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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

lady lib

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7. I was recently diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2015, 05:29 PM

Apr 2015

and I've discovered that nobody wants me to talk about it. Not my doctor, who just referred me to an endocrinologist, not my adult daughters who likely inherited the potential to develop the same condition. I've tried talking to them about curbing their gluten and dairy consumption to hopefully head this off, but they won't listen (and they're very smart and well-educated). It really is an invisible disease and you really are on your own. Thank goodness for some very good books like Wheat Belly Total Health and Susan Blum's The Immune System Recovery Plan.

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Arrrrggggg! So, I have an autoimmune disease, as do three of my daughters. [View all] hedgehog Dec 2014 OP

Yeah, I do that, too. Warpy Dec 2014 #1

Many of us with autoimmune conditions are dealing with an invisible hedgehog Dec 2014 #2

Preach It ProfessorGAC Jan 2015 #4

Going in and out of flares is another problem - hedgehog Jan 2015 #5

yeah, i may need a doc at my divorce hearing. mopinko Dec 2014 #3

I highly recommend The Wheat Belly, by Michael Davis, MD...miracles are reported. libdem4life Feb 2015 #6

I was recently diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease lady lib Apr 2015 #7

Mine mostly disappeared pnwmom Jul 2015 #8