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    If you have T1D, have you also been diagnosed with thyroid disease?

    Home > LC Polls > If you have T1D, have you also been diagnosed with thyroid disease?
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    Sarah Howard

    Sarah Howard has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Marketing Manager at T1D Exchange.

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    38 Comments

    1. sweetcharlie

      70 years of T1D, 91 years OLD…. Started emuno infusion theropy 6 months ago, for asbestos related Mesothelioma lung cancer… that theropy liquid caused thyroid problem. Taking a pill daily for it……

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    2. LizB

      Yes, Hashimoto’s.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    3. ConnieT1D62

      Hypothyroid at age 45.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. Bea Anderson

      Thyroid first…t1 much later!

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. KCR

        Me, too!

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
    5. Jane Cerullo

      Graves’ disease 20 years after LADA. Was worse than the diabetes. Lost weight, was thin so it robbed muscle. 16 lbs overnight. Fatigue , muscle pain, dry eyes. Then thyroid eye disease. Did Tepezza infusions. More fatigue and muscle pain. But did not raise my BS which can be a side effect. Did make a huge difference in my eyes. No more double vision or blurred vision. And eyes retracted back where they belong.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. Barbara Bubar

      I must have lucked out. When I was 28, having had diabetes since I was 5, the internist I saw thought my neck seemed a little large so he had me tested and I’ve been on the same small dose of synthyroid or levothyroxine ever since—49 years later.

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    7. Lawrence S.

      Yes. I’ve been hypothyroid since the 1970’s. Diagnosed not long after my 1977 diagnosis of T1D. I take a very small daily dose of Iodine, which seems to help with my thyroid test numbers, and lower my doses of Synthroid.
      BTW, I also have a whole host of other autoimmune disorders. Lucky me 🙂

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    8. Scott Doerner

      Diagnosed hypothyroid 10 years after T1D. It was a slow follower until it caught up.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. Jneticdiabetic

      Developed Hashimoto’s (hypothyroid) about 15 years after T1D diagnosis and my second pregnancy.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. Nikki McDonald

      I have a thyroid nodule that is currently being watched.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. Janice Bohn

      I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s 3 years after T1D diagnosis

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    12. Andrew Stewart

      I had half of my thyroid surgically removed about 16 years ago because of a suspicious nodule, several inconclusive needle biopsies and being a white male with only one nodule. If there were more nodules the likelihood of cancer diminishes or so I was told. Turns out I’m exceptional 😁 there was no cancer present.
      #BeWell

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    13. Elizabeth Jones

      I got diagnosed with hypothyroidism as a teenager in 2001. Didn’t get type 1 LADA diagnosis till I was 27.

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    14. Marty

      I’ve taken Synthroid for hypothyroidism for decades. I also experienced Graves eye disease that necessitated orbital decompression surgery ~15 years ago.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    15. Karen Tay

      T1D at 3 yrs old and Graves disease at age 17

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    16. pru barry

      I quite frankly never worried about another autoimmune disease. Type 1 was plenty, but definitely not the end of the world. After almost 70 years, the thyroid decided to go into overdrive, and because of some nodules, a surgeon happily removed it. A pill a day, and so long as I remember to take it, life is good. Thyroid disease is probably my favorite in the autoimmune realm! Hardly worth remembering!

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    17. Kristine Warmecke

      Diagnosed with Hashimoto’s 40 some years after my T1.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    18. Jodi Greenfield

      diagnosed with hypothyroid years before T1D diagnosis

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    19. Janis Senungetuk

      Dx hypothyroid at 52. Been taking levothyroxine daily since then.

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    20. Sherrie Johnson

      Age 14 diabetes and thyroid same time now 76 taking Synthroid and cytomel from day one

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      1. TEH

        Sorry, Dx with Graves twice.

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    21. TEH

      Yes i was diagnosed on 9/12/01 but couldn’t get a irradiated iodine test for a month because of all the plains being grounded. Had the test and got my Thyroid under control eventually going into remission. In 2018 it came back and TSH dropped to 0.1. Got it under control but take low dose of mathimizol. Also have a thyroid nodule that is currently being watched. Checked with sonogram of my neck every 6 months.

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    22. Trisha Oldenkamp

      I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease about 5 years prior to my Type 1 diagnosis.

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      1. Ita Shapiro

        Me too, seven years prior to t1d

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    23. Molly Jones

      Yes. T1D was my last chronic condition diagnosed. Every family member on my maternal side, from grandparents down, has thyroid disease, along with some other autoimmune condition.
      This inheritance is what made me ask to have my epilepsy checked out for autoimmune causes. (Finally found thirty years after my initial diagnosis.)

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    24. Donna Condi

      Three months after my diabetes diagnosis I was diagnosed with Hashimoto Thyroididis

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    25. dholl62@gmail.com

      Developed cysts on thyroid but levels are ok no thyroid medication

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    26. sweetcharlie

      WOW !!!!! I was the first to answer this and had NO idea of all that people wrote about !!! My Doctor just said ” no problem, you just take this pill every day””.. At 91 years old, something else will kill me first…..

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    27. kilupx

      Diagnosed with Hashimoto’s at age 35 and LADA at age 66. Never had to do anything for thyroid disease but take a pill every day. Lots more management necessary for diabetes!

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      1. Lori Selsberg

        Graves’ disease diagnosed 11 years after T1D diagnosis

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
    28. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      Not much to add to a No answer!

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    29. Bekki Weston

      Had a goiter removed at age 14 and been on some type of thyroid meds ever since. T1D not until age 57.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    30. Wanacure

      Ten or twenty years after developing T1D, as part of a lawsuit against operators of Hanford toxic waste site, I had my thyroid checked because I was a “downwinder.” Still no sign of thyroid disease fifty years later. Though people exposed to nuclear radiation often report developing diabetes, I guess the link is not as conclusive as the links to cancer, thyroid disease, and other conditions.

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    31. Bruce Johnson

      Been tested/checked but no Rx for thyroid disease

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    32. Bonnie Lundblom

      Graves disease about 2 years after T1D, taking T3 and T4 meds for the rest of my life!

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    33. Mitch Chernoff

      Some years back, roughly 40 years after I was diagnosed with T1, a doctor told me I’d develop underactive thyroid at some point. A few years later that was the case, though nothing could be easier than the one pill each day it requires.

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    34. T1D4LongTime

      I was just diagnosed in 2023 with hypothyroidism. I’m on medication. Endo feels it is permanent, however, I am under an incredible amount of stress with support and caregiving of elderly family members, so stress is likely as much of a cause as the T1D. Time will tell.

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