thyroid disease Archives - fiftytwothursdays https://fiftytwothursdays.us/tag/thyroid-disease/ style + fitness Tue, 22 Jun 2021 01:58:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Self Diagnosing Hashimotos Disease https://fiftytwothursdays.us/uncategorized/self-diagnosing-hashimotos-disease/ https://fiftytwothursdays.us/uncategorized/self-diagnosing-hashimotos-disease/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2021 01:57:57 +0000 https://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=19532 For years I felt like something was wrong with me, like something was off and I couldn’t put my finger on it. My doctors all told me I was fine but that was far from the way I felt. I had terrible periods, hair loss/breakage, inflammation, bloating, brain fog etc, which made me obviously believe I was dying but my endless google research and the rabbit hole I went down on WebMD all pointed to Hashimotos Disease. Hashimotos? What in the heck is that and how could this be happening to me?! I workout like a champ, count my macros and do sooo much self care! After going to the doctor and having them test my antibodies levels, which for some reason doctors don’t normally do they confirmed my theory was spot on.  If you were like me and have no idea what Hashimotos Disease is, it is an autoimmune disease that attacks your thyroid. It causes all the symptoms I spoke of earlier and more and effects predominantly middle aged women.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I was put on meds to get my numbers in check, which they are currently but will most likely have to stay on them for the rest of my […]

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