How's it going, community? I hope you're all doing well. I've been doing okay these past few months. I don't usually post here, but I'd like to tell you about my experience since the beginning of the year, when I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism.
¿Que tal comunidad? Espero que esten muy bien, yo lo he estado mas o menos estos ultimos meses. Realmente no suelo publicar aqui, pero, quisiera contarles mi experiencia desde casi inicios de año desde que me diagnosticaron hipotiroidismo.
In February of this year, I went to a general practitioner for a checkup (something I hadn't done in four years), and the doctor who saw me noticed my neck and ordered a thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) test. It should be noted that at this point I didn't feel (or pay attention to) any symptoms. Anyway, I had the tests done and it turned out that something was wrong. In fact, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. I started looking up the symptoms, and many things matched what I was feeling but hadn't paid much attention to. I felt excessively fatigued, my hair was falling out (I didn't pay attention to this until I started treatment and saw that the amount of hair left on my comb was decreasing), and I always felt very sad or depressed, among other things.
En febrero de este año, fui a una consulta con medicina general ya que queria hacerme un chequeo (cosa que no hacia desde hace 4 años) y la doctora que me atendió le llamo la atencion mi cuello y me dio la orden para hacerme un examen de hormona estimulante de tiroides (TSH), cabe destacar que a este punto yo no sentia (o no le prestaba atención) síntomas de nada, en fin, total que me hice los exámenes y resulta que salió algo alterado, en efecto, me diagnosticaron hipotiroidismo. Me puse a buscar los síntomas y muchas cosas encajaban con lo que me estaba sintiendo y no le prestaba mucha atención, me sentía excesivamente fatigada, se me estaba cayendo el cabello (que no le preste atencion hasta que inicié el tratamiento y vi que disminuia la cantidad de cabello que dejaba en el peine), siempreme siento muy tristeo deprimida, entre otros.
My life changed in an instant. Now I have to go for checkups every two months and take medication (levothyroxine) for the rest of my life. In my case, I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis, which is an autoimmune disease in which my immune system attacks my thyroid. I must confess that I felt (and still feel a little) very sad, although I didn't show it. I was like, “It's okay, I'll take my medication every day and get on with my life,” which is kind of how it is, But I thought I was a very healthy person, and now I had to deal with the idea of having to control my disease, which, to make matters worse, cannot be cured. It was very shocking for me, and I felt even sadder. I was one of those people who thought that these kinds of things happen when you're quite old.
Mi vida habia cambiado de un momento a otro, ahora tengo que ir a controles cada dos meses, tomar medicamento (levotiroxina) de por vida, que, en mi caso, exactamente tengo Tiroiditis de Hashimoto, la cual es una enfermedad autoimmune en la que mi sistema inmunitario ataca a mi tiroides. Debo confesar que me sentí (y me siento un poco aún) muy triste, aunque no lo demostré, estaba como "no pasa nada, me tomo el medicamento diario y sigo con mi vida", que es un poco asi, pero, yo me creia una persona muy sana ahora tenia que lidiar con la idea de tener que controlar mi enfermedad que, para colmo, no se cura, era algo muy shockeante para mi y me sentí aun mas triste, yo era de las que pensaba que este tipo de cosas te pasan siendo bastante mayor.
Well, I must admit that things haven't gone very well for me at the checkups so far, but I've made some changes. I joined a gym (which I try to go to regularly), I try to eat foods that help my thyroid, I try to take everything calmly and not stress too much, which honestly I haven't been very successful at, and so, in November I have another checkup, so I'll be sure to let you know how it goes. I just wanted to write this post to vent. Thank you very much for reading. I'll sign off for now, and I'll see you in another post ❤️
Pues, por ahora no me ha ido muy bien en los controles debo admitir, pero hice algunos cambios, me inscribí en el gimnasio (al que trato de ir siempre), trato de comer los alimentos que mas me ayudan con mi tiroides, tratando de tomarlo todo con calma y no estresandome demasiado, que sinceramente no he tenido mucho éxito en eso, y así, en noviembre tengo control nuevamente asi que seguramente les estaré contando. Solo queria hacer este post para desahogarme, muchas gracias si se quedaron a leerme, yo por ahora me despido y nos vemos luego en otro post ❤️
Translated by DeepL
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