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I would blame dressing. Its better to buy a ready green salad in a plastic box and make your own dressing of mayo and lemon

They look amazing @nomoredonuts and @Snapsy Better than mine!

I think most days I eat 10 portions. Luckily I love veg and fruit :)

http://www.diabeticgoodbaking.com/2015/11/bacon-and-leek-quiche.html

You could replace it with xylitol and erythritol and add some yogurt/milk. Regarding cocnut flour Im not a big fun of it. Prefer almond flour, works well in most recipes

As @himtoo advised inject well in advance. Thats the only way to reduce the spike. You can also try to add some fat, maybe full fat milk or some cream or peanut butter

Ive seen endo privately. She's sending letter to my gp requesting these and few additional tests. My regular consultant has never mentioned any of these tests :(

It was from blood, Now Im awaiting two other tests, 9 am cortisol and one other (probably 24 urinary, but not sure as I cant read the doctors handwriting!)

Its probably the cost which is much higher than thyroxine. Besides as it is not licensed nobody wants to take personal responsibility for the treatment.

My consultant is ok with NDT but he left it to me. I dont think they can advice on something that isnt officially approved by NHS. Thats why you can get only private prescription for ndt :( Ive started on a cheaper and easier to buy brand from Thailand, but now have prescription for a different...

No I have never had trouble with sleeping

On Saturday had 2 hypos. It doesnt take long to recover, 5 minutes maybe

Low carb pastry is a big challenge. I managed to make something similar but definately not the same as a 'real' one http://www.diabeticgoodbaking.com/2015/09/tart-crust.html

Welcome to the forum @LowCarbMummy Low carb baking can be fun and surprisingly low carb flours work quite well in many recipes. Have a look at my creations at diabeticgoodbaking.com

I do count nearly everything.

Vit d deficiency gives some bad symptoms and it takes a wile to bring them up. What dose of vit d do you take? Did you have your tsh checked? Is it in the lower end of the range?

No, I dont have lipid problems, but Ive read its very common among people with hashimoto. I can recommend www.stopthethyroidmadness.com website. Everything they say is true in my case! (iron, vit d deficiency, cortisol). I find gluten and lacto free diet helps me a lot. Over the Christmas I...

Today I had an appointment with an endocrinologist recommended by a friend with Hashimoto. Currently Im on NDT, supplements for vit d and iron and she recommended some further test to check cortisol. Not sure how they treat it to be honest. High level gives symptoms similar to underactive...

Thank you for sharing your story :) Amazing story. Please come to one of our type1 meetups if you fancy. Would be great to talk in person :) Link to our fb group https://www.facebook.com/groups/864727986969226/

Hi TopoGifi :) Do you mind telling us a bit more about the transplant? How do you compare it to the life before the operation? Were you type1?