I am Hypothyroid. I have the Hashimoto variety, so my immune system attacks my thyroid and my levels of T4 and 3 are low. I take Thyroxine and this keeps my levels normal. So most of the time I feel like everybody else. My immune system is pretty lame though, and if there are bugs going around (colds/flu/vomiting or whatever), I will catch them! I am currently laid up with a flu type bug wishing I was stronger to fight these things off! The thing that irritates me most, is being stuck in the house. I am normally such a home body, and love nothing more than snuggling up indoors with tea and biscuits, but if I have to be here, because Im sick and cant go out, I start to hate it and feel cooped up! I get the bug just like everybody else, its just that my energy levels plummet with it, so it takes me a few days after the bug has gone for my energy to get back on track.
I do feel ive had the better deal though. My thyroid condition is more than likely genetic, as its Hashimoto disease and you can get various immune conditions, mine happens to attack my thyroid. My mum has coeliacs disease which is her immune system attacking her gut so she cant digest certain foods, but my brother has a disc disease, where his immune system attacks the material around his discs, so they eventually fuse. He is in constant, though managed pain, and my mum misses out on some wonderful foods, so me just being tired every now and then and having colds alot, doesnt seem so bad after all.
There are always people far worse off, so I will try very hard to not be so woe is me!
