After a year of weight issues, dietary issues, and mental health lows, I finally got a synthetic hormone to solve my hypothyroidism. It feels like I am an entirely new person with a lot of hope and drive and motivation. For a year, I was living under a dark cloud of brain fog mixed with exhaustion. I had no energy to do anything, but the worst part of all of it was I thought it was just my depression holding me back. I have a million valid reasons to be depressed on any given day, but people don’t need reasons for chemical imbalances, they just need support.

I adopted Kelso in September thinking it would cure me of all of my mental health issues: a dog means walking outside at least two times a day. My exercise buddy has changed my life for the better, and he has given me a new perspective on life and love and how I treat others. He has made my life infinitely better, but he did not cure my mental illnesses… shocking. I know.

What saved me from my sad cloud was a Hypothyroidism diagnosis and a synthetic hormone that solved literally all of my problems. I have energy again. I can eat CHEESE! REAL CHEESE! You do not realize how much joy cheese gives you until it is ripped from your hands for a year. I can remember everything. That comes with good and bad, but after being unable to remember what I just said in a conversation, this is a huge gamechanger.

Here’s to a new year. A year filled with cheese, and energy, and a lot of motivation. ❤