Thanks ladies, my hashimotos diagnosis happened shortly after completion of my 5 weeks radiation. They aren’t sure of what brought it on, either the intensive treatment of chemo and radio or maybe even the thyroid got fried by the radio but the radio oncologist says that the radio didn’t touch my thyroid, it got super close but didn’t actual cover it. Who knows, I just got super tired, blew up like a blowfish in the face, cried at everything and my legs appeared to have bruises everywhere - very strange so I went and got a blood test and my levels were so bad that the pathologist called my doc and said I should have been in a coma with my results - I cried with relief as I knew it would get better because I wouldn’t be stuck feeling so bad!
anyways it’s all sorted now, I was on thyroxine but switched to desicated thyroid....works well and blood tests reveal I’m where I should be.
But my weight.....ohhhhh my weight, I feel so bad and I just can’t shake it - I feel like if I could just be thin again, I’d be a whole lot better, not 100% of course after what we endure with this horrible disease but a very significant amount better, at least I’d have some self esteem.
Doctors just keep telling me I’m unlucky and it’s really unfair for me (no sh*) because I’m in early onset menopause, I have thyroid problems giving me an underactive thyroid and we cant put estrogen back into me via HRT due to estrogen positive BC.
they say they wish they could help but they can’t offer anything, I’m stuck.
I have been on Keto, I know it inside out and was even doing ketone blood test readings to ensure I was in ketosis, along with that I was PT with a professional trainer at a gym 5 x days per week and very strict on the Keto food, it was calorie controlled and under 1700 Cals a day for 5 months and nothing....maybe 2 kilos.
I feel like a walking fat robot. IF ONLY THERE WAS A MAGIC PILL
