It's been a whirlwind of activity since returning from vacation, which explains my absence here for the past 2 weeks. After several doctor's appointments over the past few months though, including some pivotal ones last week, I'm glad to say that I finally have a bit of an answer for what's been going on with me for the past year. On Thursday, after my endocrinologist reviewed my most recent blood-work, which was an extensive thyroid panel including testing the T3, T4, TSI and anti-TPO levels, she came back with a diagnosis of Hashimotos, an auto-immune disease where the immune system basically sees the thyroid gland as a foreign object and attacks it. While it was disheartening to receive such crappy news, it was also a huge relief that I finally new what was causing my persistent symptoms that have been with me for the past year. I discussed this diagnosis on my GMMDI IG account, and I've had quite a few people leave comments and email me, wondering how I was able to get such a

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