As someone who has travelled a lot since having a thyroid condition, I am often asked what I do to prepare for the trip and make sure that I am able to enjoy it without hypothyroidism getting in the way. …
As someone who has travelled a lot since having a thyroid condition, I am often asked what I do to prepare for the trip and make sure that I am able to enjoy it without hypothyroidism getting in the way. …
This set of blogs cover my second pregnancy. To read the blogs about my first pregnancy, please click here. The biggest difference is that I was on NDT (Armour) alone for my first pregnancy. I am on a combination of…
This is the first children’s book I have reviewed and it’s a rather special one. Written for children born with congenital hypothyroidism, it explains what it means to have this diagnosis.
Read the last blog in this series. There has been a reason why I waited several months before writing another general update blog – you may have seen in my announcement blog post the other week – I’m currently pregnant…
Get The Positive Thyroid Pregnancy Book: Your Essential Guide to Navigating Fertility, Pregnancy & Postpartum Wellness With Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s which covers my full two pregnancies with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s, on Levothyroxine and Armour Thyroid NDT and everything YOU need…
Do you remember the moment you realised or found out that you had a thyroid condition? I remember it well.
If you’ve been feeling well and stable on your thyroid medication and treatment for a while, only to start feeling unwell again and notice some of those telltale signs of possibly needing a medication/dosage review coming back, here are some…
Autoimmune thyroid disease occurs when the immune system mistakingly attacks the thyroid gland, marking it as an ‘invader’ for destruction. The two most prominent forms of autoimmune thyroid disease are Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Graves’ Disease. Hashimoto’s is the leading cause…
Brain fog is often described as ‘feelings of mental confusion or lack of mental clarity’. The phrase comes from the feeling of a fog that reduces your ability to think clearly. It can feel like a mental block. It can…
Originally published on 19th August 2016 Last updated on 15th August 2021 Your doctor may not run all the thyroid tests you want – you want to make sure that TSH, Free T3 and Free T4 are done at the…