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General Update #18

Read the last blog in this series. I’ve been avoiding writing this blog entry for a…

An Open Letter: “Dear Doctor, It’s Not All in My Head”

This ‘open letter’ has been inspired by the large amount of thyroid patients who are told…

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) For Hypothyroidism

When I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2015, I first felt relieved. I finally had a…

Why I’m Looking Forward To Tomorrow’s Endocrinologist Appointment

I’m weirdly looking forward to my appointment with the endocrinologist and GP tomorrow. Why? Because I’ve…

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✨ Reposting from my stories where I was getting

✨ Reposting from my stories where I was getting lots of advice I thought others would benefit from too.

🏋️‍♀️ I know many of you strength train and I’d love to start as well, given all the benefits, and especially since I just don’t feel as strong as I did five years ago when I was in my twenties and pre 2x pregnancies and 2x births which have definitely taken a bit of a toll on my lower back and other areas.

🏋️‍♀️ I started weight training a couple of years ago but immediately found I was having thyroid flares every day after I’d worked out and it caused my health to take a step backwards. So I paused it but have been dilly dallying on trying it again!

🤞So, any tips for those of you who are experienced?! How do I try again but avoid going too fast too soon?

😅 Which weights and exercises do I start with and how often?

TIA!

- Rachel Hill, thyroid patient advocate 🦋💙

💙 Reposting this from my stories so it has a pe

💙 Reposting this from my stories so it has a permanent place to live.

💙 My email newsletters which go out to thousands of you every week will be changing.

💙 I cannot continue to give so much of my work away for free and I am increasingly feeling that online creators deserve to be paid for their time, every and ultimately: Work.

💙 If you find my content helpful, I urge you to consider supporting my work so that I can continue to do it.

👇 Happy to answer any questions on this change below, and if you want the direct link to become a paid subscriber, let me know and I’ll send it over. 💕

💙 Thank you again, my amazing thyroid community here.

- Rachel Hill, thyroid patient advocate 🦋💙

❗️ Myxoedema coma (or myxoedema crisis as it i

❗️ Myxoedema coma (or myxoedema crisis as it is sometimes known) is a loss of brain function as a result of longstanding, severely low level of thyroid hormone, and can be fatal.

❗️Myxoedema coma is considered a life-threatening complication of hypothyroidism, requiring emergency treatment in hospital. However, it is extremely rare these days and was much more common a hundred or more years ago.

🧠 The term myxoedema coma refers to a comatose state, though a comatose state is no longer required in order to be diagnosed with the condition, which is why myxoedema crisis may be used instead.

🩺 Treatment is immediate thyroid hormone replacement therapy with the preferred route of an IV straight in to a vein, often requiring an ICU stay and close monitoring. Myxoedema coma can be fatal.

❓What Causes Myxoedema Coma?

Since this condition is cause by longstanding low thyroid hormone levels, it is usually caused by:

• someone going undiagnosed with hypothyroidism (whether caused by Hashimoto’s, a thyroidectomy, treatment for thyroid cancer, hyperthyroidism etc.) for a very long time.

• or someone diagnosed but not taking their thyroid hormone replacement medication (e.g. Levothyroxine or Armour Thyroid) for quite some time.

• It may also happen in someone taking their medication but not absorbing it.

⁉️ Had you heard of myxoedema coma? Let me know below!

👍 and as always, follow me for more thyroid info and please check out the resources linked in my bio for more support!

- Rachel Hill, Thyroid Patient Advocate 🦋💙

🎄 What would you add?! - Rachel Hill, thyroid

🎄 What would you add?!

- Rachel Hill, thyroid patient advocate 🦋💙

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