Family support is so important. I am lucky that I have lots. One of my sisters is a critical care nurse and one of the nurses that works under her has had Graves Eye Disease and even tho it was a long time ago she still can’t work a full day or at night because of driving home – so when I said I had the disease she immediately knew about it.
Another thing you can do is PRINT posts from people going through similar experiences as you and have your family read them. I think when they actually see that other prople are suffering the same way they will appreciate the way you are feeling. You could just say “maybe I don’t explain clearly about how I am feeling these days so if you read this you might understand a bit better”. Don’t make it look like you are complaining – just trying to make it a little clearer about how Graves affects so many parts of the body.
Hope this makes sense, I’m watching the Olympics at the same time and keep getting side tracked.
Hope it helps. Good luck. Take care. SAS