Posts Tagged ‘Graves disease column’
Fat Thigh-roid Woes: Steadfast Solitude
An ex boyfriend from over a year ago sent me a text asking if I’d like to get together sometime soon for a drink. This is someone that I dumped while I was in the midst of Graves - [Read] | 10 responses.
Fat Thigh-roid Woes: I Lit Up in Nuclear Medicine Today
Hey DT Peeps! What follows is a chronological path to RAI. 2008 - late 2009. I didn’t want to get it done, so I tried every other option possible and nothing worked for me. [Read] | 17 responses.
Fat Thigh-Roid Woes: Grow up, Goiter!
A few years ago, when my doctor thought I was Hashimoto all the way, I had been on meds for about six months when she called me and told me I needed to come off meds immediately cause I [Read] | 32 responses.
Fat Thigh-roid Woes: Ass-plosion Central
Poop. It’s something everyone does, but is rarely discussed in public. Maybe men are allowed to discuss it the older they get, but women are nearly banned from the act. I know [Read] | 17 responses.
Fat Thigh-roid Woes: The Long Walk…Off a Short Cliff
Back when I still lived with my mom, my cardio would be to walk all the way up this hill to the top where the city Christmas tree hangs out. Part hike part hard walk, it was a great [Read] | 30 responses.
Fat Thigh-Roid Woes: Rockin’ the Muffin Top
There was a time when my stomach didn’t hang over my pants. There was a time when I did not know the meaning of “muffin top”. There was also a time when I was so flippin’ [Read] | 17 responses.
Fat Thigh-roid Woes: For Every Grave Action….There is an Equal and Opposite Graves Reaction
I have shitty allergies. They’re not just regulated to springtime either, I start sneezing if the sun hits me the wrong way, or if I walk by a particularly menacing dust bunny. [Read] | 20 responses.
Fat Thigh-Roid Woes: Hairy Legs, Bald Head
I used to have super long and curly hair back in the day. When I was younger, I paired it with a bitchin’ blazer sporting confident shoulder pads, and would take sexy pictures with [Read] | 42 responses.
Fat Thigh-roid Woes: In a Fat Neck, Slim Lies
One of my favorite things to do is go out to a restaurant with a book, or journal, watch people and just chill. While I had my gargantuan goiter, since I was starving all the time and [Read] | 18 responses.
Fat Thigh-roid Woes: COBRA always has and always will be A SNAKE.
My disease got really bad at the worst possible time. No insurance, no job. Since I chose to remain in denial about the severity of my symptoms, coupled with the “I’m skinny and [Read] | 19 responses.