My youngest daughter was in kindergarten when I underwent surgery to remove the faulty half of my thyroid, which led to my Hashimoto’s diagnosis. I’d been struggling with symptoms since she was in preschool, and some days it was really a challenge to take care of a rambunctious preschooler while dealing with exhaustion and brain fog. Years have passed, and that preschooler is now in her senior year. Through each of these years, I struggled to be the mom that I felt she needed

I have multiple planners. They sit around, trying to make me feel organized and like a great planner. I try; I really do. I have a planner for all household appointments in my purse. I have a planner for my weekly household chores. I have a planner for my writing. I attach to-do lists to the planners because brain fog often makes me forget everything I’m planning to do. Almost daily, I used to sit down with my planners and try to do just that: plan what I would accomplish. A

Living With Hashimoto's: When the Diagnosis Is Only the Beginning Living with Autoimmune Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis has been, at least for me, like riding a roller coaster. Some days are up; more days are down. The challenge is to make the most of the up days and give yourself and your body grace on the down days. After I had surgery to remove half of my thyroid gland due to a large nodule that had been making my life miserable for months, I hoped that I would start feeling no