Date:   2/5/2002 9:01:18 PM ( 22 y ago)
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> From: Rikk Hansen
> Date: Sat Feb 2, 2002 12:25 am
> Subject: Success Story



From: "Mary"
Date: Sat Feb 2, 2002 1:30 am
Subject: Re: [hyperthyroidism] Success Story


What a lovely story!

Just have to toss mine in as well, since one may seem a fluke or miracle to new folks, two may seem like, well, hope.

While hyper due to Graves, I discovered that I couldn't take antithyroid drugs as they harmed my liver. Faced with surgery or rai, I opted for a macrobiotic diet, homeopathy, supplements, and weaning a nursing baby (in the belief that my body could self-regulate).

The second week into this, I had a horrible bout of heart palpitations. Not coincidentally, I experienced these while thinking of something in my past that I had never told my husband. It had never occurred to me that I was supposed to tell him because I thought that I had put this issue long behind me, but I was sooo struck by the fact that my palpitations began while thinking of him in connection with this issue. I put together the idea of the throat & thyroid (communication, voice, truth, speaking for one's self etc.) and my illness.

That night, I told my husband what I hadn't told him before. As I spoke I could literally FEEL my body calming down and felt this tremendous weight off my chest, felt as if my clenched throat was lightening and opening. Yes, all went well with husband -- turns out what for me was traumatic to discuss was not traumatic for him to hear.

Within a few weeks, I was in remission. Of course, I was eating macrobiotically, had weaned a baby and was doing many,many things for my thyroid. However, I feel that this bit of truthfulness was part of my recovery. It made me realize how intricately connected mind and body are.

Mary


 

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