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For 3 years straight, my body and my emotions were constantly on high alert, waiting for when my eyes would become irritated from thyroid eye disease (TED). I was left...

When I first was diagnosed with Graves' Disease, I found an endocrinologist. I have a great relationship with her and I am really grateful. I was lucky enough to have...

My eyes will not be the same. That is a reality I have no choice but to accept. My eyes will not look the same, feel the same, be the...

When I first started experiencing the symptoms of thyroid eye disease (TED), I was not quite sure what was happening. My eyes were itchy, red, and very watery. I would...

I love having friends and family stay at my home. When we first moved to the Washington D.C. area, we knew our home would be a magnet for houseguests and...

As I look back on the 3 years of being in the active phase of thyroid eye disease (TED), I realize that it had not only impacted my eyes but...

If you or a loved one is living with or has experienced thyroid eye disease (TED), then you likely know that it does not just impact your eyes. Thyroid eye...

The Thyroid Eye Disease Awareness Week 2023 Giveaway is now closed. Thank you for your interest! The third week of November is Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) Awareness Week! This year...

Sitting in the waiting room of my thyroid eye disease (TED) doctor, I am surrounded by his other patients. While he was referred to me by my thyroid doctor to...

I feel like a lot of my writing here has to do with thyroid eye disease (TED) and Graves' disease really doing a number on my self-confidence. I was sitting...

Double vision from thyroid eye disease (TED) would frequently ruin my day. I hated it, especially when it happened in the early evening, which it often did. I am a...

I talk a lot about being diagnosed with Graves' disease and thyroid eye disease (TED), and how it really messed with my mental health and self confidence. It did for...

Thyroid eye disease (TED) forced me to look at my reality through a new lens. I did not really think about my eyes much before symptoms from this disease came...

“Well things are looking really great!” my thyroid eye disease (TED) specialist told me during my most recent appointment. It had been about 10 months since my final surgery for...

I was diagnosed with Graves' disease years ago, and then also diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED). Both of these diagnoses happened in my 20s. I am now 32 and...

I was diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED) in the fall of 2018, 2 months before I was supposed to graduate college. Any dreams or ambitions I had after I...

Sometimes I ask myself, "Why am I doing this? Why did I commit to being a patient advocate for a whole community of people struggling with thyroid eye disease?" We...

I recently took a trip to visit my parents. I had to navigate airport crowds, TSA, gates, luggage, and seat location on the departures side. On the arrivals side, I...

For years, I would look at photos and my focus would go straight to my eyes. How big they were. How bizarre they appeared. How different they looked. How they...

Throughout my journey with thyroid eye disease (TED), makeup has been a very important tool for me. Like many people with TED, I could not recognize myself in the mirror...