Proptosis in hypothyroid patients

I had an appointment with the doctor yesterday and he sent me to the ophthalmologist, my eyes have been extremely red and dry lately. He observed unilateral Proptosis in my left eye. That means another specialist is going to take a look at me.
I hadn't worried about proptosis much, since I don't have Graves disease I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's which is a very labile condition but in my case it basically stayed on the hypo side. Except for last year when my hair was falling and my TSH level was 0.90 and my dosage of levotiroxine had to be lowered. You can read more about it at the link below.

Lower dosage of levotiroxine to stop hair loss if TSH is 0.90

How could all this have happened? Everything had been going well and my endocrinologist was seeing me every 3 months but on the time I had the appointment at the Social Security Clinic in my country, he had gone out on vacations so they gave me a new appointment. Guess what? in three more months and they told me I could always go to the E.R if I felt bad. So I did and they said they had no specialist at the moment and my case was not an emergency so I was sent to get an appointment with my family doctor.... after several tries I was losing lots of hair, and had anxiety attacks for which menopause was blamed when in fact I was hyperthyroid. Thank God my family doctor lowered the dosage without lab results because the Social Security Clinic lost them. The worst time of my life! I tried private medicine and everything seems to be under control now. Except this problem with my left eye, it seems to be bulging out a little, just a little and it's always very irritated. I have the appointment until August at the Social Security and no money for a private doctor. My husbands business is down 50% due to the influenza outbreak measuresI also have a daughter graduating and going to College this summer. No need to panic, I have learned the less you panic, the better your body responds to healing. Always hoping for the best!

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slight proptosis in the right eye

This is an example of slight proptosis follow the link to see how it was corrected

Graves ophthalmopathy

Thyroid eye disease is usually associated with Graves disease but can also be associated with Hashimoto thyroiditis. Graves ophthalmopathy is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder that can be extremely unpleasant, can be cosmetically distressing, and, occasionally, can threaten sight. Graves ophthalmopathy is clinically apparent in 25% to 50% of people with Graves disease. However, more than 70% of the remaining patients can be demonstrated to have ophthalmopathy by magnetic resonance imaging of the orbits. My eyes a couple of years back.

One of the reasons why I take pictures of them is because I'm so grateful I have them. One learns to value everything that you still have, and everything you can still do.

My eyes, originally uploaded by patgarcia.

The scripture that has given me faith to face all this Hebrews 12:2

Gratitude Requires Faith

Marathon of life: Thyroid eye disease