Anonymous~Chris,
I understand completely what your going through and believe me YOUR NOT ALONE! I was 20 when I was diagnosed with Hyperthyroid and was pregnant with my second child. I already had been through a lot of health problems. My throat looked like I swallowed a really big dog bone….I grew a HUGE goiter! I tried hiding it from my family because I was scared, I just felt like I couldn’t handle any more. Since I was pregnant they couldn’t do much until I had my daughter. After she was born I went through radio-active iodine treatments to kill the thyroid. and was put on levothyroid. I just kept getting worse and worse. Here I was in my twenties with two children and could not hardly get out of bed. Every doctor visit they would say my thyroid was doing good but they couldn’t explain why I felt so bad still. After several years and MANY doctors I finally found the perfect doctor. She did blood work and discovered that I had Hashimoto’s. She changed my meds to Synthroid, taught me what I could and couldn’t eat, and showed me how to exercise. I am 31 now and my thyroid has been great the last few years. I still have bad days but I have learned how to deal with them and make it through to the next day. Due to my thyroid being messed up for so long it killed my auto-immune and I have several other diseases. Like Primary Billary Cirrhosis, several digestive diseases, arthritis, and more. Well enough about me I just wanted you to know your not alone and if you ever have any question or just want to talk you can email me anytime. [Personal email removed as per guidelines]
~Mandi
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Anonymous~Chris,
October 28, 2011 - 12:42pmI understand completely what your going through and believe me YOUR NOT ALONE! I was 20 when I was diagnosed with Hyperthyroid and was pregnant with my second child. I already had been through a lot of health problems. My throat looked like I swallowed a really big dog bone….I grew a HUGE goiter! I tried hiding it from my family because I was scared, I just felt like I couldn’t handle any more. Since I was pregnant they couldn’t do much until I had my daughter. After she was born I went through radio-active iodine treatments to kill the thyroid. and was put on levothyroid. I just kept getting worse and worse. Here I was in my twenties with two children and could not hardly get out of bed. Every doctor visit they would say my thyroid was doing good but they couldn’t explain why I felt so bad still. After several years and MANY doctors I finally found the perfect doctor. She did blood work and discovered that I had Hashimoto’s. She changed my meds to Synthroid, taught me what I could and couldn’t eat, and showed me how to exercise. I am 31 now and my thyroid has been great the last few years. I still have bad days but I have learned how to deal with them and make it through to the next day. Due to my thyroid being messed up for so long it killed my auto-immune and I have several other diseases. Like Primary Billary Cirrhosis, several digestive diseases, arthritis, and more. Well enough about me I just wanted you to know your not alone and if you ever have any question or just want to talk you can email me anytime. [Personal email removed as per guidelines]
~Mandi
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