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
Things I Would Tell My Younger SelfI was diagnosed with Graves' disease years ago, and then also diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED). Both of these diagnoses happened...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
Why I Choose To Be a Patient AdvocateSometimes I ask myself, "Why am I doing this? Why did I commit to being a patient advocate for a whole community...reactionscomments
