The pandemic gave me = thyroid AND a baby!
I will be the last one to preach to you about how you should be feeling throughout this pandemic. The last more than 1 year has sent me spiralling into all sorts of extremes! Highs, lows, uncertainties, you name it! Strange or timely depending on how you look at it, things finally settled this month -I am in a safer stage of the pregnancy, my thyroid levels relatively under control - in time for Thyroid Awareness Month.
Dec 2019
My thyroid levels were through the roof! That was disgnosed with Graves Disease and started my thyroid treatment journey with an endocrinologist
MCO 1.0
Hyped to make the most of things! Not letting ANYTHING get in my way of being POSITIVE and to hustle! I was determined to combat thyroid and emerge a warrior! "Just watch me world!"
(At the peak of it, almost weekly visit to the hospital to see the endocrinologist +ophtalmologist. Most times 2 drs in a day).
RMCO
Thyroid levels started to stabilise under treatment (Still going to hospital at least once/ month)
CMCO
We got pregnant!
Anxiety levels went through the roof again. Motivation for hustling dwindled.
Hospital visits increased again as we needed to asses the risks of thyroid + pregnancy.
Peak point – I was seeing 5 different drs to decide which course to go with, to have a safe pregnancy and to keep thyroid levels under control. My mind was not in a very good place.
MCO 2.0
Here we are at week 21 of pregnancy, ready to talk about it. And guess what - it's Thyroid Awareness month!
If anything, this has taught me that
You are not alone
You will get throug this
Talking about it helps
So I will be talking to my dr on a wide range of thyroid related topics over the coming weeks. I hope this can help, in any way possible, if you think you may be going through the same thing, or something similar to me.
If you feel unusually depressed, demotivated, or anxious, unsettled, it doesn’t hurt to check further.
Take care of yourself
- Serena, hubs, Chloe, little noname
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#covid19 @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
