The year 2019 is almost over. Yay! I am so excited to start something new. Like the previous year, 2019 was full of health challenges that affected my work, hobbies, and mental health. The last two years have been challenging. In 2018 I was diagnosed with Graves Disease. The year had me battling with thyroid hormones playing ping pong with my mind and body. My endocrinologists, I had two, put me on various medications, none of which seemed to work.…
"Excluding animal products from your diet as a vegetarian or vegan is a choice some people have the luxury to make."…
I am having orbital decompression surgery this morning. I will be offline until I recover. I have scheduled a few pre-written blog posts for the next few days.…
I'm at the Bodine Center For Radiation Therapy where an eye specialist has just informed me that I have two options to treat my Graves Eye Disease; radiation therapy or high dose steroids. I have two choices, neither of which are good. It's like voting in a United States presidential election. I don't want radiation therapy. But managing type 1 diabetes while taking high doses of steroids is challenging. Steroids raise blood glucose levels. High levels of steroids cause incredibly…
