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Father’s with Hypothyroidism

An Open Letter to Fathers with Hypothyroidism on Father's Day

An Open Letter to Fathers with Hypothyroidism on Father’s Day

Originally published on 16th June 2019  Last updated on 19th June 2021 To the dad with…

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💖 It was on this day last year that I shared I

💖 It was on this day last year that I shared I was pregnant with my second child. (And shared this photo)

💖 What a ride that pregnancy was! Lots of extra tests, ultrasound scans, monitoring etc… and now my 8 month old baby boy is with me and thriving.

💖 After all that I’ve been through with fertility struggles thanks to my thyroid condition, including a miscarriage and a stressful pregnancy, I’m just so thankful to be on the other side of it now.

💖 If I could tell the Rachel from 5 years ago, who worried if she’d ever be able to carry her own children, that she’d have two thriving boys now, she’d be so relieved that pregnancies on non-conventional thyroid treatment worked out for her in the end.

I was so daunted by the thought of it back then.

But I navigated it and am so glad I did.

- Rachel 🦋💙

🗣️ I have conversations like this more often

🗣️ 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 what’s the point?”

My point is this: you were put on this medication presumably because your thyroid hormone levels were low.

Read my new article about this topic, in full, on my website. Linked in my stories and bio.

- Rachel 🦋💙

🦋 It’s part and parcel of sharing my health e

🦋 It’s part and parcel of sharing my health experiences online I guess.. random people trying to be my doctor.

🦋 I know that I had the potential to “trigger” Hashi’s and hypo anyway. And around 17-18 years old, I hammered all the common triggers of mental stress, physical stress, repeated antibiotics, not sleeping or eating enough.. etc.. and landed myself in hospital, in the ICU with pneumonia. Then I left never feeling the same and eventually figuring out it was thyroid disease.

🦋 I prefer to look forward and move forward with my diagnosis instead of getting hung on the “cause”. I know what I can do better now, to keep my thyroid issues under control. And that involved avoiding things like stress, antibiotics, not eating or sleeping well.. but no one can or should be diagnosing others or trying to make them feel as if it is their fault for their diagnosis.

We all just do the best we can with the info we have at any moment. And most of us aren’t aware of thyroid disease until we already have it.

- Rachel 🦋💙

👍 Pass this on to a friend who needs to see it!

👍 Pass this on to a friend who needs to see it!

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1. Check more than TSH. The full thyroid panel consists of Free T3, Free T4 and thyroid antibodies too. We only get the full picture if we’re checking all of them.

2. So many people feel alone with thyroid disease. We can benefit from reaching out to those who DO understand, such as fellow, thyroid patients.

3. T4-only medicine such as levothyroxine and Synthroid work for many people, but it’s good to know that if they do not work for you than there are other options. T3 and NDT can work better for those who do not convert their t4 meds in to enough t3, and therefore still have symptoms.

4. There are many thyroid books out there that are empowering and insightful. Check out mine (linked in bio) for more info.

5. It has been estimated that up to 90% of us also have adrenal dysfunction, so it’s worth exploring the signs and symptoms of this. For many, adrenal symptoms end up being half the problem and they can’t get better on thyroid medication without addressing this too.

6. Most of us with hypothyroidism have the autoimmune disease Hashimoto’s, as the cause. It is often helpful to confirm if we do, indeed have Hashimoto’s, a certain things can help to keep it under control and help with symptoms such as brain fog and fatigue.

7. Thyroid disease is not easy to live with. It’s OK to struggle, it’s okay to admit that you can’t do as much as you used to, and it’s OK to have tough health days. Thyroid flares are very real.

8. The above mentioned points need to be considered and you need to learn how to be your own advocate in order to get there. But we can get better when we empower and educate ourselves.

✨ Be your own thyroid advocate. ✨

What would you tell a friend newly diagnosed?

- Rachel 🦋💙

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