Daisy Ridley Reveals Graves’ Disease Diagnosis

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1. Poor woman. I wish her all the best. She’s so lovely.

2. Oh I read up on that one when I was diagnosed with thyroid problems and it’s a nasty one.

3. My dad has this, either she gets her thyroid removed and is on meds for the rest of her life or she keeps the thyroid and is on meds for the rest of her life. It’s manageable and he has no lingering symptoms because of it, but meds for the rest of your life isn’t exactly appealing.

4. I’ve got a friend with Graves’. It’s really hard on her. Her BF has been masking in public spaces and they’ve been taking broad spectrum antibiotics in order to kill enough bacteria so that she isn’t sick all the time. I had no idea how autoimmune disorders killed a person’s intimate life until I talked to her about it.

5. I have had thyroid cancer to the point where I got half my thyroid removed. On pathology, they found the carcinoma.

   I’ve been followed for 15 years with annual scans. But just this year I got a notice that my endocrinologist has relocated to Florida.

   I got recommendations for replacement MDs that are 2 hours drive away.

   Like somethings going on here.

6. I was just diagnosed with Graves in April – it’s been such an eye-opening diagnosis! It explains a ton of symptoms that I was formerly treating at face value (anxiety, skin issues, shaking, weight loss, etc.).

   I still haven’t fully stabilized on medication yet, it takes a while to figure out proper dosing. I love that I can tell where issues are coming from, though – a random bout of anxiety isn’t so random anymore, it’s explainable!

7. I had nuclear medicine twice to obliterate my thyroid years ago. Been on 300 thyroxine since. I had graves also.

8. Good on her GP for encouraging her to follow up.