When I first had my thyroid removed in 2012 due to autoimmune destruction from Hashimoto's disease since age 10 and Graves disease for 6 years, I did not know what to expect. And like most other post-thyroidectomy patients, I was reassured by my surgeon that all it would take is for me to take “a…
(This page has been updated for the present day and time! Enjoy!) Have trouble sleeping? Here are three scenarios you might identify with, the causes, and the solutions. 1) INSOMNIA or WAKING UP FREQUENTLY SOON AFTER YOU FALL ASLEEP This is an extremely common problem faced by thyroid patients, and the most common reason is…
Note: though this page was originally written in 2012, it has been updated to the current date and time. Enjoy! The famous psychiatrist Carl Jung used to say "To be normal is the ideal aim of the unsuccessful". And nothing is ever so unsuccessful when it comes to thinking that a lab result within the so-called…
This year, 2012, marks the tenth year I started working with and learning from patients after desiccated thyroid turned my life completely around. It all began with the creation of the Yahoo group Natural Thyroid Hormone users--a still-active group. And the next few years of "patients sharing with patients" provided incredible information. And when it…
HUMOROUS VIDEO ABOUT ADRENAL FATIGUE: In my blog post last February 15th, 2011, I sent you in the direction of a kooky, creative and hilarious You Tube video titled "Our Holy Miracle of the Infallible TSH Test". Well, creator and thyroid patient Brian Foreman has brilliantly done it again, but this time, it's about…