The New York Times has a nice piece today on the various types of thyroid disease. It's collection of audio clips from people with Graves...
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Have You Met My Hormones?
I can barely talk, I'm biting my tongue SO hard to keep from complaining. Good thing I can still type! I was enjoying about a...
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I Am a Science Experiment
I'm trying to look at my current thyroid predicament as a science experiment. Eventually – say within the next three to six months – it...
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Goodbye, Coffee – Hello, Chamomile
Based on the very helpful suggestion of one of my readers, I read the book Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms When My Lab...
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I’m Not Crazy And I Like (Scaled) Muscle-Ups: A Story in Two Parts
Part One: I'm Not Crazy I was seriously beginning to doubt my sanity. OK, maybe that's a little melodramatic, but I was Concerned, was wondering...
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Sometimes I Get Dropsy
It's often obvious when hormone-poisoning is about to strike. I start bashing my elbows into the TV stand and walking into doorways. (True story: I've...
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My Half Thyroid: On the Fritz
Wouldn'tcha know it?! About two weeks ago, I wished my Frankenneck a happy birthday, and yesterday I got a call from the doctor. My thyroid...
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Happy Birthday, Half Thyroid!
It was exactly a year ago today that I had the surgery on my thyroid to remove a nodule that could have been cancer. Now...
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Back at Bootcamp
OK... whew. I'm over the hurdle of "First. Bootcamp. Back." And it felt great! My Frankenneck stayed glued shut and everything! Our workout Max rounds,...
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Giving Fear a Workout
Fear and I have been inseparable companions since my doctor recommended I have an ultrasound of my thyroid on November 6. That's 24 days and...
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A Real Pain in the Neck
Yeah, that joke never gets old. I took my Frankenneck to the doctor for a follow-up today and got great news. The pathology report was...
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Blame the Amoxicillin?
Last night, I got caught up watching the first of the two-part finale of Dancing with the Stars and forgot to take my evening dose...
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