Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy

It is common for some women to develop thyroid disease soon after a pregnancy.  It must have something to do with the whacky hormones or immune system.  I developed Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Hypothyroidism with goiter and multiple nodules after my third baby was born.  It started with neck pain and when I checked, found swelling.  Turns out that was the goiter.  Blood tests determine what type of thyroid disease I had.  A biopsy determined whether the nodules could be cancerous.

For almost nine years now, I've struggled with thyroid symptoms (brain fog, cold, weight).  The memory lapses and weight has been the hardest to deal with.  I was always skinny no matter what I ate.  Now I am always large no matter what I eat (or don't eat).  I considered weight loss supplements like clinicallix but so far, I've just been dragging my way through doctors trying to find one who treats thyroid disease to where the symptoms actually go away. You would not believe, if you do not have thyroid disease, how hard that actually is!