"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 on a Starbucks, trying to wake up, when...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Why My Eyes Are Still My FavoriteIf someone were to ask me what my favorite part of my body was before I had thyroid eye disease (TED), I would answer with my eyes. Even now after...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
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 I was experiencing were limited. The drugs available...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Questions I Had About TED a Year Into the DiseaseEditor's Note:This is part three of a series. Read the first and second article from this series by clicking the following titles: Questions I Had About TED When I Was...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
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 the lucky time to meditate? Why is this...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Eye Drops or No Eye Drops? A Dry Eye Dilemma“Your eyes are extremely dry. Can you feel how dry they are?” My regular eye doctor asked me during a follow-up visit with her two months after I was diagnosed...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Reminders of TEDThe other day, I experienced a really bad migraine. It was so bad that I had to lie down in my bed for two hours because it hurt to move...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Questions I Had About TED After I Was Diagnosed (Part 2)After the initial shock of my thyroid eye disease (TED) diagnosis wore off, I still had a lot of questions. These questions had to deal more with the journey TED...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Questions I Had About TED When I Was Initially Diagnosed (Part 1)When I was initially diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED), I was overwhelmed. There was a lot of significant change happening all at once with the onset of the symptoms...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Going Through the Motions of EmotionFrom October 2018 to March 2020, I was in a constant state of worry over my eyes. Being worried was nothing new to me but suddenly I had something specific...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Another DiagnosisSix months into my thyroid eye disease (TED) journey, I was diagnosed with another eye condition called keratoconus. I needed to get some more imaging done of my eyes that...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How I Advocate For Myself at the DoctorsGoing to any doctor can be nerve-wracking. Going to a specialty doctor, whether it be an eye doctor or an endocrinologist for thyroid eye disease (TED), can be overwhelming, especially...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Why I Don't Google My TED SymptomsGoogle is great for a lot of things; Looking up restaurant reviews, finding directions to someplace new, and reading celebrity gossip. But it can also be an overwhelming tool when...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Cruising with TEDThe summer after I was diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED), I went on vacation with my family. This wasn’t any old family vacation, it was a vacation with my...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
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 my life. Overthinking a lot of things on...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How TED Changed My EyesMy eyes changed over one summer. It was gradual in the moment but obvious in pictures. I did not notice a difference until fall and even then I was told...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
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 on the right side of my forehead and...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Argument for Stick-On PrismsWhen I was diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED), I had really bad double vision. My reality was flipped upside down within a matter of weeks and it was all...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
My Experience With SteroidsWhen I was diagnosed with TED in the fall of 2018, the treatment I was offered by my thyroid eye doctor was steroids. Steroids would decrease the swelling around my...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Accepting What I Cannot ControlHere is what no one warned me about when I was diagnosed with thyroid eye disease - when my eyes get irritated, it is the worst feeling ever and there...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
