I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s after seeing four different doctors felt like I could not swallow. It felt like my tongue was swelling. All of my blood tests were within normal range, including TSH. So I was sent to an allergist who did the prick tests on my arm. The results showed that I was allergic moderately to dogs and cats and some plants. The allergist said that none of these would cause tongue swelling, and when he looked in my mouth, he said my tongue was not swollen. He explained he suspected that I may have antibodies for my thyroid. I thought that was really odd but sure enough after the test The results showed that what should’ve been between zero and 20 was in the thousands. So what I actually felt was my thyroid swelling. I was sent to an endocrinologist and she refused to do anything about it. This was back in the 1990s. She said as long as my TSH is normal there was nothing to be done. I did not like that answer because it felt like I was choking on my tongue. I found another endocrinologist, and she did an ultrasound and saw how lumpy my thyroid was. She also found a dozen nodules. I have been followed by this endocrinologist for many years and have had needle biopsies on the nodules. They have not come back cancerous and have not grown. So I live with the symptoms of sensitivity to temps, dry skin, hair that falls out on occasion in mounds, anxiety, and problems sleeping over the years. I have found that eating smaller unprocessed meals makes me feel much better. This is why I’m back at MFP. I also was told that I am sensitive to wheat. Not gluten only but wheat. I have a very hard time not eating wheat because it’s delicious. Let’s face it. The doctor I saw last week told me that wheat makes the body form an addiction because it touches on the same receptors that morphine does. That makes sense so here I am and I feel good about being here again.