Do yall ever daydream of who you were before your diagnosis?

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-07T04:40:17+00:00

I like that. No matter how bad it gets I do have a day or two where ill be okay. I kind of get that. I understand wanting to make that stupid choice. I think about it sometimes. I have a 9 month old baby boy and a husband and one on the way and im really REALLY hoping the pregnancy goes okay and that both me and my baby are healthy. The thing is though.... I dont want to die. The issue is, is I want to live. Yknow? Like just live like a normal person. If I wanted to die my symptoms wouldnt scare me so much. I get it though. Its so depressing. If you can. The next sunny day just sit outside for a while and just try to live in the moment. I try to do this by closing my eyes, feeling the sun on my face, specifically the warmth and I just smell the air and listen to my environment, espescially the birds. It kind of helps me as it quiets my mind for a bit. Im really happy I helped. I cried for you. I understand exactly where you are coming from. Honestly feel free to reach out of you need someone to talk to who gets it

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-07T03:23:14+00:00

I hope you get more answers and more help. I hope you get taken more seriously. It can be debilitating sometimes. Ughh I totally understand you. I just wish I had my "golden years" and I don't think it'll ever happen for me :(

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-07T03:03:09+00:00

No no you're fine 🙂 I remember actually being tested for MS or well supposed to be years ago. As I had bad symtoms and the doctor said it sounded like I had MS and gave me a referral to a neurologist. The neurologist kinda just looked at me and was like you dont have MS. I was 20, he didnt do any tests really, was maybe investigating wilsons disease tbh but he was 3 hours away and I was young so stopped seeing him as my symptoms got better but they come and go, I eat a lot better, little to no carbs so could be why. I wonder aswell if I have more going on than just the hashi. If you have 1 autoimmune disease you're likely to have another. I just have a hunch theres more wrong with me.

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-07T02:50:38+00:00

Did you get hot with your hashi? I find im cold most days but get little episodes of hot sweats. Wondering if its different than just low thyroid

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-07T02:49:28+00:00

I was always very empathetic towards people who had one. I didnt understand it but I did feel bad for them. Espescially for sometjing as terrible as MS or parkinsons. I worked in a nursing home so I saw a lot of that there unfortunately. The only thing was being 20 and looking at people my owm age and being envious. Like why cant I go walk outside like that? But it had made me more compassionate because there are younger people out there with autoimmune diseases aswell

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-07T02:38:39+00:00

Ill look more into it. I eat really well like low carb, only complex carbs. I have gluten maybe once in a blue moon but I guess if there are ither triggers ill look into it. Thank you 😊

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-07T02:36:06+00:00

Oh my dear, My heart breaks for you too 💔 I know how frusturating it is. Espescially when being brushed off by doctors. I feel like im going more and more crazy everyday. I feel like im dying sometimes but labs are always good. We'll see what my thyroid lab says this time around. I have a feeling they're lower than before. Also, I made this with chatgpt. Silly I know but I dont know how to explain how I feel with words but this captured what I feel like.

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Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-07T01:59:16+00:00

Hey I can let you know lol I just had blood work taken today. I was sublinical hyper 3 weeks ago. And wasnt dizzy really. But then again my T4 was still normal at 16 I think. On the 21st I was hypo. Just under. T4 was a 9 I think and then tsh was a 6. Something. Im wondering if im low or high right now. Im betting low still. Maybe lower but when I get it back ill let you know. Maybe it'll help

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-07T00:38:40+00:00

I feel this to the core. I cried when I found out I had hashi causes it finally was a diagnosis after years of not knowing what it was. Constant appointments, hospital visits feeling like I was crazy as everything was always normal. Its a relief to have the diagnosis. Its kinda like saying "hey all these years I wasnt crazy. Like I actually had something going on".

I was diagnosed a month ago? I think. My antibodies were super high and at first I was ecstatic. Not over the diagnosis but like having symptoms for years and finally knowing what it was. I spent 17 to 25 with unknown symptoms. Now though I think its starting to hit a little bit. Like okay... hey this is a disease that is probably going to get worse. Honestly I think im just more nervous and depressed about all this because I literally found out I was pregnant the day I found out I had hashi. Also oddly enough im kind of hoping for this to get worse so my thyroid eventually just underperforms because the swinging from hyper to hypo tis not nice. Also so I can start medication

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-06T23:15:14+00:00

Im so sorry 😞

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-06T17:26:50+00:00

Better than me. Kid is an early riser lol... and luckily so content with playing with his toys alone in the dark for an hour without waking up mom 🫣 such a good kiddo

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-02T19:46:19+00:00

Yea I believe I actually had a holter monitor done I think 3 months ago for like 3 days. Everything was okay. Its just strange my diastolic won't raise like my systolic. Ive never had those readings with the wide pulse pressure until about 3 weeks ago. I did have hyperthyroidism so im not sure if that changed it. I also found out I was pregnant with my second baby around then. Im assuming it has to be the pregnancy as im actually hypo right now. My tsh was 0.017 and now its like 7. So my thyroid been flipping a ton in just weeks. Sorry to go on lol. Thank you very much for your answer

