#thyroid

[reality-detective]

The Thyroid 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourselves #educate yourself #knowledge is power #reeducate yourself #reeducate yourselves #think about it #think for yourselves #think for yourself #do your homework #do some research #do your own research #ask yourself questions #question everything #thyroid #medical corruption #medical malpractice #crimes against humanity #you decide

[spooniestrong]

Just want to put this out there... If you are having dental x-rays or mammograms or any other x-ray above your chest, please ask your tech for a thyroid guard. It is a small shield used to protect your thyroid from radiation, which can cause nodules, goiters and/or thyroid cancer. The worst part is that you have to ASK for them. For whatever reason, techs throw them in a drawer and they are not part of the routine. PLEASE pass this info on.

#spooniestrong #spoonie #SpoonieStrong speaks #thyroid #thyroid guard #x rays #radiology

[mental-mona]

#thyroid awareness month #thyroid #thyroid labs

[oscarisaacasimov]

reposting now that I've fixed privacy settings

#thyroid #hyperthyroidism #hypothyroidism #graves disease #hashimotos thyroiditis #autoimmune #endocrine #endocrine diseases #endocrine disorder #chronic illness

[thescentofrainonstone]

As someone used to excess Dopamine because of how random my genetic polymorphism went (met/met), when I decided to lower my thyroid medication because by nature triiodothyronine fosters growth, and I'm in the middle of discovering if I have cancer or not, I didn't consider that despite the huge dosage I am on, lowering the dose would affect neurotransmitters.

And now for the last 48 hours I've lived with the frustration of never enough dopamine to get motivated, always little enough to realise I'm useless and can't do anything about it not even think words (I basically threw myself in accidental ADHD), and I have renewed respect for anyone that lives like this constantly.

How people with ADHD manage to get anything done, let alone be nice to anyone who ever interacts with them, is insane to me. There is literally nothing in their brain chemistry giving them the ability to access "decency" yet they do.

Wow.

Just wow.

#adhd #adhd problems #adhd brain #actually adhd #adhd things #neurodivergent #dopamine #neurotransmitters #met/met #worrier gene #warrior gene #worrier vs Warrior #thyroid #t3 #triiodothyronine #hypothyroidism

[queenofsquids]

when you get bloodwork drawn and you actually REALLY HOPE it comes back with Yes You Have This Disease because it would explain everything and one pill might fix it

#thyroid #probably not my issue #as levels were normal 3 years ago #but its nice to imagine one solution #a fix #pls fix it for the love of

[blackholemojis]

can you make a few wordmojis for hashimoto’s disease? like “hashimoti’s disease,” “i have HT,” and “thyroid flare” pls and thank you!! :)

Yep!

[ID: purple light mode emojis reading:

Hashimoto’s disease

I have HT

thyroid flare

/End ID]

[ID: purple dark mode emojis reading:

Hashimoto’s disease

I have HT

thyroid flare

/End ID]

#Hashimoto’s disease #HT #thyroid #body & brain emojis #Trying out a new image description format - let me know whether it’s better or worse

[fatgirlgetsfitatlast]

November 2023 Summary

So, the scale dropped again this month. That makes 3 months in a row with a drop. The numbers aren't big, but they are IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, at least!

Things I've been doing, or trying to do differently from when the scale was being a bitch and going up include:

Taking iodine supplements for thyroid.

Trying to walk every day I physically can, or at least get in 10k steps, even if not a formal 'walk'

Cut out Heavy Cream for the most part. I was eating too much of it.

Okay, let's keep going into December!

#journal #keto #weight loss #weight loss guru #November 2023 #thyroid #iodine

[delusional-delirium]

GUESS WHOSE THYROID IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THE SIZE IT SHOULD BE

GUESS WHOSE S NEW ENDO SAID THEIR OLD ENDO SHOULD N O T HAVE IGNORED IT THAT LONG

GUESS WHOSE S NEW ENDO SAID THEIR THYROID IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THYROIDS THEYVE EVER SEEN

GUESS WHO NOW HAS TO POSSIBLY HAVE SURGERY TO REMOVE THEIR THYROID

GUESS WHOSE OLD ENDO CONTINUOUSLY IGNORED THEIR CONCERNS AND BLAMED IT ON THEIR WEIGHT OR ANXIETY DIAGNOSIS AND TOLD THEM TO TALK TO THEIR PSYCHIATRIST FOR YEARS

#I HATE HIM I HATE HIM #medical malpractice #medical neglect #bad doctors #good doctor #the new one is the good one #endocrinologist #endocrinology #hashimotos #hashimoto's thyroiditis #hypothyroidism #thyroid #medical problems #personal health #life update

[honeycombhank]

2/19/24

I have been so full of grief and stress and also gratitude and hope.

Things are very hard.

I feel that everyone is going through something very hard right now . I want to send love out to everyone who needs it.

I am so worried about my parents, my mother has cancer as many of you already know.

She is in immense amount of pain. It’s unbelievable.

