Many of you who read this blog have auto-immune disease. Or know someone who has one of its gnarly manifestations (arthritis, Crohn’s, Lyme’s)…but as I’ve said since I posted my experience with hashimotos, the advice shared on this blog applies to everyone. Kids with AI are the canary down the mineshaft. We’re here to show you what happens if you don’t slow the fork down and look after yourself…
Anyway. Very excited. Comedian Claire Hooper has kindly written about her dalliance with her thyroid.
I love Claire. She has grace and elan and holds her own in a very male domain. Without being all “I’m a rare female around here” about it. I watch Good News Week mostly to see her do her breezy thing. I ESPECIALLY like it when Josh Thomas is on with her and they do the Big Sister/Little Brother shtick. Magic. So, Claire’s story:
I never experienced anything except very mild symptoms with my thyroid disease.
What happened to me was that I woke up one morning and noticed a lump in my neck. I thought it had come up overnight but the endocrinologist I was referred to said it would have been developing over many years.