#motorcycle rider

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"At a motorcycle rally in Laconia, New Hampshire in 1947, some riders wore personalized protective leather belts."

Photographed by Sam Shere.

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Chelsea

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03/12/24

Captain is taking a morning nap in what looks like some kind of very uncomfortable contortion pose...

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Primošten, Croatia 🇭🇷

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Hyperthyroidism part 1 of 2- what it is, symptoms, and diagnosis story

I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism at the age of 15. Hyperthyroidism AKA over active thyroid is a condition where your thyroid produces too much thyroxine hormone. It is a manageable condition with medication which I take daily and I have regular appointments with my endocrinologist for this condition...left untreated or not regularly managed under the care of a doctor hyperthyroidism can cause very serious issues that can be fatal...the major ones include heart attack, stroke, and thyroid storm but let's talk about what happened leading up to the diagnosis...

When I was 15 I was in a residential treatment facility for Orthorexia and anorexia nervosa. It was difficult at first for me to actually get diagnosed because many of the symptoms I was experiencing mimicked symptoms of someone who has anorexia and Orthorexia & is either actively engaged in the unhealthy behaviors of these eating disorders or is going through the re-feeding process[which I was in that time]. The symptoms I was experiencing were rapid weight loss and extremely fast metabolism despite what I ate, over heating easily and often, high levels of anxiety, fidgety, antsy, need to be doing something constantly, irritable- lower than average tolerance to frustration/inconveniance/ annoyance ,hair loss, trembling in hands and fingers, fatigue, insomnia, my skin was always damp and clammy to the touch, I had issues with digestion...everything I ate went right through me very quickly so I was in the bathroom a lot, I was experiencing irregular heart beat [heart murmur], my stomach hurt pretty much constantly and I was forever bloated . So if you are reading this & you are not familiar with eating disorders and the effects of them and the effects of early recovery and re-feeding let me just tell you that almost every one of those symptoms could be attributed to eating disorders and re-feeding. All the professionals at the residential I was at understandably took my symptoms and complaints as part of my eating disorders, malnourishment and being early in to re-feeding. The problem was the symptoms continued, even got worse as time went on and I was losing more and more weight. I actually ended up being accused multiple times by the staff , my therapist, nutritionist and psychiatrist at the residential of secretly exercising while in treatment, purging, hiding food...doing something I was NOT supposed to be doing to cause my weight loss to continue....I was becoming thinner and sicker being treated for my eating disorders and it was absolute hell because ironically I was not engaging in any of the things I was being accused of but the treatment center still treated me as if I was...I was given a feeding tube, put on one to one observation with a staff member 24/7 which meant I had to be with a staff member no matter what...a staff had to watch me while I slept, while I ate, showered, used the bathroom, sat in group, walked down the hall etc. It went even further to where I was put on wheelchair restriction so I was not allowed to walk anymore to keep me from losing weight . None of that helped and I got worse - my blood work showed that my kidneys were not functioning properly, ekgs showed my heart murmur was getting worse- I was very weak, my neck and eyes looked puffy and swollen, my stomach pain increased and I was nauseous most of the time. The residential sent me to the hospital at this point and after 4 days in the hospital I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and put on medication. I spent 6 days total in the hospital and then went back to the residential treatment center. I have no underlying condition or disease that caused my hyperthyroidism and it is not something that is brought on by eating disorders...it is just something I developed. According to my doctors my hyperthyroidism is pretty severe which presents more risk of other complications mostly with my heart, my eyes, my bone density, and reproductive organs. It is a little worrisome because I already have heart problems and have already had a heart surgery. I already have the sort of precursor to osteoporosis known as osteopenia and my reproductive organs have long ago bit the dust [I am completely infertile/sterile] due to struggling with eating disorders from age 7 - age 15. On medications for my hyperthyroidism- my symptoms are less & much more manageable however there are things I have to avoid but that will be covered in part 2

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AI artwork - Desert, motorcycle, female biker

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Day 626

堅尼地城：「你能與我一起兜風嗎，新奈？♡」

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July

A post about a real traumatic experience.

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the dark rider

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Something random 01/16/25

Yesterday morning I received a call from my doctor's office about my weekly blood work. My potassium and a few other things were off and I had to go to ER to try to get things in a normal range. This kind of thing is just a normal part of my life, though a little scary and very inconvenient, it is something that just comes with my hyperthyroidism and malabsorption syndrome. I had to miss my dance classes yesterday because of being in the ER so I was texting with one of my ballet instructors and talking about how much I hate missing dance more than anything. I was then reminded of when I first started dance at four years old. My parents are both in the military and so they were away a lot when my brothers and I were young. My brothers and I typically had nannies and since we were homeschooled my parents put us in all kinds of extracurricular activities to be around other kids and to keep us busy. We did sports, learned to play instruments, did cub scouts or girl scouts....you name it. My brothers and I stayed busy doing multiple things like that. Dance classes was one of the things my parents signed me up for and I had a fit about it! I remember little four year old me being so angry and crying and yelling every time I had to go to dance because I did not want to dance, I did not like dance! I was adamant that I did not want to be a dancer but instead wanted to be a lion tamer in the circus. Yeah....I wanted to be in classes that would teach me to become a lion tamer lol! It took about a year of dance before I decided I actually liked it and now here I am 19 years old and still dancing 6 days a week. On average I dance about 40 hours a week.

A lion tamer...🤣 What in the world!?

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