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

[marcfromspark@norden.social]

@hacks4pancakes @Hasufin Hashimoto as a chronic inflammatory desease has different phases, starting hyperthyroidic, then eu(=normal)thyreodic and later hypothyroidic with need for external hormones. When in the hypothyroid phase it could accur that there are autonomous areas that start producing hormons esp when external
iod (like in jodized salt) is ingested. Ultrasound and szintigraphie recommended to look if such areas are present

[mjsberna@infosec.exchange]

@hacks4pancakes

(You haven't been bitten by a mysterious spider, have you? Australia is dangerous that way, I've heard)

[tomdewar@mas.to]

@hacks4pancakes fantastic; congrats

[dch@bsd.network]

@kusuriya @mwl @hacks4pancakes I went to the US for a week and none of this surprises me. It’s tragically bad.

[bernardlyons@mastodon.ie]

@hacks4pancakes Yay! Great news!

[standard_phil@infosec.exchange]

@hacks4pancakes Congratulations Lesley!

[pmbrent@hachyderm.io]

@hacks4pancakes Leaving the US has also helped me recover to where I no longer need certain daily meds. Congratulations, and here's to a better future!

[emma_cogdev@fediscience.org]

@hacks4pancakes

That's so great to hear! (and really frigging confusing, bodies are so weird) Congratulations!

[3tomatoesshort@disabled.social]

@hacks4pancakes
Hmmm I have reduced my TPO autoantibodies by taking Selenium but it seems unlikely this would happen naturally as Australian soils are deficient in Selenium. How curious! I wonder if vitamin D could be a factor.

[hobo_ahoi@mastodon.social]

@pmbrent @hacks4pancakes Congratulations to both of you ️ May I ask why this happened? I‘ve Never been to the US, but it doesn‘t seem to be a healthy place at all

[pollinators@epicure.social]

@hacks4pancakes A thank you to living in Australia.

[ashteranic@hachyderm.io]

@hacks4pancakes It's so frustrating how things like mental health and dentistry have systemic effects, but social systems for them frequently don't exist even in countries with free or low-cost public healthcare systems. :S

[maswan@mastodon.acc.sunet.se]

@hacks4pancakes
@gusseting I'm glad you didn't die, and would humbly request further not dying.

[dr2chase@ohai.social]

@twodarek
@alexglow @mike @mwl @hacks4pancakes
That's weird, because Mountain View's water is mostly Hetch-Hetchy, i.e., mostly snow melt (this was a thing I "knew", I double-checked, 87%): https://www.mountainview.gov/our-city/departments/public-works/water-and-sewer-services/water/our-water-sources

[franceskamann@freeradical.zone]

@hacks4pancakes @hobo_ahoi @pmbrent

Pretty much every American is medicated. ADHD (speed) is common. So are anti depressants & anti anxiety meds. We don't have healthcare & copay for meds even when we have coverage through a job. In addition, where it's legal we have cannabis dispensaries. They are one of the only new businesses that does well here. Capitalism is abusive. We need drugs to feel even semi ok about the exploitation & suffering.

[hobo_ahoi@mastodon.social]

@FranceskaMann @hacks4pancakes @pmbrent Wow, thanks a lot for the explanation And that makes me truly sad. Profits at the cost of healthcare

[gusseting@mastodon.social]

@maswan @hacks4pancakes ditto!

[masek@infosec.exchange]

@hacks4pancakes Yay! 🥳

What do you think did the difference? Water? Med System?