Columbia University Medical Center has an excellent website with a variety of health resources.
http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/thyroid/index.html
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About Me
- Alene
- I have been running ultramarathons since 1991 and I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in 2003. After several frustrating years of suffering from fatigue and unexplained swings in my weight, clarity of thinking, energy levels, and mood, I finally found an endocrinologist in 2004 who helped me. Soon after that, I started an informal group, a spin-off from an ultrarunning discussion list. I knew there had to be other runners out there who struggled with the same thing. When I first posted my story to the list, people came out of the woodwork. By sharing my story, it helped all of us start a discussion about how to get the best care from physicians, who are often dismissive of our concerns because we appear to be so much healthier than the general population. Once we get treated, many of us find we feel better than ever. I want to help other athletes who struggle with thyroid disease to minimize their suffering and get on the road to treatment as soon as possible.
What I do now
Health Coaching, Cancer Exercise Training, Cancer Wellness for Clients & Caregivers
Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge and providing good sources of information and education.
ReplyDeleteSomething I have noticed and have read a little on is that when I am running and riding, now with the Graves, my body doesn't seem to utilize fuel and energy the same as when I was "normal". Now, on shorter runs of 8 - 10 miles, I frequently find I HAVE to take in a minimum of 200 or 300 calories or I bonk. It never used to be like that. Any insight into that???
Kathleen, it must be your hypermetabolic state with the Graves. I find that when I'm running a little "hyper", or even after I take my Cytomel in the morning if I've been training hard, I need more calories than normal. Since thyroid hormone controls metabolism in every cell in the body, I would imagine it is working on your pancreas too. Good question for an endo.
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