Dear Thyroid...

...you're very dear to me!

No, not *my* thyroid, which I'm very glad to see the back of, but the website Dear Thyroid

If you haven't found the Dear Thyroid website yet, please do click the link and check it out.

Dear Thyroid is a thyroid literary support site; written by thyroid patients, for thyroid patients.

The Dear Thyroid, objectives are clear: Support, elevate, create awareness, educate and come together for the greater good, change and wellness.

Dear Thyroid’s Positioning Statement

• Create a community of thyroid patients that feel safe and comfortable writing about their diseases
• Support each other free of judgment
• Create awareness for thyroid diseases and thyroid cancers
• Re-brand the face of thyroid diseases and thyroid cancers
• Local Community Outreach for support
• Resources for thyroid patients
• Become a non-profit to provide thyroid patients with financial resources for prescriptions and other medical expenses
• Hold doctors accountable when improper treatment and negligence takes place

You can read the Dear Thyroid Mission Statement HERE

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Bug-Eyed Freak

Had my appointment with the Eye Specialist at the hospital this morning....and its OFFICIAL, I *am* a bug-eyed freak

Apparently the absolute maximum that an eye should protrude is 20mm....and my left one sticks out by 21mm...and my right eye beats the lot at 23mm

Back to him in 6 months time to measure my eyeball protrusion again

Its known as exopthalmia, and is a symptom of Thyroid Eye Disease, Grave's Opthalmia, call it what you like...they are going to re-measure every 6 months....and if they start really bulging out there's some kind of corrective surgery they can do behind the eye....I told him there's no fecking way I'm letting anyone poke about, surgically, behind my eye!

The Eye Specialist also gave me a prescription for some eye drops/fake tears for when my eyes feel extra tired and/or gritty. But he said most over-the-counter eye drops are just as good, its just a case of keeping them lubricated and not letting them get dry.

The nurse this morning did a pre-appointment eye test/vision assessment..and she said my vision was pretty much perfect, 100%, 20/20 etc etc (phew!)...and then she turned to me and said "why exactly do you have an appointment here?"