This picture was taken of Kelly and me back in 1992,(Kelly is on the left).The picture was made about one month before Kelly found out she had Graves' Disease,(hyper-thyroid). We had been on a three day camping trip in New Mexico when the picture was taken. Kelly stayed hungry all of the time. We would eat a fairly large breakfast, and two hours later Kelly would be starving to death! Our routine was:sight-see, eat, hike a little,eat,sight-see some more,eat,etc...during the trip I would be full from eating, yet Kelly could never seem to get enough to eat. I could never figure out how Kelly could stay so slim. She should have gained at least 5 pounds during the three day trip, but no......she was losing weight!

After Kelly returned home to Houston from camping, she was diagnosed with Graves' Disease. She found out that her metabolism was so sped up from her hyper-thyroid, that she was just burning calories and energy like crazy. Now we understood why she stayed so hungry and why she didn't gain any weight during the trip.

I am happy to report that Kelly is doing great now. Once she found a good thyroid specialist and he treated her for Graves' Disease, Kelly is almost back to the way she was before she became ill.

Kelly is doing so well, we may even try another camping trip. Only this time, we won't be spending as much time in restaurants or hauling bags of trail mix on a hike.