My new baby girl and her big sister.

MY POSTPARTUM HASHIMOTO’S

We all have had uphill battles.   Those times when no matter how hard you push, it feels like you are unable to make any progress.  Usually, after you bang your head against the wall enough times, you try a new direction.  During my postpartum Hashimoto’s experience, I eventually found a new direction on this

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Two profiles- one with an exclamation mark and one with a question mark.

THE GREAT THYROID MEDICATION DEBATE

You know that feeling when you have FINALLY solved a frustrating problem?   You feel good.  Elated even.  The end is near! I went into my first endocrinologist visit feeling extremely optimistic and hopeful.  I learned that my exhaustion had a name- Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis.  She took my family history, asked about my symptoms, took a long

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A woman is surprised.

UNDERSTANDING THYROID TESTS

Scary, isn’t it?!   When you realize that your body isn’t performing like it normally should.  Something is off and you aren’t sure how you ended up here. How did you miss the signs so easily? This is how I felt after my very first doctor appointment when I learned that my thyroid was beginning to

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