Holding Onto My TED FeelingsI recently had a dream I had double vision. It was the strangest dream ever. Everything I was looking at in this...reactionscomments
How To Deal With the Holidays With TEDThe holidays can be stressful in general. A lot of family, a lot of togetherness. Catching up with how the year has...reactionscomments
Feeling Disconnected From My BodyFor 3 years straight, my body and my emotions were constantly on high alert, waiting for when my eyes would become irritated...reactionscomments
Feeling Disconnected From OthersSitting in the waiting room of my thyroid eye disease (TED) doctor, I am surrounded by his other patients. While he was...reactionscomments
Moving with TEDI was diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED) in the fall of 2018, 2 months before I was supposed to graduate college...reactionscomments
TED in the FootnotesRecently, I was at the store when I came across this magazine all about thyroid health. I was waiting in line and...reactionscomments
TED in the MainstreamI had never heard of thyroid eye disease (TED) when I was diagnosed with it in the fall of 2018. I was...reactionscomments
Writing on the WallThe first thing I noticed was the swelling under my eyes. I was in a bathroom in a random McDonald’s somewhere in...reactionscomments
Wedding ReflectionRecently, my sister got married. I was her maid of honor. Being her maid of honor reminded me just how far I...reactionscomments
Timeline of MigrainesI have my first migraine in the summer of 2018. On a random day in June, my head starts to hurt. It’s...reactionscomments
Interviewing My Mom, My Support PersonWhen we think about a diagnosis, we think about the patient first. It is only natural since they are the ones directly...reactionscomments
What I Would Warn Myself About TEDThere was no time between who I was before thyroid eye disease (TED) and who I became once I had TED. Of...reactionscomments
Another DiagnosisSix months into my thyroid eye disease (TED) journey, I was diagnosed with another eye condition called keratoconus. I needed to get...reactionscomments
"Are You The One with TED?"It was the morning after my cousin got married to his longtime partner. I was sitting in the hotel dining area, sipping...reactionscomments
How TED Taught Me PatienceI have always been a pretty patient person. I am not usually someone who sighs to myself in a long line or...reactionscomments
When Time Was My Only FriendWhen I was going to doctor’s appointments for thyroid eye disease (TED) from 2018 to 2021, the options for combating the symptoms...reactionscomments
How Meditation Helped Me With TEDWhy am I doing this? Sitting for ten minutes is way too long! It’s practically an eternity!! Who decided ten minutes was...reactions1comment
Finding Patience in the MiseryGood for the future, annoying for the present. This is the motto I have been repeating in my head as I go...reactionscomments
How TED Impacted My Mental HealthI have always had anxiety. Since I was a kid, I had always worried about all the big and small details of...reactionscomments
Reminders of TEDThe other day, I experienced a really bad migraine. It was so bad that I had to lie down in my bed...reactionscomments
