I got my thyroid results a few days ago, but it's just now something I understand enough to write about. I have Hashimoto's Disease. Essentially, my thyroid is shutting down because my body is attacking it. It's an autoimmune disease and I will deal with it for the rest of my life. The treatment is 1 pill a day and more diet restrictions than I can keep straight yet. I have to take my medicine first thing in the morning and then I can't eat for an hour after that. I also can't take any vitamins or anything with dairy for 4 hours. This is killing my breakfast because I always have a protein shake! I usually use almond milk, PB2, and whey protein. I don't know what to eat now!!
So for just a rundown of the basics, here's a list of things I can't have:
-Anything with gluten. Ever. Like ZERO.
-Soy
-Milk or almond milk within 4 hours of medicine
-Eggs within 4 hours of medicine
-Corn
-Grains
Things I should probably cut out but it will be a process:
-Dairy of any kind
-Nuts
-Beans
-Potatoes
-Sugar
I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I can eat. I need to be able to do some sort of protein shake for breakfast, I'm just not sure how to go about that yet. The protein powder I usually use has a little bit of soy protein in it and I can't have the milk. I haven't asked about coconut milk yet but that could be a possibility maybe. I would still probably have to wait a good 2 hours before I could drink it though. Ugh. This process sucks. On the bright side, as soon as I get it under control then we can do another frozen IVF cycle! We have our consult with a new doctor on Tuesday!
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