January is Thyroid Disease Awareness Month

January is thyroid disease awareness month and I am one of those that is very aware. I have been hypothyroid for 8 years and have been on a long journey. There are many struggles with thyroid disease and sometimes just when you think you have everything figured out or you think you have found normal again, your body just throws a wrench in the whole operation and you have to start all over again. There are many forms of thyroid disease: hyperthyroid, hypothyroid, hashimoto and graves disease. Thyroid disease not only has physical affects but also impacts you emotionally and psychologically.

The best thing that I have recently found were support groups on facebook. I have learned way more through those groups than from my doctors who frankly know little on the subject. If anyone suffers from thyroid disease I highly recommend the following support groups:

https://www.facebook.com/HypothyroidMom/
https://www.facebook.com/thyroidsupportgroup/
https://www.facebook.com/thyroidnation1/

Nobody goes through anything alone and sometimes all you need to do is ask. :)