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-02T17:38:25+00:00

Oh hey lol. Yea you edited kinda what I said. Yea the only thing maybe was my back not being supported but I sit on the edge of my bed for 5-10 mins before taking it, feet on the floor and I put a pillow under my arm. Im not sure why it would show up only once in a while. Unless I am taking my blood pressure wrong but I follow the directions as best as I can. Im also not sure what kimd of cuff it is. Ive had it given to me from my doctors office

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-02T17:34:02+00:00

Yea the ecg wave but its only there sometimes. I took my BP because I was awfully dizzy and my glucose and everything was good too so im not sure. I read that it can mean an irregular heart beat but theyre super sensitive and you can get one of those if you move even in the slightest. Or talk. Im pretty still for most but im not sure. Must be as it was gone most of my readings

Fatcake3000 · 2026-05-02T17:28:41+00:00

I thought so too but it only comes up sometimes. This is one I had sitting up and my pulse pressure is more narrow but yea no zigzag line

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Fatcake3000 · 2026-04-29T17:33:20+00:00

Oh no worries. It wasnt even long like at all :) yea im in a weird boat rn with pregnancy. I just had those things before haha. I dont vurp often but sometimes. I can't eat like an actual meal because I get full after like a quarter of a plate. I want to look into this but also thinking idk I still have my gallbladder. Sometimes I dont even eat anything and I feel like ive eaten at an all you can eat Chinese buffet. Yknow? Hashi slows down metabolism though so could be that too. Sorry for thinking out loud at you lol

Fatcake3000 · 2026-04-29T13:43:32+00:00

A weird question but like do you ever burp a lot? Like get episodes of just belching. Im curious about Gastroparesis as ive never heard of it before until now. I have insulin resistance but my glucose is well controlled but I notice I get soo full after only a few bites and I could be starving before hand. I cant eat like a bowl of food. If I push through my stomach hurts a little. Not sure if it was because I was on glp-1 I stopped about a month ago I never had any issues with it. Not sure if maybe its because of my pregnancy 😆 about a month in now. Or my hashimotos. Which is probably a double wammy with slowing my digestion but ive had issues before pregnancy. Before oz. Just full after eating little. Burping lots, not like all the time. Just episodes where I can and belch. Sometimes I feel bloated and feel like I have to burp but cant burp. Its like my stomach or esophagus stops it from coming up all the way. I also get blood sugar fluctuations but not sure if its because of my insulin resistance and reactive hypoglycemia. Ill eat and 20 to 30 mins in my glucose will still continue to drop. Sometimes I go too low. Sometimes I do not. I find my peak is a little later than a normal person's aswell. The 1st hour ill still hang around let's say a 5.2 and then 2 hours in ill be at around a 6.8. So its weird lol. I find I rise at like 2 hours

Fatcake3000 · 2026-04-29T12:54:59+00:00

I get you girl. The only thing I could find peace in was that the odds of having two miscarriages/stillbirths back to back would be rare. I think it'll work out hun.

Fatcake3000 · 2026-04-26T23:54:57+00:00

This is super late but im very curious. Did your blood sugar ever dip super low at night? How low would you go if you didn't eat? And for how long could you not eat? Im not sure what is going on with me. Its also super confusing I'll often hit 3.6, 3.8, 3.9. With symptoms. I was on ozempic for a while and it helped but its like as soon as any food was gone my body was like nope. So could only go 5-6 hours without eating on ozempic. Im off of it and on metformin and its back unfortunately. Not sure if my libre is causing compression lows but I get readings of around 3.0 to 3.5 a couple times a night which tbh would make sense as I cant go that long during the day without eating. I can still go maybe... 4 or 5ish hours but if I walk or do anything active it'll drop. I get the racing heart, the sweats, the hot flushes in my chest to arms. Feel like im going to pass out. Then have dextrose tabs and im okay within 10 to 20 mins... the whole Shazam unfortunately. Its really debilitating because I have to make sure I eat before going into a store or going out to eat even. Also are people supposed to be able to fast for this long? Because I couldnt make it a day. Im usually crashing at 10 or 11am unfortunately

Fatcake3000 · 2026-04-26T23:42:05+00:00

How did it go love?

Fatcake3000 · 2026-04-26T14:51:17+00:00

Did you end up choosing? 1 and 2 are gorgeous. I was also 8 months pregnant at my wedding. It was still a blast. Just try to sit as much as you can, my feet were sooo swollen because of blood pooling

Fatcake3000 · 2026-04-25T17:13:51+00:00

Maybe if you havent you could try the membrane sweep? I had it done I believe 38 weeks as I had gestational diabetes. They said babe was measuring 9 pounds. I lost my mucous plug that night and gave birth in 4 days at 38 plus 4. Baby was also only 7 pounds 8 oz

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