Under-Active Thyroid

One of my favourite blogs and fellow Scottish Lass Carlyn over at Smoking Peaches is starting a series of healthy Monday posts, and since I spend a whole lot of my time complaining about my health I thought I'd put it to productive use by doing a lil' guest post for her.

The post is on my favourite moany topic - my under-active thyroid which I have jokingly named Rasputin (he's a right arsehole btw).  It's a bit grim but it does show how difficult it can make your life both physically and mentally, but the main reason was to highlight invisible illnesses and the stigma associated with them.  Lots of people suffer and aren't taken that seriously because to look at them there isn't anything visible wrong - this just is not fair.  I plan to do some fundraising for some charitable this year, if anyone is interested in helping me out then give me a shout.  The causes on my list so far are: Thyroid, Meningitis and MS. 

Link: Healthy Monday's Post

Carlyn is also looking for some other guest posts on health, so if you are interested give her a shout - +Carlyn Smokingpeaches

Bio-Oil VS Stretch Marks

I done a post a while back about whether Rescue or Cocoa Butter was any good for easing the appearance of stretch marks before I had tried the more expensive alternative of Bio-Oil.

A couple of months ago I was diagnosed with Hashimotos which is an autoimmune disease but you will probably know it better as a type of under-active thyroid.  This lovely disease has made me gain two and a half stone in weight and therefore a lot of stretch marks.  My doctor failed to take note when I said I was rapidly gaining weight and I didn't know why - so it took six months before another doctor actually believed that I wasn't just fat and took blood tests. It is amazing how much damage six months can do.

This is just a small example of what I am dealing with - marks like that are right across my stomach on to my hips and extend from my pubic bone to just above my belly button.  I have some other stretching on my boobs and arms.  I am also pretty sure I am not getting them on my legs.  Not only are the marks unsightly and much cause for me crying myself to sleep but they itch like hell.  I can't go a day without putting something on them whether that be Bio-oil or just a moisturiser. The Bio-oil certainly helps with itching.

When you look at that photo it is probably not going to convince you that bio-oil works but it has eased off some of my earliest stretch marks and the reason I reckon it has not made a dent on the ones above is because my body is continuing to gain weight regardless of what I do. If you look you can see some of the marks are lighter at the bottom than the top.  I don't think it has helped me much with stopping stretch marks from appearing though but it might once my body stops gaining weight.

It has been the best product I have used for stretch-marks so far though and on less severe cases of stretch marks I am certain it would work wonders.  Any one else struggling with stretch marks due to illness?

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I am currently awaiting samples of Betty Hula's Stretch Mark Oil - so I will get a review of this to compare with Bio-Oil once it arrives.