Aged 8, I became ill with a "for life" disease...
Hi! I'm Laura and when I was 8 I became ill with hypothyroidism (a chronic autoimmune condition). The diagnosis took 2 years, countless Doctors and tests. Meanwhile…
- I stopped growing (was on a percentile -2)
- Was put on a high cholesterol diet
- Had 8 pots of medicine for breakfast
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I had a wake up moment 9 years ago...
...when an endocrinologist told me "There is nothing you can do, the disease will progress and we will increase your medication". But he also didn't know why I had developed the disease.
I realised all it meant was that the answer wasn't straightforward. As an engineer and scientist, I love understanding how systems work and interact. And my take on my health since has been a learning journey, with many iterations and positive results. I stopped the autoimmune attack, lowered my medication dose by 40% and feel so much better.
My personal health journey has been very slow, expensive and full of trial and error... and there's so many stories like mine. So many of us are looking for so much more for our health and it takes to long to improve it.
Whether you've been in this journey a while, like me, or you're starting, I'd love to share it with you and to keep building something that's most helpful to you and everyone else who's like us, out there.
Welcome & thank you 🫶