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
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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.
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.
Thyroiditis Symptoms: The symptoms that were constantly dismissed as mental health, in my on-going battle with Postpartum Thyroiditis and why most symptoms lists just don’t reflect the reality of dealing with a thyroid problem.
Thyroid Symptoms Lists I found it hard to obtain a diagnosis for Postpartum Thyroiditis and on-going thyroiditis and in the search to find answers I read far more than I desired. At one point lists of thyroid symptoms became a source of anxiety for me. This is because they are so often limited to a… Continue reading Thyroiditis Symptoms: The symptoms that were constantly dismissed as mental health, in my on-going battle with Postpartum Thyroiditis and why most symptoms lists just don’t reflect the reality of dealing with a thyroid problem.
85 affirmations for coping with a thyroid problem: When my body and mind were at their weakest, I had to be my strongest and this is what I told myself.
Hypnobirthing and positive affirmations Before I gave birth to my daughter I practiced hypnobirthing and a part of this was to recite positive thoughts and affirmations. I littered the walls of our house with affirmations in preparation for birth, giving little thought to their usefulness beyond. Postpartum Thyroiditis Three months following the birth of my… Continue reading 85 affirmations for coping with a thyroid problem: When my body and mind were at their weakest, I had to be my strongest and this is what I told myself.
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