An uncommon thyroid diagnosis led to an unexpected, all-too-visible side effect
“I think the worst thing you can do is try to put on a brave face and say, well, there are people suffering much worse in this world.”
Annie Larsson, 40, is no stranger to chronic conditions. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at a young age and had it “completely managed” for years. Then, right before the Covid pandemic began, she was diagnosed with Graves’ disease, a condition that can make a person’s thyroid overactive.
A thyroid removal surgery later, all she had to worry about was taking her thyroid hormone replacement medication every day — a to-do she was accustomed to because of her diabetes. But then her eyes started changing.
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