Comments on: Thyoliday Blues and Truths http://ejshea.com/?p=201 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:38:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Susan http://ejshea.com/?p=201&cpage=1#comment-928 Susan Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:26:19 +0000 http://ejshea.com/?p=201#comment-928 Wow. Just, wow. A friend of mine just sent me over to your blog because I was just diagnosed with hasimoto's and she thought I would like reading you. I am just getting started and I will thank her later for her suggestion! This post in particular really is hitting home. I have felt absolutely CRAZY for the last few years because of all the random aches and pains and weird things taking place in my body. I went to my doctor several times for foot pain, knee pain, wrist pain, rib pain and most recently, hip pain. I have been SO TIRED for so long. There is rarely a day that goes by that I don't feel some sort of pain/ache somewhere. This hip pain is the worst because it has prevented me from running for the last month. Anyway, I read another post of yours (briefly) regarding PCOS. I have that as well. I have been dealing with that FOREVER. I really think that there may be some sort of link between PCOS and hypothyroidism. Who knows. It's a pretty lame double-whammy though. And real quick, regarding one of your most recent posts about having kids, I feel the same was as you. I would love to have kids, but I can envision a life without them. And like you, while I can envision a good life without children, it makes me deeply sad to think of living an entire life without having kids. I also get PISSED off that this is something I have to deal with (regarding infertility). Feel free to email me! I think we have loads in common. Wow. Just, wow. A friend of mine just sent me over to your blog because I was just diagnosed with hasimoto’s and she thought I would like reading you. I am just getting started and I will thank her later for her suggestion!

This post in particular really is hitting home. I have felt absolutely CRAZY for the last few years because of all the random aches and pains and weird things taking place in my body. I went to my doctor several times for foot pain, knee pain, wrist pain, rib pain and most recently, hip pain. I have been SO TIRED for so long. There is rarely a day that goes by that I don’t feel some sort of pain/ache somewhere. This hip pain is the worst because it has prevented me from running for the last month.

Anyway, I read another post of yours (briefly) regarding PCOS. I have that as well. I have been dealing with that FOREVER. I really think that there may be some sort of link between PCOS and hypothyroidism. Who knows. It’s a pretty lame double-whammy though.

And real quick, regarding one of your most recent posts about having kids, I feel the same was as you. I would love to have kids, but I can envision a life without them. And like you, while I can envision a good life without children, it makes me deeply sad to think of living an entire life without having kids. I also get PISSED off that this is something I have to deal with (regarding infertility).

Feel free to email me! I think we have loads in common.

]]> By: Zari http://ejshea.com/?p=201&cpage=1#comment-357 Zari Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:23:22 +0000 http://ejshea.com/?p=201#comment-357 Erin having an eating disorder myself I can relate. I have to remember that it is a question of progress, not perfection. I too should probably lose another 10 to 20 lbs. Of course then I would need to buy a bunch of new clothes which is not where I want to be spending my money in the current economy. So i'm attempting to do that while doing my best to remember that this is a situation, not something that defines me. I do get pretty fed up with folks who think it's not a party without food. I remember all the stuff about drugs, how people need to learn how to have fun without drugs and alcohol. Which was pretty much of a lie also, folks without substance abuse problems just don't see the need to have a party without booze. But that's them. It's easy to say no to that. Much harder to say no to the food and I wind up avoiding eating parties sometimes. But that's about the eating disorder, not the thyroid. Zari Erin having an eating disorder myself I can relate. I have to remember that it is a question of progress, not perfection. I too should probably lose another 10 to 20 lbs. Of course then I would need to buy a bunch of new clothes which is not where I want to be spending my money in the current economy. So i’m attempting to do that while doing my best to remember that this is a situation, not something that defines me.

I do get pretty fed up with folks who think it’s not a party without food. I remember all the stuff about drugs, how people need to learn how to have fun without drugs and alcohol. Which was pretty much of a lie also, folks without substance abuse problems just don’t see the need to have a party without booze. But that’s them. It’s easy to say no to that. Much harder to say no to the food and I wind up avoiding eating parties sometimes. But that’s about the eating disorder, not the thyroid.
Zari

]]> By: Tamar http://ejshea.com/?p=201&cpage=1#comment-356 Tamar Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:25:06 +0000 http://ejshea.com/?p=201#comment-356 Are you still on a gluten-free diet? I saw my naturopath today and she strongly recommends that I go gluten-free. Apparently more and more research is showing that gluten makes the antibodies much worse for those with auto-immune diseases like Hashimoto's. There's also a connection with dairy but that isn't as well determined yet. Sigh. Are you still on a gluten-free diet? I saw my naturopath today and she strongly recommends that I go gluten-free. Apparently more and more research is showing that gluten makes the antibodies much worse for those with auto-immune diseases like Hashimoto’s. There’s also a connection with dairy but that isn’t as well determined yet. Sigh.

]]> By: Erin http://ejshea.com/?p=201&cpage=1#comment-355 Erin Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:02:58 +0000 http://ejshea.com/?p=201#comment-355 Oh absolutely. But I was once very overweight, and out of shape, and spent many years getting healthy - mentally and otherwise. It was really hard to get to that place, and then watch as the weight piled on. I'm also pretty small, so 15 pounds means I don't fit into most of my clothes, another situation that brings about mindfuck. Oh absolutely. But I was once very overweight, and out of shape, and spent many years getting healthy – mentally and otherwise. It was really hard to get to that place, and then watch as the weight piled on. I’m also pretty small, so 15 pounds means I don’t fit into most of my clothes, another situation that brings about mindfuck.

]]> By: Zari http://ejshea.com/?p=201&cpage=1#comment-354 Zari Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:58:33 +0000 http://ejshea.com/?p=201#comment-354 Erin I loved your post. But I wanted to comment that not beating yourself up over 15 lbs is quite sane. I'd go so far as to say that 15 lbs is not even worthy of the term weight issue........Give yourself a break. Zari Erin I loved your post. But I wanted to comment that not beating yourself up over 15 lbs is quite sane. I’d go so far as to say that 15 lbs is not even worthy of the term weight issue……..Give yourself a break.

Zari

]]> By: Katie http://ejshea.com/?p=201&cpage=1#comment-352 Katie Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:51:22 +0000 http://ejshea.com/?p=201#comment-352 Erin; This post brought me to tears. Your honesty was so breathtaking and you wrote straight from the heart. I felt every word like a razor blade. Like you, I still have trouble accepting it. I haven't made peace with my disease. Mostly, I hope that I will wake up from the nightmare and it will be gone. The denial can run deep. I digress... I love what you wrote, every single detail. Each word needed to be said. I feel you, girl! We all feel you. Thank you SOOO MUCH for being you and for participating. PS: Your on the site. Wishing you the world. xo K Erin;

This post brought me to tears. Your honesty was so breathtaking and you wrote straight from the heart. I felt every word like a razor blade.

Like you, I still have trouble accepting it. I haven’t made peace with my disease. Mostly, I hope that I will wake up from the nightmare and it will be gone. The denial can run deep.

I digress… I love what you wrote, every single detail. Each word needed to be said. I feel you, girl! We all feel you.

Thank you SOOO MUCH for being you and for participating.

PS: Your on the site.

Wishing you the world.

xo
K

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