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or a programmer, most days involve diverse tasks
for building and deploying functional websites,
Fapplications and programs. These include tasks
ranging from client-servicing to troubleshooting. With likely
glitches and urgent issues cropping up at a moment’s notice,
programmers need to be quick and versatile. One can say
that they wear multiple hats, but while the work is fast-paced,
it’s also very exciting.

When Lajosné Budavári completed her programming
course, she had her whole life carefully mapped out, just
as she desired it to be. She was going to make a mark in
the world, and meaningfully contribute to the development
of her homeland – Hungary. Focused and determined, she
plunged into her career with great aspirations to be the best
in the ield.

But sometime in 2009, Lajosné’s well planned life took an
unexpected turn. For reasons she couldn’t explain, she
began to experience constipation, fatigue and unexpected
weight gain. Being an agile person who wasn’t prone to
illnesses, these symptoms were strange to Lajosné. She
frantically tried to get to the bottom of these symptoms.
When she sought professional help, the outcome brought
her life to a grinding halt. She had been diagnosed with
hypothyroidism. The tests showed an almost completely
inactive thyroid gland.

“Hypothyroidism means that your thyroid gland isn’t
producing enough thyroxine and triiodothyronine – the
hormones that stimulate or support important processes
such as growth, oxygen use, fertility, immunity and the
processing of minerals and water. The symptoms of this
condition will worsen with time, so if you want to live to see
your children for a few more years, you will have to be on
medication for the rest of your life,” the physician explained
to Lajosné.

It felt, to Lajosné, as though a thick blanket had been draped
over her life. Its shadow enveloped her in darkness, numbing
her senses, fogging her brain, and saturating her life with

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