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The Media Habits Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! Managing a chronic condition is not easy and can be physically and mentally exhausting. What types of media...

Sometimes I think about how much easier my life would be without thyroid eye disease. My eyes would often wake me up in the middle of the night. The eyelid...

More than 80 different varieties of autoimmune diseases affect more than 23 million people in the United States. Somewhere along the way, the body’s immune system makes a mistake and...

The morning started out great. I had noticed a significant change in my left upper eyelid. My right upper eyelid had dropped down some time ago, and my left had...

Once I was diagnosed with Graves’ Disease, I had to find an endocrinologist. I feel like for me personally, my symptoms kind of came out of nowhere, but maybe that’s...

Navigating life with a chronic condition like thyroid eye disease (TED) can be challenging. Adding children and parenting stress into the mix can make it feel like an impossible task...

Welcome back to the discussion of my experience recovering from orbital decompression surgery. (Please see part one to read about pain, bruising, swelling, and irritations.) I had two separate surgeries...

Good for the future, annoying for the present. This is the motto I have been repeating in my head as I go through another bout of terrible eye irritation. The...

If you are living with thyroid eye disease (TED), your treatment options have been limited until recently. With new treatments available, some people with TED have found relief in their...

When I first started seeing my endocrinologist, she put me on tapaszole for my hyperthyroidism. I was on that for a while. I was also put on a beta-blocker because...

Striking a “power pose” means taking up a lot of space with your body – standing upright with great posture, legs wide, hands on hips, chin raised to the sky...

Over the years, doctors and researchers have focused more attention to comorbidities, or 2 or more illnesses or conditions that happen at the same time in a person. Comorbid illnesses...

I was relieved when I was finally scheduled for orbital decompression surgery. In the weeks leading up to surgery, I wanted to prepare myself as much as possible, but I...

Three years ago in early October, I woke up to two smoke detectors on my ceiling. It was early in the morning and I had to get up to get...

If you have been diagnosed with thyroid eye disease (TED), you may or may not have problems with your thyroid. Despite its name, TED can occur in those with a...

The last day of February is Rare Disease Day® all around the world. It is a day to recognize and raise awareness about rare diseases and how they impact patients...

Whether or not you have a child, most people would agree that parenting is hard. Although there is no right or wrong way to raise a child, new trends, the...

If you are one of the many people with both thyroid eye disease (TED) and Graves’ disease, you are not alone. Up to 5 in 10 people with Graves’ disease...

During my early 20’s I was working part-time at a radio station. I had graduated college and immediately started working as soon as I moved back home. I was working...

It is difficult to know what to say when a loved one is going through a unique traumatic experience, especially if it involves a medical condition that most people know...