Managing Illness


Irrespective of how much care we take of ourselves, at some point of time, we all fell ill. When we fell ill, we undergo psychological changes. Some of us take it with a bit of carelessness and later find themselves even  in a big trouble. Some of us get too worried about it and start suffering.

I have a bit different way of tackling illness. To me, illness brings an opportunity to interiorize. It allows me to become aware of the self. It demonstrates how the body responds to illness. It is during illness only, one can experience the potential that God has given us.

Recently, my wife was detected to have Hypothyroidism. On closely examining her report, I found T3 and T4 hormones having normal values while TSH being higher than what it should be. To keep TSH under control our family doctor prescribed to start taking Thyrox 50 mg tablets every morning. After three months of time when we again got the thyroid tested, to our surprise, this time TSH fell below the normal values. To this, the doctor suggested  to reduce the dose to 25 mg. At that time, I didn't have any idea about T3, T4 or TSH. I even could not understand the reason why supplement thyroid hormone was being administered in the form of Thyrox 25 tablet despite having normal levels of T3 and T4 Thyroid Hormone.

I resorted to internet to get all my doubts answered. I came to know that like in a process industry, to control various parameters we need to provide sensors. Similarly, to control our body's metabolism, God has devised various glands which serve as  sensors. The function of the Thyroid Gland is to produce T3 and T4 hormones necessary for various cells to carry out metabolism of the body. But, at the same time, levels of T3 and T4 are required to be regulated. Pituitary Gland, located at the base of the skull, regulates levels of T3 and T4 in the bloodstream secreting TSH. Clearly, high level of TSH suggests that Thyroid Gland is unable to produce enough T3 and T4 hormones at a normal TSH level and that's why pituitary Gland releases more TSH signaling Thyroid Gland to boost up T3 and T4 production.

When I explained this to my wife, she felt exciting to know about this wonderful mechanism. From that day onwards, she finds herself in a bit of ease to cope up with her hypothyroidism. The reason behind this, that comes to my mind, is probably developing a sense of respect towards this wonderful body and  the power of endurance it has.

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