One year in Australia and my chronic thyroid disease has resolved itself and my endocrinologist has successfully pulled me off medication.

[cafechatnoir@mastodon.social]

@hacks4pancakes

That's awesome - maybe less stress helped?

[autolycos@beige.party]

@hacks4pancakes am physician

Recommend answering questions with monitoring cautiously plus following your provider's recommendations

[alexglow@chaos.social]

@mike @mwl @hacks4pancakes There was a really interesting reddit thread awhile back where a German couple tried to determine why they always got incredible flatulence when visiting in-laws. IIRC, they eventually concluded that the water interacted weirdly with their gut flora! But they tested a TON of different ideas.

There was a whole plot twist where they thought it didn't affect their kids... but the kids were just staying quiet while the parents debated it on the multi-hour drive home

[jcnotwit@mastodon.social]

@hacks4pancakes That's awesome! Two of my closest friends are suffering with Hashimotos. If you don't mind me asking, what do you think has made the biggest difference for you?

[mattg@recurse.social]

@hacks4pancakes congrats! Where were you before?

[gusseting@mastodon.social]

@Sikorsky78 @hacks4pancakes

fyi: Australia = highest concentration of profit driven agriculture in the world, starting with Gina Rinehart, which means massive power to lobbyists funded through cattle sales. We have 26 million cattle for a population of 22 million. We supply meat to the USA.

A previous CEO of AA&Co is now running for parliament with One Nation
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/qld-government-rule-out-investigating-aaco-cattle-thirst-deaths/106516756

We also have lax ag/chemical laws, thanks to Rinehart funded Barnaby Joyce:
https://michaelwest.com.au/pesticides-menace-mars-barnaby-joyce-blueberries/

[ferrix@mastodon.online]

@hacks4pancakes I guess if your immune system can decide to attack your thyroid tissue for no reason, it can decide to stop

[dentelectro@mastodon.social]

@hacks4pancakes @darwinwoodka It’s starting to sound like your body reacting to getting away from over processed foods with high chemical concentrations.
Aussie tucker is far more natural and nutritious in nature, or so I am told.
I know I always survive my visits there 🫡

[kusuriya@masto.hackers.town]

@mwl @hacks4pancakes honestly I can completely stop taking my insulin and control my blood glucose with diet and exercise when I leave the US, NBDJS.

[0x00string@infosec.exchange]

@hacks4pancakes europe has such better produce, meat, dairy, and flour that we straight up order bulk butter and flour from eu importers

[oldtroll@mstdn.io]

@hacks4pancakes My wife had a similar experience with chronic inflammation and joint pain diminishing every time she goes to Europe (Spain/Germany) for work (about 10-14 day average trip length)

[furicle@mastodon.social]

@hacks4pancakes counter clockwise fluid rotation?
#didntStayAtAHiltonEither

[twodarek@hachyderm.io]

Reminds me of when I lived in mountain view, CA. After a bit of living there, my gut was EXTREMELY unhappy. I started to binary search my diet. Lo and behold, I started running all of my water in my apartment (yes, even cooking water) through a filter and I was cured. It didn't affect my apartment-mates or friends, just me. So weird. I had confirmation when I accidentally drank tap water at a friend's place and the symptoms came back.

Something in the water out there just hit me wrong.

@alexglow @mike @mwl @hacks4pancakes

[furrybeta@shark.community]

@hacks4pancakes Congrats! Was it something your doctor is AUS did, or did it resolve on its own after you moved? Know some other people with thyroid issues

[acm_redfox@jawns.club]

@kauer yes

[itgrrl@infosec.exchange]

@hacks4pancakes

[kwayk42@sechtor.social]

@hacks4pancakes

[nolsen311@infosec.exchange]

@mike
Is there a particular hashtag we can create for this?

Looking for Crohn's and fascism. Places that cure these things.

@mwl @hacks4pancakes @hacks4pancakes

[vandorb12@infosec.exchange]

@kauer @hacks4pancakes normal table salt out here *(in usa) typically does, but you can also easily purchase kosher or sea salt that does not.
A fuckton of salt is present in our prepared foods, like deli meats, frozen stirfry meals, snack foods, etc.. Nutrition facts don't state if the salt is iodized or not.

[leel8on@mastodon.social]

@nolsen311 @mike @mwl @hacks4pancakes Can I join you on the island that cures shitty things?

Fascism is the Crohn's of the political system. Crohn's is the fascism of the gastrointestinal tract. I can't decide if there is a joke in here or just the truth