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Take hyperthyroidism seriously. Left untreated it will change your personality and those changes will be permanent even after you kill your thyroid.
So far my levels are okay and I'll have to do half yearly checkups to catch it changing. But from what I'm seeing it's mostly an incrrased risk, not a death sentence just yet
That's good 😊. My ex wife had graves. She is a women and has always been heavy so Dr's ignores the symptoms for nearly a decade.
Yeah that sucks. Really shows its a tug of war between doctors and patients, where patients get to deal with doctors that don't care / have prejudices that cause misdiagnoses, while doctors have to deal with patients who think they know better than the doctor... I'm happy that for the moment I'm fine