How serious is Hashimoto's disease? Nobody answered that at your appointment.

You got a prescription and a follow-up in six weeks. Or you got told your numbers are fine for now and we are just going to keep an eye on things. Either way, you walked out not knowing whether to brush this off or worry about it every day.

The answer sits in between those two. Hashimoto's is two things and not one. It is a thyroid that cannot keep up, and it is an immune system attacking that thyroid. Medication can help handle the first one. The second one is all yours to work on.

In episode 216, Esther gives you the facts without the fear, including what she reads in her own thyroid books about what happens when hypothyroidism goes unwatched, and why she gets most serious about this with women who are pregnant or trying to be.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why the immune attack is not the life-threatening part, and what actually is
• How long your antibodies can be elevated before symptoms or your TSH ever reflect it
• The five labs to look at so you know which side is asking for your attention right now

Hit play and get the answer you did not get at your appointment.

Resources mentioned:

Esther's first episode, where she shares her own diagnosis story: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/my-journey/

NEW HERE? START HERE. New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor. https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S? Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step. https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join. https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

You did the sorting. Thyroid on one side, immune on the other. So why does it feel like nothing has actually changed?

Here is the trap. Sorting feels like progress, and it is, but so far it is all in your head. The buckets are full and nothing in either one has moved. Sorting feels safe. Starting feels like a risk.

In this final episode of the summer sorting series, Esther walks you through what to do after sorting Hashimoto's into thyroid and immune. Not twelve things to do tomorrow. One thing, chosen on purpose, small enough that you will still be doing it next month.

Hit play and pick your one next thing.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune, inside the classroom in the Skool community https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

Jumpstart to Refreshing Sleep and Rest, also in the Skool classroom

Single coaching sessions. You do not have to book the full six sessions of Hashimoto's Discernment Coaching. If you have sorted your two buckets and just need help with one thing, a single session is built for that.

NEW HERE? START HERE. New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor. https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S? Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step. https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join. https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

You have the lab printout in front of you. You circled the flagged numbers, looked them up, and maybe compared them to somebody else's results in a group. So why do you still not know what they mean?

In episode 214, Esther walks through the full panel and sorts every lab into thyroid or immune, so you can do the same thing with your own results in about five minutes. Sorting Hashimoto's labs is simpler than it looks once you know which list each one belongs on.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Which labs report on your thyroid gland and which ones report on your immune system
• Why reverse T3 is the lab that goes missing most often, and what a high number is asking you to look at
• Why vitamin D and C-reactive protein are helpful even though they are not on the standard thyroid panel

Hit play, then pull out your most recent results and start sorting.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Episode 1, my diagnosis story: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/my-journey/

Episode 3, What Do My Thyroid Labs Mean: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/thyroid-labs/

Episode 39, Beyond TSH: How to Get the Thyroid Labs You Actually Need Using an Independent Lab: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/039-labs/

Episode 78, Success at the Doctor's Office: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/thyroid-questions-for-your-doctor/

Episode 80, Labs: T4 vs Free T4: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/t4-not-converting-to-t3/

Episode 94, Labs: T3, Free T3, Reverse T3: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/t3/

Episode 103, Thyroid Labs to Check: [link needed, page not live yet]

Episode 190, Why Your TSH Looks Normal but You Still Feel Tired with Hashimoto's: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/190-tsh-normal-but-still-tired/

10 Thyroid Questions to Ask Your Doctor (free guide): https://healthwithhashimotos.com/questions-for-your-doctor/

NEW HERE? START HERE. New to the podcast? Start with the free guide, 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor. https://health-with-hashimotos.kit.com/10-questions

READY TO SORT YOUR HASHIMOTO'S? Hashimoto's Decoded: Thyroid or Immune walks you through sorting everything into thyroid or immune, in under an hour, with a workbook to help you figure out your next step. https://healthwithhashimotos.com/hashimotos-decoded/

JOIN THE HEALTH WITH HASHIMOTO'S COMMUNITY Join the free Health with Hashimoto's community on Skool. It's a supportive space for women navigating Hashimoto's, and it's free to join. https://www.skool.com/health-with-hashimotos/about

Find all my other resources, including products and supplements I recommend, on my resource page: https://healthwithhashimotos.com/resources/

ABOUT THE PODCAST & ESTHER The Health with Hashimoto's podcast helps you sort your Hashimoto's into thyroid or immune, so you can finally understand what's happening in your body and what to do about it. Hosted by Esther Yunkin, a registered nurse and holistic health educator with 25 years of nursing experience.

This podcast is for informational and educational purposes. Please discuss any questions or concerns with your healthcare professional. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.