Worst part of it

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I have had people ask me about the disease. They said if you could pick one

thing that is the worst part of it, what would you say. I thought about the

fatigue, the loss of my long beautiful hair and nails, the fact that I am obese

now. I even considered the aches and pains, the rapid aging, the knowing that if

you have a thyroid disease you may be turned down for life insurance which to me

points to the fact that science knows it is killing us slowly. You know what the

worst part is to me? That no one believes how badly we feel or how long we have

felt this way. We are treated like we are nuts.

Re: Here's one more Leila

HI,

It's so hard for me to remember if I went hyper with the Hashi's,

but I think I probably did. I have always been thin. The symptoms

have waxed and waned for years. I mean, I really believe in my heart

of hearts that my problems becan around puberty. I remember one day

I went to a friends farm and went swimming in their pool. I got all

ichy and my eyes were ichy so bad. My nose started to run and I was

sneezing like crazy. That was the first time I had ever experienced

an allergy attack. My mom thought I was allergic to the hay, ever

since that day I had horrible allergies. This came right out of the

blue. I had been tested at 5 for allergies (you know, those old

tested with dye and a zillion needles they stick in your back). I

had no known allergies then. Anyway, I have an article that states

that allergies are common with Hashi's patients. One year after the

allergies started, I got my first heart palpitation...and symptoms

accumulated from then on. I asked the endo and he dismissed it and

said that Hashi's is a progressive disease. He didn't seem to

believe me when I said I have had symptoms that have waxed and waned

for around 15-17 years. I guess it is all in my head. It always was.

So darn frustrating!