Battling with Graves Disease — How I Took Control of My Health

Michelle Dione
9 min readAug 31, 2017

(Originally published in Fiterazzi.com in August 2014 before being purchased & renamed)

Michelle Dione Snider, photo by Anyar Photography

14 years ago I was diagnosed with Graves Disease at the age of 22 years old. My twin daughters were just 3 months old and my focus was on working hard to take care of them. I was so driven and stressed about money that when I first received the call from a nurse that I…

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Michelle Dione

Journalist, Writer, Photog, Video. Oakland Based. Most known for filming viral “BBQ Becky” video, best known for exposing right-wing fascism. Also, I’m a witch.