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u/Legitimate-Slice2114

I feel like I’m absolutely dying
▲ 37 r/Hashimotos

I feel like I’m absolutely dying

I’ve been doing monthly blood work. My past three TSH tests I’ve been <.01. Just four weeks ago I was doing a thyroid uptake and scan. It’s been several months since I’ve swung back to hypo.

Well, just redid my labs today and I’m at 44 for TSH!!!!! When I saw this I absolutely sobbed. I have felt like death for a whole month. I just myself woke up from a four hour nap and am barely functioning. I swung from 0.01 on April 16 to 44 today as of May 21. That is just insane

I have been eating gluten free this month, taking supplements and generally eating healthy and avoiding triggers. So I’m honestly shocked it shot this high. I’ve also been taking a low dose of GLP1

What can I do? My doctor keeps refusing to put me on levo because I keep swinging extremely hyper. But I feel like this is scary high. For the past two years I’ve just been swinging back and forth, and I’m dying from this. This has been the worst switch by far

u/Legitimate-Slice2114 — 13 hours ago
▲ 1 r/USCIS

I was so happy two days ago. Are we screwed now?

We just had our interview on Thursday. They didn’t immediately tell us we were approved - the officer said that, she has to have her supervisor review the additional evidence we brought because she isn’t allowed to automatically approve us.

We woke up next day and I-130 was approved. No update on the i485

And, now we woke up this morning for the i485 to have an update that says “it is still being processed by USCIS at this time”

Are we screwed? What the heck does this mean? We were expecting automatic approval. Our interview was also cancelled SAME DAY and rescheduled for two months out.

The only issue is that, my husband did recently get cited for reckless driving. We did tell the officer about that.

Does this mean we could be waiting awhile for approval?

The exact change was “your interview was scheduled” to “case still being processed by USCIS, nothing needed at this time”

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u/Legitimate-Slice2114 — 5 days ago
▲ 3 r/NarcissisticMothers

Just found out my mom was involved in a murder for hire

Yeah, the title of my post kind of explains at all.

I have had a very tense relationship with my parents for my whole life. My mom is a raging narcissist, emotionally abusive and had been an alcoholic my whole life. My mom always had a shitty life - her parents are both homeless and live on the streets, and when she was a young age she ran away. I knew she had lived a pretty crazy life when she was young, living on the streets, doing drugs and alcohol, living with older men..... she eventually met my dad, got pregnant at 19 and had me.

I have a younger sister who is now 19, who is still living in my mom's home. My mom was super drunk the other night, watching some dateline documentary, and admits to my sister that before she had me, she dated a man who later got arrested for murdering his wife before he dated my mom. My sister asked my mom, how could you be with someone like that? And my mom told her that at the time, this man hadn't been found guilty yet, and was always giving her money, buying her things, paying for her drugs and lifestyle....... and where did this man get the money? From an insurance policy he cashed out on for his dead wife. At the time, my mom liked being around him and didn't believe the news, and felt like she couldn't leave him because her older sister (my aunt) was dating his friend at the time. They were always doing drugs together, participating in this murderer's drug enterprise. She told my sister she was feeling really scared recently because the man was set to get out of prison soon.

My sister called me and was very upset, and at first I didn't believe the story. It sounded too crazy - I knew my mom was a bad person but how could she really do that? How could a person really do that?

I didn't think it was true, til I went to google. I was able to find the story on the news...... from 1998. A man in our state was arrested in my mom's hometown, for a murder for hire plot, for killing his wife for life insurance money. She was brutally beaten by the men he hired, found in their apartment complex, right down the street from where my mom was living at the time. The man has been in prison since and is set to be parolled in 2027. The name matched a man I knew my mom dated and this man's attorney, used to by my mom's old boss, which is how she met him, confirmed by my sister.

