Vitamin D Deficiency and Thyroid Eye DiseaseA vitamin D deficiency means you are not getting enough of the vitamin D your body needs to stay healthy. A 2020...reactionscomments
7 Tips for Parents with a Chronic IllnessNavigating life with a chronic condition like thyroid eye disease (TED) can be challenging. Adding children and parenting stress into the mix...reactionscomments
Having a Good Support SystemWhen diagnosed with anything, it really always helps to have people around you that you can lean on. It is scary for...reactionscomments
4 Tips for Communicating With Loved OnesEditor's Note: This article originally appeared on our partner site RareDisease.net. It can be so hard for people outside of the rare...reactions2comments
The Never Ending ExperienceHaving thyroid eye disease (TED) and a thyroid disease is really crazy. I feel like sometimes I feel really good and other...reactionscomments
Elephant on the PageI am reading through my old journals and I am shocked by the absence of my thyroid eye disease (TED). I did...reactionscomments
Walking on EggshellsWaking up with double vision on the first Wednesday of October 5 years ago was the first time I was suddenly made...reactionscomments
Holidays After Myasthenia GravisEditor's Note: This article was written by Mallory San Nicolas and originally appeared on our partner site Myasthenia-Gravis.com The holidays are coming...reactionscomments
Self-Confidence and Worrying That Thyroid Eye Disease Will Come Back AgainI feel like a lot of my writing here has to do with thyroid eye disease (TED) and Graves' disease really doing...reactionscomments
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
Moving Beyond Thyroid Eye DiseaseFinally! I made it! After a six-year battle, I am now on the other side of thyroid eye disease (TED). I am...reactions2comments
Eternally OptimisticAfter almost 3 years, my thyroid eye disease (TED) specialist has informed me that I am in an "inactive" phase of this...reactionscomments
What I Currently Do As Self-CareI am a big self-care advocate and I feel like every single person needs a form of self-care. It can be different for...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
Eye Doctor Versus Endocrinologist: Why I Had Both, and Not Just One or the OtherWhen I first was diagnosed with Graves' Disease, I found an endocrinologist. I have a great relationship with her and I am...reactionscomments
I Love You but Hotels Are EasierI love having friends and family stay at my home. When we first moved to the Washington D.C. area, we knew our...reactions3comments
FDA Warning: Eye Drops RecallThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning for people not to buy certain eye drops. This warning comes...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
Tips for Someone Just Getting DiagnosedOnce I started becoming very vocal about having Graves’ disease, and writing about my experience on social media, I started getting more...reactionscomments