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#ThyroidDisease #WomenAndThinningHair

I guess it is time for something else.
Until the age of 40, I had long thick hair. Never thought about it much.

Then I started to feel weak. Ignored it. My hair started to become a bit thinner on top. I did not worry about it.
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I moved back to Victoria. After a few years, I started to feel worse. I felt I was not sleeping, though I knew I was sleeping.
This continued to get worse over the months. It became so bad that when I was standing at the bus stop my legs would shake and I felt as if I could not hold myself up.
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Then came the day I was sitting outside having a coffee at a local cafe waiting to go to work. My hands shook so badly I could hardly hold my cup of coffee. Oh oh! Even I knew this was not a good sign.

I walked around the corner to the clinic.
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The incredible doctor took one look at me. Thyroid disease.
What?
Yup.
He got me on heart pills. What? Yup.
I was in danger of a thyroid storm. You just drop dead.
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Long story, short. Graves Disease. I went on pills, lucky it was not cancer, and I did not need an operation. I went into remission.
My hair became very thin on top, you can see my scalp very easily.
Thyroid disease affects mostly women and runs in the female line.
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Please get tested if you feel ill. Thyroid disease mimics many other diseases and is insidious.

I found out my paternal grandmother wore
a wig.
Did she have thyroid disease, I don't know.
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Many diseases, and aging, can cause hair loss, and sometimes it is just in the DNA. It is hair, it is not who you are. I see many women these days with thinning hair or bald who do not wear a wig. I am glad.
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But I ask those who think it is fine to make jokes about incontinence, shaking hands, thinning hair, weight, height etc.

What jokes do you want to make about me, what names would you like to call me?
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Do you truly believe it won’t hurt someone?
Would you like me to hide away in shame?

Think more. Listen more. Hold yourself to a better standard.
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The fatigue was off the charts. I just could not figure out what was going on.
So you are doing better now?
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The fatigue is unreal. Like carrying a full-grown man every step after not sleeping for a week.

I am! It was a real struggle the first year to get my meds at the right level, and even just to find the right time of day to take them to avoid interfering with my steroids or ending up hypoglycemic.
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I am so glad you got this sorted out. It is truly an awful thing to feel. I still become afraid anytime I feel tired.
I think I am clear for the rest of my life but I worry about women as this disease is not tested for enough.
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