THE THYROID STORM
There are some things a lot of people don’t realise about autoimmune thyroid disease. OK, we are not coughing, being sick or have diarrhoea. But we are unwell and need to be at home. The Pain A classic hypothyroid symptom is aches and pains throughout the body. For me, this pain starts in my head n works downwards, like a flowing river, filled with piranha fish tightly crammed and fighting to escape... biting and jostling to win air and fight to reach the safe sanctuary of open sea. Imagine when you’ve had the flu, and the aches and pains. The pain is so bad that I find it hard to distract myself from it and often find myself crying without even knowing. It has kept me awake at night and tends to sort itself out with medication . The trouble with that, is that I’m often too fatigued to get myself to the kitchen to get aforementioned meds, so I have to wait until someone is about to help me. Usually, I have to wait until my children are home so they can help me up n do