The word hangover does not describehow it feels or what it is.The only way of knowingis if you, too, have guzzled fizz. When asked to describe symptomsI try hard to think it over.But imagine describing the morning afterto someone who is sober.
Going Through the Motions
I dream of sedation and lucid sleep. To takeaway the pain I keep, In every cell It throbs away a discomfort, I have no words to say But. The hardest pain of it all is, as I lie, my body torn I'm void of help or any plan, medical science owned by MAN. Disowned me… Continue reading Going Through the Motions
Events and Activity
The Thyroid Trust, Special Patient Voices Event Saturday 29th August, 11am - 12:30pmJenny is a teacher, community artist, Member Pioneer at The Co-operative, Service User at Edgehill University and creator of CAN (Create Another Narrative) affirmation cards. Having experienced a rare presentation and difficult journey to diagnosis with postpartum thyroiditis and on-going thyroiditis Jenny has… Continue reading Events and Activity
Birth and Beyond – My Battle with Thyroiditis: It looks like we’ve done enough for you.
It took over 3 years of being horrendously unwell to find medical support for my not so common presentation of thyroiditis and this was because I was labelled and not heard. Postpartum Thyroiditis After giving birth I had what has been described as an ‘extreme presentation’ of Postpartum Thyroiditis – a condition where your thyroid… Continue reading Birth and Beyond – My Battle with Thyroiditis: It looks like we’ve done enough for you.
Part 6 My Battle with Postpartum Thyroiditis: The simplicity of acknowledgment, diagnosis and support instilled gratitude and rage simultaneously.
It was so simple. After nearly three years, I was listened to, heard, and finally found support. Thyroiditis can cause in a small case of patients, a combination of hyper and hypothyroidism as described in literature.' I was returned to the thyroxine (previously prescribed when my thyroid was underactive) and given a support plan. There… Continue reading Part 6 My Battle with Postpartum Thyroiditis: The simplicity of acknowledgment, diagnosis and support instilled gratitude and rage simultaneously.
FREE DOWNLOAD: CAN (Create Another Narrative), Affirmation Cards
Why CAN Affirmation Can Affirmation Cards were created in response to my own health journey. After giving birth I experienced an extreme presentation of Postpartum Thyroiditis and continuing health problems for several years after this. I found it nearly impossible to access the support that I required and my symptoms were constantly dismissed as mental… Continue reading FREE DOWNLOAD: CAN (Create Another Narrative), Affirmation Cards
Go Explorers: Bringing art to life with an immersive and multisensory room bursting with toddler delight.
Friday Feeling I love Fridays - Friday is Mummy day! After waking ourselves up with the fantastic Musical Beginnings we often find ourselves at Gallery Oldham's - Go Explorers, which has a deserving slot in our fabulous Fridays. Go Explore This session provides such a rich environment for exploration and that is why we love… Continue reading Go Explorers: Bringing art to life with an immersive and multisensory room bursting with toddler delight.
Part 5 of My Ongoing Battle With My Thyroid Health: Life was slipping through my fingers once again and then I spoke with ‘the lady like me’ who presented new opportunities and hope.
The symptoms And so it goes on and on and on and on. The symptoms once again returned, sent me home from dancing, stopped me from sleeping, made me cancel social events, became excuses for courses and eventually got me a sick note from my 1.5 days a week job - something that, at the… Continue reading Part 5 of My Ongoing Battle With My Thyroid Health: Life was slipping through my fingers once again and then I spoke with ‘the lady like me’ who presented new opportunities and hope.
Part 4 of My On-going Battle with Thyroid Health: Feeling better and building relationships, is there hope?
Good health I left my last post, once again writing 'from a position of good health.' After over eight months of experiencing a return of symptoms that ebbed and flowed through me on a daily basis and to different degrees of severity, my body had (for the second time) slowly regained some sense of normality.… Continue reading Part 4 of My On-going Battle with Thyroid Health: Feeling better and building relationships, is there hope?
Part 3 of My On-going Battle with Postpartum Thyroiditis: After a suspected diagnosis of Graves and Thyroid Eye Disease I found myself back to square one, alone, unheard and without any answers as to why I remained so unwell.
I am going to try and just hash this out because quite frankly I’m bored of thyroids, I’m bored of strategising and I’m bored of battling. It’s exhausting. But there’s something in me that needs to get this story down, for me and for that handful of people who read and relate to the isolation… Continue reading Part 3 of My On-going Battle with Postpartum Thyroiditis: After a suspected diagnosis of Graves and Thyroid Eye Disease I found myself back to square one, alone, unheard and without any answers as to why I remained so unwell.
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