Life, Poems

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

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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.

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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?