DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a medical or health professional, this is ONLY to share my own experience and should not replace professional medical or health advice. So after a fairly smooth recovery following my second surgery, I had my post-op appointment with my endocrinologist and made decisions to move forward with several tests. The first...
DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a medical or health professional, this is ONLY to share my own experience and should not replace professional medical or health advice. It’s been a while since I last wrote. I am happy to report that, despite my initial denial, disappointment, and anxiety about having to get a second surgery for...
DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a medical or health professional, this is ONLY to share my own experience and should not replace professional medical or health advice. First diagnosis My thyroid journey started in 2009, around the age of 16. I had already been struggling with severe gut issues for about 4 years and was seeing...
How Are You Holding Up? Having this many closures and shutdowns across the nation, and even across the world is unprecedented and something a lot of us personally haven’t had to go through before. For many, it’s an adjustment to spend so much time inside their house, without the luxury of being able to meet...
History Behind Clovers Clovers have long been sacredly regarded in Ireland because of their three leaves (it’s said that St. Patrick used the three leaves of the clover to teach the holy trinity). Shamrocks, their four-leaved brothers, are said to symbolize love, faith, hope, and luck and actually occur because of a genetic mutation—which makes...
It can be scary reading today’s Coronavirus headlines and watching the rising stats. There are some things out of our control, but we need to remember there are things still in our control. I’ve put together a list of things I could think of doing to promote my health during a season of disease. Immune...
What Got Me Interested? Lately, I’ve been devouring anything health-related. Everything from podcasts, books, and webinars. There’s so much information out there to be learned about our individual bodies, and how we can better care for them! One podcaster I’ve really enjoyed listening to this past year has been Wellness Mama host, Katie Wells. I...
Getting Up— How has your body been adjusting to daylight savings? I have to be honest, the day before the time change, I almost forgot about it, and then ended up staying up late! So, you can just imagine how it felt when I woke up the next morning for 8:30am church…which had now become…7:30am…which...