Living with Graves disease

How to Cope and Feel Better!

I wrote this E-book for anyone suffering with graves disease (hyperthyroidism) or has just been diagnosed, from my experience, knowledge helps. This is an extract of what is in the book. Obviously the book is more detailed, this is just bits that I have picked out as an example.

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I suffered for years with hyperthyroidism without knowing it. My thyroid was breaking down and I always thought I was overdoing things and was just tired, and I could eat anything and not put weight on, until one day, I noticed a lump in my throat, it literally came up overnight. I went to the doctor as soon as I could and that started my long, long
road to recovery.

Table Of contents
Legal Disclaimer........................................................2
Introduction to Graves Disease.................................3
What is Graves Disease..............................................6
The Symptoms of Graves Disease...............................6
Graves Ophthalmopathy Disease...............................7
How Graves Disease is Diagnosed..............................7
How Graves Disease is Treated..................................8
Alternative Methods for Graves Disease...................10
My Diary About Coping With Graves Disease............15
Eat Well with Graves Disease....................................44
Healthy Smoothie Recipes for Immune System........46
Links to Great Helpful Sites.......................................49

In September 2007, I was doing my nightly ritual of teeth and face cleaning, when I noticed
in the mirror, a lump in my throat. I instantly knew it was my thyroid as I was a medical receptionist before the kids arrived, but still went to get the medical book and jumped on the internet to check out the in's and out's of the thyroid. Unfortunately, it was a Friday night and I had to wait till Monday to get in to see the doctor, who fortunately, saw me the same day when I told him I had a lump in my throat.
When I was with my doctor he confirmed that it was indeed an enlarged Thyroid and he started me on some medication P.T.U and I would need to see an endocrinologist. There
started my year of hell with many blood tests and visits to doctors.

I thought I would keep a diary of how it all went over time, and I used my mobile phone ( the notes section) to keep record of events, which is why all the entries are in a short text style, I only had a certain number of letters to use.
I started a rating system of how I felt everyday, ratings
were from 1 - 10
1- Chronic, feeling really bad and couldn't get out of bed.
5 - Okayish, but aching and tired
10 - Fantastic ( there weren't many of these)

The start of my diary
Thursday 27th September 2007
Saw my endocrinologist for the first time. Not sure about him, a typical specialist with a bow tie. I guess he knows what he is doing. He upped my dose of P.T. U's
Rating: 5

Friday 28th September 2007
Rating: 4
Not feeling well at all

Saturday 29th September 2007
Rating: 3
Feeling bit worse than yesterday

Monday 1st October 2007
Rating: 4

Tuesday 2nd October 2007
Rating: 6.5
Went out on a picnic with my family and felt a lot better than the last few days, but
later that night felt very tired and had no energy.

Wednesday 3rd October 2007
Rating: 7
Had my first specialist bloodtest Went shopping with my daughter, girls day out, It was good to get out, but ended up very exhausted.

Thursday 4th October 2007
Rating 5.5
Think I did too much yesterday and am going down again. I feel aching, slow and no energy

Friday 5th October 2007
Rating: 4
Feeling rough

Saturday 6th October 2007
Rating: 4.5
Still not right, had 12 hours sleep, no energy. Couldn't go shopping and sent hubby and kids, while I stayed in bed. Feeling guilty I should be doing that.

Friday 2nd November 2007
Rating: 3
I feel lifeless, think I have caught a bug, temp of 39, also getting stomach and chest niggles, I call it my thyroiditis attack, I have had a couple which have meant calling an ambulance out for me. The doctors at the hospital only send me home again not knowing what is causing the attacks. Very helpful...Not!

Saturday 3rd November 2007
Rating: 4
I got ten hours sleep last night and feel okayish, sleep and rest is obviously a good thing to keep feeling good.

The whole 30 page diary is included in the book.

I wrote this because I really feel for anyone who has been diagnosed with Graves disease,
it isn't an easy thing to deal with, I just want to let know that your symptoms, whether they are like mine, be it better or worse, that it isn't your imagination. Let your family read this and they will know your not well and aren't putting it on. I had trouble at first even before being diagnosed, with people thinking I was lazy or just whingeing, and it really is upsetting to think people don't believe how bad you feel.

Here is a yummy recipe from the book for a healthy smoothie.

Kick The Blues
Blueberries are rich with antiviral and antibiotic compounds that you so need during this time. Together with the rich beta carotene from the mango, your immune system is well protected from the free radicals attack.

Blueberries
Banana
Mango

1 cup of fresh/frozen blueberries
1/2 banana that is just almost ripe (less calories)
1/2 cup mango slices
1/2 cup milk of choice 1 tablespoon of any kind of ground nuts (optional)
1 teaspoon chlorella/spirulina powder
Place all ingredients into a blender or mixer and mix until smooth and enjoy!

Remember if you buy "Living with Graves Disease" you also get a free e-book called " 365 Tips For Healthy Living"

An excellent source of 365 invaluable tips to keep healthy!

This collection of 365 daily health tips provides vital information for your health in the form of the nature cure. This is the healing power of your body and your spirit you can access without restriction and without cost, with the help of wholesome foods, potent nutrients, yogic practices, and simple exercise. Nature intended to fuel the body with the right foods and the appropriate nutrients. It is the responsibility of the person only to partake of food in moderation and to engage in the simplest asanas and healing baths. Water, colour, heat, and cold can do the rest.

The first eight of these 365 healing tips have been chosen to introduce you to the core
concepts of the nature cure. They offer an example of healing outside conventional medicine, that is, colour therapy, and they progress through recognizing the problems with conventional therapies, basic nutritional principles, and basic dietary therapies. The balance of this collection of tips offers new and insightful methods of maintaining vibrant and energetic health without side effects, at a minimum cost, through means you yourself can master.

Here is an example of 26 tips in the book.

Tip 1. Colour Therapy, A Basic Guide to Putting Colour in Your Health
Tip 2. Recognize the Problem with Conventional Therapies
Tip 3. Use the Recovery Diet
Tip 4. Anti-Aging Therapies
Tip 5. Basic Nutritional Principles
Tip 6. Basic Dietary Treatment Principles
Tip 7. Basic Vegetarianism
Tip 8. Get to Know Healthy Kitchen Practices
Tip 9. Control Inflammation with Cold
Tip 10. Control Pain with Heat
Tip 11. Fasting Is a Time of Rest
Tip 12. Hydrotherapy, the treatment of disease with the bath
Tip 13. A simple nature cure for inflammatory conditions is the cold footbath.
Tip 14. The cold hipbath is a routine treatment in most diseases.
Tip 15. The Epsom salt bath is useful in many conditions.
Tip 16. A simple nature cure is the hot footbath.
Tip 17. A hot hipbath relieves conditions “below the belt.”
Tip 18. The hot immersion bath is a surprising cure for obesity.
Tip 19. Use the mud bath to remove impurities.
Tip 20. Enhance beauty with the mudpack.
Tip 21. Control and channel sexual desire with the neutral hipbath.
Tip 22. Remove morbid matter from the surface of the skin with the hot steam bath.
Tip 23: Avoid medications for sleeplessness.
Tip 24. Diet, not surgery, for kidney stones.
Tip 25. To avoid headache, avoid eyestrain.
Tip 26. Take heed of headaches. Headaches may be a symptom of hypertension

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