You fall off the horse…. and then you get back on again…..

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Jan 012012
 

The last couple of months have included lots of celebrations and get togethers, Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays, and everything in between. It’s been great, really it has…. but the last couple of months have been SO HARD!  Recently, I wrote about my history with autoimmune thyroid disease and my excitement about trying a new medication to balance my hormones.  I’m still hoping that I’m on the way to healing my body and getting things right, but it became fairly clear by the beginning of November that I wasn’t getting enough thyroid hormone.  

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Adventures in autoimmune thyroid disease treatment

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Sep 202011
 

I’ve already written a few times here about living with ulcerative colitis, but UC was not the first autoimmune disease that I was diagnosed with. I have a long history with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, which is a form of autoimmune thyroid disease. Recently, my doctor and I changed my medication from synthetic T4 and T3 to Nature-thryoid (which is similar to Armour thyroid). I have very high hopes for what this could mean for my health and wellness. And so I continue my journey with thyroid disease treatment, one that has already been more than a decade of roller coaster hormones, although I’m thankful I have had it easier than a lot of the people with whom I’ve discussed it. 

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