I didn't find out the way most people do.
My story doesn't start where most thyroid stories start. Before my thyroid cancer diagnosis I spent six years battling chronic Lyme disease — years of exhaustion, confusion, and fighting a disease that much of the medical community still struggles to fully acknowledge.
So when my doctor noticed thin bones on a chest X-ray and sent me to an endocrinologist, I wasn't starting from a place of strength. I was already running on empty.
What did my doctor tell me to expect after treatment? Very little. There wasn't much preparation for what was coming — not because doctors don't care, but because the medical system rarely has time to explain what life after thyroid disease actually looks like.
"The mood swings affected everything. I wish someone had prepared me for how much my life — and who I was — would change."
— Brian Molin, Roswell GeorgiaThe mood swings came first. Not the kind where you feel irritable. The kind that destroy relationships, derail careers, and leave you wondering who you actually are anymore. I had to grieve the person I used to be while trying to figure out who I was becoming.
I'm a professional guitarist and guitar teacher. I built a career I love while navigating all of this behind the scenes. I kept going. Not perfectly. Not without cost. But I kept going — and I built this place because I couldn't find what I needed when I needed it most.
Roswell, Georgia