What was your life like before...

In general, I have had thyroid problems since childhood. It would enlarge and then shrink after treatment. Over time nodules appeared, which my doctor and I monitored and treated since 2017. From 2022 the goiter began to grow rapidly. From early 2025 I started getting tired quickly, there was more pressure in my neck and a constant cough. It became hard to go outside for a walk with the children. In 2025 I had an operation, a complete removal of the thyroid gland. Before the operation life was ordinary. I am a homemaker, so I did not officially work. I took care of the home comfort and the family.

How does this affect your everyday life?

My morning begins with pills, which have to be taken more than half an hour before eating. Pills that now replace my thyroid. Then I take care of the children: change their clothes, make the beds. Then we eat, and after that, together with my younger son, we take my older son to kindergarten.

Your strengths and dreams

After the surgery, I started gaining weight rapidly and my fasting blood sugar began to rise. So now, under a doctor's supervision, I am still fighting the extra weight. I am also still undergoing treatment after the thyroid removal. Although a year has passed since the surgery, when cancer cells were found they could not send me for radioactive iodine therapy because I am allergic to iodine. So I am being treated with pills. My family is a great support, helping me not only physically but also emotionally.

What exactly will the funds be used for?

The greatest need is for money to buy solid fuel for the winter. The house is heated only with solid fuel.