u/Honest_Department652

Those of you who are systemic and experiencing rapid fat & muscle wasting, have you gone and had your thyroids checked? Many of our systemic symptoms align perfectly with thyroid disease, particularly hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism basically pumps out an excess of hormones and forces your body’s metabolism into overdrive and breaks down your fat and muscle at a rapid rate to use it up for energy. I’m looking back at bloodwork I did at the start of my symptoms, and i noticed my THS was on the lower end of 0.4, which yes, is still technically in the normal range, but at the end of it. That bloodwork was done only a month after hyaluronidase, when my symptoms were not nearly as bad as they are now, my symptoms have rapidly increased and I have gotten drastically worse, so now I am truly wondering if this could be a thyroid problem. I would not be surprised if my TSH is well below 0.4 right now. It might not be the full picture, but it could be a snapshot of what could be contributing to the wasting. I’m going back to my doctor this week and requesting a thyroid panel. Part of me is hoping this could be what is wrong, because if hyperthyroidism IS involved, then there is medication to stop the wasting and block the thyroid from producing the excess hormones.

I highly suggest any of you who are experiencing wasting to go get a thyroid panel done. Test your TSH, Free T4, and Free T3. If these come back abnormal then go get antibody tests done such as TRAb and TPOAb which can pinpoint the root cause of the thyroid disease

Hi guys- I have been experiencing the worst symptoms imaginable since February after undergoing some sort of systemic event from an injection, and I’ve just been declining and declining since. One of the worst symptoms is the rapid muscle and fat loss. I’m in Canada so it’s already extremely difficult to get any sort of healthcare here, but I’ve done bloodwork back on April 1st and my doctor told me everything is seemingly normal. Well, this past week I started to rapidly decline even faster than before, and after googling all of my symptoms, they match hyperthyroidism perfectly. One of the main symptoms I have is exercise intolerance, which for me makes no sense because I was extremely active, moving all day long, gym atleast 5 days a week, starting my competitive powerlifting career, going on hour long runs daily. I lived and breathed movement. Just at the start of February I was literally squatting 4 plates for sets of 10 reps. Like I had zero problems and I felt the strongest I’ve ever been. And now, I can barely do basic lunges. I’m out of breath just walking to the mailbox. And after attempting any small excercise I feel 10x worse after. My fat cells are metabolizing extremely fast all over my body, including my face, which is the worst part. After discovering that many of my symptoms match hyperthyroidism perfectly, I decided to take a look at the bloodwork from April 1st myself, and I notice that my TSH was on the lower end at 0.4, and when I had this bloodwork done on April 1st, I was only in the start of my symptoms, and they were not nearly as severe as they are right now. I am suspecting it has dropped significantly lower so I am booking an appointment with my family doctor to request a thyroid panel, however, I’m in Nova Scotia Canada, so if the panel comes back showing hyperthyroidism, then it’s still gonna take foreverrr to see an endocrinologist here. Likely 1-2 years. And my muscle & fat is metabolizing extremely fast, and I need to be able to somehow slow it down while I wait for a specialist who can help further.

So my question is, is there anything I can take that doesn’t require a doctor’s prescription that can help slow down the metabolism aspect of this? I’m already eating in a surplus of calories and following a high protein antiinflammatory diet but no help. Does anyone have any idea how I can slow this wasting process? Is there any supplement or otc medication that could help even a little? Please let me know, I appreciate it so much

Has anyone who is systemic from hyal been able to recover the firmness and thickness of their facial skin overtime? Would love to hear any positive stories. My main symptoms are confined to the face (I do have slight damage to my calves but nothing major). I don’t have the stretchy skin but my face has lost quite a lot of volume all over (literally all over, even my scalp) and my face feels soft and empty to the touch and is droopy/lax. I’m 20 years old and I’m 4.5 months post my last hyal injection. I seemed to have been regaining a bit of volume and firmness but then had a flare (not sure what caused it). I’m also wondering if these flares stop happening after some time, or atleast lessen in intensity and duration. My last flare before the one I’m having now was about a month ago. The pain in my face seems to be decreasing with each flare. I’m hoping this is my body slowly finding its way back to equilibrium. Im aware i’ll most likely need a fat transfer later on to help aid the cosmetic issues but for now I am leaving my skin alone and letting things heal naturally. Would love to know if anyone has experienced a decrease in flares & intensity overtime and if anyone has been able to recover the firmness and thickness of their skin naturally to some degree

Question- if multiple people in my home have mono right now including myself, then when I get better, is there a chance I contract it again soon after? I’m worried I’ll end up contracting it from a family member again if they end up healing slower than i do. Or if the virus ends up staying alive on a surface in the house for a period of time. I’ve been masking regularly while walking around the house to avoid contracting anything extra

I’m literally terrified of this reoccurring again and again I’ve been sick with autoimmune issues all year and was finally starting to feel a bit better recently and then somehow (no idea how) contracted this awful virus. I just want to enjoy some of my summer after such a rough year :(

Hi everyone. I suspect I have a case of mono. My symptoms of feeling sick started 5-6 days ago. They started with a mild fatigue, slight fever, and some light throat/airway irritation. I have absolutely no nasal congestion. Over the course of the next way days the symptoms have just been worsening. I can’t describe it but I’ve been sick a million times before and this time it just feels different. Usually with a flu/strep my symptoms have always peaked around day 2-3. It’s day 5/6 now and I just woke up with a majorly intensified sore throat, where it feels like it’s closing in. I tried drinking water and it’s becoming more difficult to swallow. It is very painful. This gradual onset as well as no nasal congestion or runny nose is what is making me suspect mono. My dad is also sick, and he has been sick for about 10 days now. Doesn’t seem to have any clear signs of active recovery. He’s also experiencing the heavy fatigue and sore throat without any noticeable improvement after 10 days. I have no idea where we could’ve caught this from if it is mono. My dad stays at home everyday, he doesn’t really have interaction with anyone other than his direct family (due to ptsd reasons from being in the military don’t worry we don’t force him to stay home). I also haven’t had any direct exposure to anyone other than my direct family/doctors in recent months (due to the reason down below), and have not been kissing or having direct exposure to saliva in any way, so I’m really not sure where this could’ve been caught from.

I am absolutely terrified because I am immunocompromised. I fell ill with serious systemic issues back in February and have been battling that, and have not been able to get a diagnosis from a rheumatologist yet because I am in Canada and it takes about 2 years to see a specialist in the province I’m in. But have been to the er and my doctor 15+ times since February because of how serious my symptoms are.

Now that I am suspecting mono, I am absolutely terrified of what this means for me and how my body will fight this. Ive read that some people have to take prednisone for the inflammation. I’ve been on prednisone for my autoimmune pain previously but I had to stop because it was causing other major side effects to my condition, so that wouldn’t even be an option for me.

I’m going to my pharmacy to test for strep today just in case it is strep (but I highly doubt it because I’ve had strep before and this feels different). I can’t even get in with my doctor till next week to test for mono

I am so scared of how much worse this will get. I’m only day 5/6 right now and I heard the peak is around 2 weeks.

Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to relieve this sore throat and swelling? I can deal with the fatigue but this sore throat Is getting worse and I’m so scared of it potentially worsening even more during the next couple weeks