• Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    I have no thyroid so I have to take a pill to give me the hormones that the missing gland does not. I got asked for how much longer I would have to take the pills. I replied that I could stop the moment I grew a new thyroid. I’m not sure if they caught on to the sarcasm.

    • Droggelbecher@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Don’t answer if you don’t want to, but how are you finding thyroid free life? My doctor is kind of recommending it for me, but I’m on the fence (context: I have Graves’ disease, autoimmune hyperthyroidism)

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Perfectly fine actually. I do get lethargic from time to time and I do need a nap on occasion, but that’s a small price to pay. My temper is way better now too. Any complaints I have are more to do with the surgery itself. I had stage 3 cancer so the surgery went well beyond the thyroid.

        If you have the means to travel, I highly recommend The Clayman Thyroid Surgery Center. They pride themselves on leaving near invisible scars.

  • lugal@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    So your arm still didn’t grow back? I’ll check on you later again

  • SlippiHUD@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    They think the Chronic part of Chronic illness means it’s solved with medical Marijuana.

  • Droggelbecher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I have the opposite problem, where people assume chronic means it’s permanent and it can’t get better. I know it often does, but not always. So I get accused of lying and faking when people see me do a thing that I previously didn’t want to do because it caused me pain.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Same goes for an injury.

    And any sort of handicap or limitation you have, especially if it’s a non-neurotypical thing.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    They get angry at you when they specifying ask about it and you accidentally answer truthfully.