Breakfast sandwiches. Ham, Sausage, and Bacon Egg and Cheese breakfast sandwiches.
And seeing (and smelling) these could not be avoided. Let me show you the proximity of these sandwiches to my actual office (as in where my desk is):
There is no avoiding them.
I know people bring food into the office quite frequently, but I didn't expect them to bring something so aromatic and then put it RIGHT NEXT TO my office. The entire office smelled like cheese, bacon, and sausage. One of my coworkers said, "I can't smell them." I wanted to reply to that with, "That's because you still have sausage grease on your face."
I didn't say that.
I did, however, several completely inappropriate almost reactions to this:
1. I almost started crying.
2. I almost took all the sandwiches and threw them in the garbage.
3. I almost took all the sandwiches and threw them on the floor while stomping my foot.
BUT I DIDN'T!!
And anyone who has gone through this low-iodine diet without Synthroid/Cytomel knows that is no small feat.
Needless to say, I think my hypothyroid symptoms are starting to sneak up on me.
i would have done all three things that you "almost did" and i would have done them wearing a cat shirt with a spritzer bottle.
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hahah you're hilarious. i love breakfast sandwichesssssss
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ReplyDeleteI am SO sorry that you have to miss out on so much good food right now :( How long do you have to go without eating most foods?
I will definitely be praying for you as you go through your treatments!