Read the last blog in this series. My last general update blog was posted in February 2022, where I announced my second pregnancy, following the last update before that in May 2021, sharing that my health was really stable, with…
Read the last blog in this series. My last general update blog was posted in February 2022, where I announced my second pregnancy, following the last update before that in May 2021, sharing that my health was really stable, with…
I have conversations like this more often than you would believe: “Can I just stop taking my thyroid meds?” “Why would you want to?” “They’re not working anyway. I still have symptoms and I think I actually feel worse. So…
Originally published on 7th April 2016 Last updated on 24th January 2023 As thyroid patients, we may struggle to truly convey what we mean by feeling tired, fatigued or exhausted. Below explains a typical day in my life before I…
I’ve been looking forward to sharing Dr Chatterjee’s books with you all as he’s not only a UK doctor but he also combines both conventional and lifestyle medicine in the way that I aim to in my thyroid advocacy work too!…
I am often asked how I got to the point of living a largely symptom-free life with autoimmune hypothyroidism. I say ‘largely’ because, like all of us, I still have the odd flare day, or circumstances such as pregnancy, my…
Many people around the world with thyroid conditions such as hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s find that it’s not always easy to share their diagnosis (and the effects of it on their life) with those around them.
Raising a family when you have a thyroid condition such as hypothyroidism (an underactive thyroid) or Hashimoto’s, can understandably feel difficult. Predicting someone’s thyroid health when they also have the added task of everything that comes with being a parent…
Do you wake up during the night dripping in sweat? Do you experience a flushing of heat? A well-known symptom of hypothyroidism is cold intolerance, but did you know that many thyroid patients also complain of night sweats?
When I was first diagnosed with autoimmune hypothyroidism in the summer of 2015, my head was spinning. I didn’t know what this diagnosis meant, what my thyroid medication was for exactly, and what to do about my thyroid medication seemingly…
A lot of people are confused by what it means to be your own thyroid advocate. Since the whole message of my work, website articles, books and more is to be your own thyroid advocate I definitely needed a post explaining…