Rod Stewart: Thyroid Nodules, required surgery
Kelly Osbourne: untreated thyroid
Kim Catrall: thyroid condition
The ex president and his wife: Grave's disease
Kim Alexis: hypothyroid
Joe Piscopo: thyroid cancer
Linda Ronstadt: underactive thyroid
Gail Devers: Grave's disease
Toni Childs: Grave's disease
Dan Synder: thyroid cancer
Jillian Michaels: thyroid problems
Mary Louise Parker: underactive thyroid
Catherine Bell: thyroid cancer
Tipper Gore: half thyroid removed
Sofia Vergara: thyroid condition
Roger Ebert: thyroid cancer
The thyroid community need more famous people to step up and get the word out there. They need to let people know that it is a very common and misdiagnosed condition. That it can affected your life in so many ways. Toni Childs was a singer and she ended up giving it up for 10 years to take care of her Grave's disease. It doesn't always get to that point, but it can get bad.
I myself remember having days that i had to pry myself out of bed. Then i would have days that i couldn't sleep at all. Then i next thing i know i'm waking up every hour. I had days that i didn't even like me. I would have try to stay away from people as much as possible. I didn't like being that way. I haven't really had a day like that for awhile. I can snap myself out of it a lot quicker. I remind myself that it doesn't have to be like this. I do the things i need to do to keep getting better and staying that way.
I take my medicine every morning before i even get out of bed. I make sure i don't eat for at least an hour after, so the medicine can get into my system the way it's suppose to. I stay away from the foods that they say trigger it. I stay active everyday and i keep positive thoughts. I keep my stress as low as possible. Got rid of many of my triggers and the ones that i can't have gone completely i keep to a minimum. I'm taking time for myself and spending time with good friends. My weight is under control. I'm down to 140lbs. this is the weight i felt my best at. I will do what is necessary to maintain. I look and feel better. I don't remember the last time i really felt this good. I would have to make a guess i would have to say 13 years. That's far to long to just get by and believe this is how it is suppose to be. Here's to living life to the fullest. My next thing step is to start crossing off more things on my bucket list.
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