15/11/2025
👋🏼 I’ve been a bit quiet on here lately but I’m still here, quietly remaining consistent but dealing with a few health issues which hasn’t made me want to post with feeling so god damn rubbish and looking so god damn rubbish. 🙈
Posting for those that suffer, suffering, managing and anyone that can shed some light for me too to help others and maybe help me.
Graves’ disease and pituitary tumours (benign thankfully!).
Both these conditions I developed after giving birth nearly 16 years ago (apparently pregnancy can cause this, who knew?!)
Both managed (on and off) over the year with medication but since coming off my Graves’ disease medication 10 ish weeks ago I’ve felt like a bus has hit me every single frickin day.
This doesn’t help when you’re running businesses, trying to be a good mum (I feel I’ve failed lately), decent friend (defo failed at that as I’ve been pushing everyone away 🤦🏻♀️) decent wife (same as above) etc etc - you get the gist.
Anyway, latest bloods reveal prolactin levels are very high (this is the pituitary tumour now acting up 😤) but apparently both aren’t connected?! How 🤷♀️ I do not know but this is making fatigue REAL and AWFUL, loss of energy and the list is endless!
Can’t us women have a break as added into the mix is probably peri menopausal (wouldn’t know as they both seem the same symptoms the!)
This is me today saying - if you suffer too, I hear ya, it’s awful!
What I do know is that lifting weights and remaining consistent in doing so, as well as eating decent nourishing food help massively, so rewind to me 3-4 years ago I imagine I would be feeling even more rubbish than I do now.
If any of you suffer too and feel the same as I do, I sympathise massively as the pituitary controls your whole body and if that’s not performing correctly how can you be expected to feel ok.
Anyway, today is a good day.
We drove through storm Claudia 😳 to get to Slough last night, ready for my son to play football this morning. Im actually enjoying being away from the grind for a few hours and spending time realising how much my first born is turning into an adult and how hungry he is CONSTANTLY! 😂
