Nurse Practitioner Rash Answers Your Questions

For those of you who may have missed this, we now have a Nurse Practitioner on board who will be happy to answer any of your questions. If you don’t have any specific questions, please also feel free to suggest any topics you’d like Rash to write about in the future and I will let… Continue reading Nurse Practitioner Rash Answers Your Questions

Awareness is KEY, by Fernand Jacolbe

This is the third article in our series of articles from guest writers on what awareness means to them in honour of Thyroid Awareness Month. If anyone would like to contribute their own article on this topic, I would be happy to publish it. This is a topic we can easily write about all year… Continue reading Awareness is KEY, by Fernand Jacolbe

To Sleep Perchance to Sleep Some More or How to Sleep and Still Wake up Tired

Today, I’m writing a poem about tiredness. As many of you know from my recent article, I recently went off the birth control pill (after being on it for 15 years), which really tends to throw your hormones out of whack, causing symptoms such as temporary exhaustion and it can take between three and six… Continue reading To Sleep Perchance to Sleep Some More or How to Sleep and Still Wake up Tired

The Faces of Thyroid Disease, A Photo Collage: Please Submit Your Pics by 31 January

In honour of Thyroid Awareness Month we’d like to create a collage of patients’ pictures to show people the real faces of thyroid disease. If you are interested in being featured in the collage, please send a photo to sarah@sarahjdowning.com by 31 January. The finished product will be featured on www.sarahjdowning.com and, as ever, your… Continue reading The Faces of Thyroid Disease, A Photo Collage: Please Submit Your Pics by 31 January