Hi, I’m Rachel. I am a Multi-Award Winning Thyroid Patient Advocate, Writer, Bestselling Author, Speaker, Certified Patient Leader, Lived Experience Representative and Content Creator. I live with my husband Adam (who is mentioned in my articles concerning relationships and thyroid…
“My doctor said I’m borderline hypothyroid. What does this mean? What should I do?” Let’s explore. What is Borderline Hypothyroidism? Borderline or subclinical hypothyroidism is a diagnosis given when test results for TSH are sitting close to the top of…
Before I ever fell pregnant, I often wondered (and worried) what pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum would do to my thyroid health. Living with autoimmune hypothyroidism, my health could be up and down and, after having managed to get it stable…
Read The Second Trimester: My Pregnancy on Armour and Levothyroxine blog here. This set of blogs cover my second pregnancy. To read the blogs about my first pregnancy, please click here. The biggest difference is that I was on NDT (Armour) alone for my first pregnancy. I…
Read The First Trimester: My Pregnancy on Armour and Levothyroxine blog here. This set of blogs cover my second pregnancy. To read the blogs about my first pregnancy, please click here. The biggest difference is that I was on NDT…
Originally published on 23rd March 2016 Last updated on 23rd May 2022 Before and after photos of switching thyroid medication from something that wasn’t working to something that does, are powerful and say volumes. The most common ‘before and after…
A ‘Thyroid Flare’, ‘Flare Up’, or ‘Hashimoto’s Flare’ is defined as a short period of time in which thyroid symptoms are more intense and ‘flared up’. Flares are usually triggered by stress, illness, overexertion etc. Flares can be experienced both…
This set of blogs cover my second pregnancy. To read the blogs about my first pregnancy, please click here. The biggest difference is that I was on NDT (Armour) alone for my first pregnancy. I am on a combination of…
If you’ve been feeling well and stable on your thyroid medication and treatment for a while, only to start feeling unwell again and notice some of those telltale signs of possibly needing a medication/dosage review coming back, here are some…
Brain fog is often described as ‘feelings of mental confusion or lack of mental clarity’. The phrase comes from the feeling of a fog that reduces your ability to think clearly. It can feel like a mental block. It can…
