This is how Graves Disease Feels
There are days like today I can't even get out of bed . I have TED ( thyroid eye disease ) so driving can be challenging some days too . I call myself very lucky to have found a fantastic ocular specialist and every few months I have to have Medrol Infusions (IV therapy ) three times a week . I also am one of the rare people that have Pretibial Myexedma . It's a skin condition on my calves that requires steroid cream and is painful and red and there isn't a cure. The best they can do is inject steroids into the areas. It's very disturbing but I would rather be proactive with my disease. This autoimmune disease is so complicated and I require regular blood work . I had a thyroidectomy so I take medication to keep me alive . It's a syndrome In short, it effects my whole system . Endocrine, adrenal, etc . This disease is hereditary . This disease causes brain fog . I thought after two bouts of breast cancer I had had my fill, but it seems I ha