She is radioactive right now from treatment and has been in solitary confinement for three days and today was allowed to leave her room, so I was able to visit her, but could not touch her or give hugs.

I love my mother more then words can express,

My heart aches

#painful #cancer #tumors #thyroid #back pain #honeycombhank #sadnees #depression #mental health #my mother #crying #dealing with grief #unbelievable

[ajgrey9647]

True story!

#hashimoto thyroiditis #vitiligo #hypothyroidism #thyroid #struggle bus

[imafraidoftomorrow]

It was 6 years ago today that my life changed.

6 years ago today that I touched my neck and felt a huge, hard lump. 6 years ago that I looked in the mirror and could see it clearly.

I went to the ER and, after waiting for hours, was told that I was the perfect demographic for thyroid cancer. I was 20 years old. I was told that I needed surgery because the tumor was at risk of suffocating me. Suffocating. The pain became so unbearable that I was on opioids for 2 months. For 25 days I had to wait to find out whether the mass was benign or malignant. Whether or not I had cancer.

It was bigger than the surgeon expected. She had to cut deeper into the muscle; had to take more of the gland along with several of my lymph nodes. It hurt. I woke up with a blood-filled bag hanging from a tube laced through my throat. The first time I saw myself after surgery, I cried. I felt, and looked, like Frankenstein's monster.

I've been sick ever since. A body can't function properly with only half a thyroid. I'm tired all the time, yet I can't ever sleep. I have brain fog and joint pain and heart palpitations. The medication that I need to live costs $350 out of my pocket.

You might think this post will end heroically - that it will read, "but despite all of that, I'm still alive and I'm grateful!" And I wish that it did. But the truth is, I grieve this day every single year. I wish it had never happened to me. I hate being sick, and I hate looking in the mirror and seeing my scar. When I notice it in photos, like in the last picture, I sometimes still want to throw up.

I guess what I want to say is, sometimes hardships just fucking suck. A tragedy is just that - a tragedy - and what doesn't kill you can, in fact, leave you frail and broken. And it's okay to mourn for your old self, because I certainly do. I mourn for her every single day. And I mourn for my present self, too, for all that she has had to endure.

#personal #spoonie #chronically ill #chronic illness #spoonie life #spoonie living #thyroidectomy #thyroid #thyroid cancer #hypothyroid problems #hypothyroidism #surgery #invisible illness

[burning0leaf]

Am I the only one???

I have been feeling especially suicidal lately. I have been gaining so much for the past 8 months despite ALWAYS BEING IN A DEFICIT. For most months I was eating under 1000, only presently I started reversing a bit and went up to abt 1100. But nothing helps. I go to the gym, get my steps in, take vitamins, eat "clean" but I'm a fucking ugly pig. Is it possible that my metabolism is so fucked? Whenever I research it ppl tell me that metabolic damage is fake. I even went to a doctor and told her how I have gained weight when I'm eating "super healthy" (I can't tell her I have ana lol) and she literally said "oh no you're fine, just don't gain anymore". (I cried for 4 hours after that lol) but yeah now I'm gonna run some blood tests, but still WHYY I'M BEGGING YALL TO HELP

#ana trigger #ed relapse #analog #ana buddie #ed vent #ed bullshit #ed disorder #ed help #help #please help #idk what else to tag #idk why #anor3c1a #tw restrictive ed #tw restriction #doctor visit #what do i do #metabolism #thyroid #hormonal imbalance

[flouseason]

the relationship between an autoimmune girl and her bed and her fluffy blankets and her cats and her fluffy socks and her candles and her bedside snacks and her pile of unread books and her pile of trash and her unread notifications and her clothes she’s worn a week straight and her crippling fear that shes broken and will never be okay and her

#it’s me #I’m her #autoimmune #autoimmune disease #hashimotos #hashimotos disease #thyroid #thyroid disease #sad #sad girl hours #tired #fatigue #cozy #lazy #please don’t read the tags i’m trying to find engagement

[eatclean-bewhole]

#hormonehealth #hormonebalance #thyroidhealth #Estrogen #cortisol #progesterone #hormones #hormoneimbalance #wellness #health #guthealth #hormonesupport #healthylifestyle #integrativenutrition #nutrition #selfcare #holistichealth #hormonebalancing #healthyhormones #menopause #weightloss #womenshealth #perimenopause #pcos #menstrual #diet #nutritionist #healthcoach

#hormone balance #hormone #hormones #Hormone health #estrogen #menopause #premenopausal #thyroid #Thyroid health #cortisol #progesterone #womens health

[terfarchive]

i’ve been wanting to apply for a scholarship for people with cancer and chronic illness but i’ve literally had so much imposter syndrome like “what if i win over someone with cancer, i’m not that ill” like girl my disease sucks and can theoretically kill me and i still think it’s not that bad 😭

#cancer is def worse tho #radblr #radical feminism #terfblr #terfsafe #radical feminist safe #disabled #disabled radfem #disability #chronic illness #chronic pain #chronically ill #chronic fatigue #thyroid #thyroid disease