And so it begins....

So this is it. My great leap into the blogosphere comes about after tea time on a Wednesday night...actually it's not even Wednesday it's Tuesday! Anyway, the important thing (I'm sure you will agree) is that I have made it here.

I want to share my journey with ...anyone who will listen if I'm honest, but essentially it's for people who, like me, are trying to live a normal life with an under-active thyroid. I have been on an incredible journey over the past 12 months, I feel like my life has been dragged out of the dense fog and I am functioning in daylight once more. My personal symptoms included extreme fatigue, brain fog, depression, dry skin, limp hair, air hunger, low pulse, itchy inner ear just to name a few. For a period of time I wrote the symptoms off as individual minor problems until my immune system seemed so horribly run down I was convinced I had something more sinister and finally went to the doctor. Blood tests revealed I was profoundly hypothyroid and I have been on my healing journey ever since.

I have to say that I am incredibly grateful to my doctor for getting my diagnosis in my first trip to see him but I need to be straight with you - I do hold some frustration with the NHS for the way it treats hypothyroidism. I have been on Levothyroxine (synthetic T4) for almost 12 months now and although I initially noticed an initial improvement in my health, my symptoms quickly came back. Thankfully a dear friend who had suffered similar problems told me about T3 and this is where my real recovery came about. Unfortunately T3 is not easily available on the NHS but I do believe it has been the real power house in my battle.

Well, baby Brown is nipping my ankles and its time for his bed so I will leave it there for tonight. Please follow my story as I want to share my trials, stories and experiences with you in the hope you will find it helpful for your own journey. I would also love to hear your story too so get in touch!