I am now sickened and feel like my whole life, is a lie. I don't know who my parents are at all and I don't think I can accept this. I need to get my sister out of that house immediately. I can't fathom that the person who birthed me...... despite ALL their other flaws....... would date a man, who had killed his wife for money, and was then spending this money on my mom and my aunt...............................................

I also want to add, that my mom told my sister that the man had at one point tried to stab her with a knife, so my mom fled and called the police, who later arrested HER for domestic violence. I am not sure if that is even the truth, or if it's some kind of DARVO situation, but I was able to locate a DV case AGAINST my mom in 1998 to corroborate this in our courts system. I requested a copy of the police report because I can't see any other details

I am sick, that my mom also knows this man is getting paroled. Why the hell does she know that? Why is she keeping tabs on him? I feel scared that she was somehow involved in that. I do know that several years ago she told me she wrote a letter for a friend in prison to help get him out....... but I had no idea it could be connected to this.

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u/Legitimate-Slice2114 — 6 days ago
▲ 5 r/Hair

How can I get my hair back to this?

First picture is 2.5 years ago. Second is now.

I have been suffering extreme hair thinning and breakage in the past two years. I know the cause - extreme family, marriage and work stress, I broke my right AND left feet, severe thyroid issues that are still not under control …. I am working on mitigating all those things. But I want the most insane advice here. What can I do to get my hair back to where it was? For reference I’m only 26.

I’m using bond repair products (Olaplex, and red Ken severe breakage)

I use matrix food for soft on the other washes so I don’t over due it on the protein

I only wash my hair every other day or every two days. I use a clarifying shampoo and conditioner after I do a hair oil routine, which I do twice a week

I don’t brush my hair wet at all. I let it air dry then use a wide tooth comb first

I use protective styles often (braid). I haven’t colored my hair in almost a year and promise I never will again.i don’t straighten my hair and only blow dry it maybe twice a month

I’m taking supplements to help my thyroid (selenium, vit D, magnesium) and also have been taking nutrafol for a while

I’ve gone gluten free

I just ordered minoxidil and will start that. Thinking about red light therapy device.

This summer I will focus on de stressing and my other physical / mental health issues with getting more sleep but I’m still fighting a broken left foot which limits me

I’m doing thyroid labs every four weeks

What else can I do?!

u/Legitimate-Slice2114 — 6 days ago
▲ 28 r/Hyperthyroidism

Vulnerable post ….. hair loss because of thyroid problems

Posting this not because I want anyone’s sympathies. But rather I want to validate the real issues we face because of thyroid issues. The first picture is my hair 2.5 years ago, versus now. I’ve felt depressed about my hair thinning for about a year now but didn’t realize the stark difference til i compared these two pics. I’ve been struggling with thyroid issues on and off very badly for two years. I am not medicated yet despite being diagnosed with hashimotos. I’ve done nothing but care extremely for my hair - take supplements, use high quality products, I haven’t died it in a year, you name it. I’m actually a natural blonde but you can see from my second picture my hair is thinned drastically, brittle, and a horrid brassy color. I hate my hair daily and no style I do makes me feel comfortable. I have lost so much confidence. I don’t want to say my personality was my hair but it really was.

If you’re experiencing hair loss and thinning, I’m with you. I’m only 26. I’m shocked and scared. But I’m doing everything I feel I can to reverse this and want others to not feel alone.

u/Legitimate-Slice2114 — 6 days ago
▲ 373 r/USCIS

Thank god. God is good

Woke up to this after our interview yesterday. I am so happy for my husband. He’s been waiting years for this approval and I have also been waiting to move forward with our life. We had a rocky start, our application was initially rejected and then our first interview we showed up for to get rescheduled.

My questions now. Does this mean the card has been mailed? Or will it say, it’s been mailed? How long should we expect to receive it? We want to travel immediately

He never received his SSN or approval for work authorization. Should he also receive this now? When?

EDIT: okay now I see that the i485 is what we want approved. Does this generally get approved same day?

u/Legitimate-Slice2114 — 7 days ago