Get Back Up and Take a Step!
This is a sequel to a piece I posted about a quote from the Dalai Lama. I help moderate an online forum for people with Hashimoto’s, and I frequently see people write in about how discouraged they feel, living with…
On Being a Guinea Pig, a Student, Slightly Bonkers, and Healing: A 2013 Retrospective
A year ago, I started this blog with the intention of sharing my Hashimoto’s healing journey in the hope that it might help others. I knew I wasn’t well for a couple years. Then when I collapsed, I realized I…
A Second Serving of Neurotransmitters, Please!
This is the fourth article in a series on brain function and health, a topic relevant to many with autoimmunity. For the introductory post to the series, click here. The second article is about brain structure and function. Click here…
The Snappy Synapse
This is the third article in a series on brain function and health, a topic dear to many with autoimmunity and inflammation. For the introduction, look at this post. For the second post, on brain structure and function, click here….
Brain 101
This is the second article in a series on brain health. In case you missed my post introducing this series on brain health, click here for the scoop. Read on to learn about some brain basics in preparation for the…
A Series On Brain Health: Intro
I’ve spent the past few months learning about brain function. My own brain health has been central to my Hashimoto’s health journey, and being an information geek, I decided it was time to study up. I am fascinated by the…
Winks From the Universe
“If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems. We need to face them, to deal with them without violence, but with confidence –…
Sudden Onset Pouting
Recent research has shown that in the case of Hashimoto’s Autoimmune Thyroiditis, there is a high prevalence of a condition called Sudden Onset Pouting, also known as SOP. Generally experienced by Hashimoto’s patients at the beginning of any one of…
Day 43: Squashed!
I’m hopeful today. In addition to the facts that I can actually see across the Puget Sound to the Olympic Mountains, the Orcas have been romping around the southern islands lately, and I actually saw a patch of something blue…
Day 36: Setbacks
Day 36, AIP. That big day yesterday at the climbing gym did a job on my back. An old injury, awakened with too much of pulling myself up overhanging climbs. Arnica is my friend today! Surprised how little the rest…