When Stress Moves In Hello friends. I want to take a detour from my Hashimoto's chronicle for a bit to talk about something that has been negatively affecting me for the past few weeks. Stress. Everyone deals with it at one time or another. For some, it comes and goes. For others, it becomes a constant companion. It affects you negatively whether you have an autoimmune disease or not. For those of us living with Hashimoto's and other autoimmune diseases, stress isn't just emo

Understanding Thyroid Nodules and Their Impact Six months can feel like an eternity. Each week, it became harder to swallow, breathe, and believe that anyone would help. It all began when I learned I had thyroid nodules. After weeks of waiting, I finally found out they were benign. I hoped adjusting to life with a dysfunctional thyroid would be easy. Unfortunately, it wasn't. My relief was short-lived, and my endocrinologist scheduled a follow-up appointment for six months la

I never would have thought that a tiny little butterfly-shaped organ would upend everything in my life. I'd lived my entire life without thinking much about my thyroid, or not thinking about it at all, really. You hear all the warnings about heart disease, blood pressure, diabetes, eating right, and all the standard concerns that come with living a healthy life. You do your best, some better than others. I struggled with this, but overall, I was healthy-ish. After I had kids,