Metamorphosis: From Chrysalis to Butterfly

As some of you may have noticed, I have recently become more involved with the website for the ThyroidChange petition (you may remember the interview I did with the two initiators here). I’ve offered to use my blogging experience to help them coordinate their guest blogs, as well as contribute a few blogs of my… Continue reading Metamorphosis: From Chrysalis to Butterfly

A Recipe for Change

Previously published as a voice of ThyroidChange Basing a diagnosis on numbers alone Is inaccurate as patients’ symptoms have shown Listening to how we feel Makes much more sense, is much more real There’s no doubt in my mind that there needs to be change From more knowledgeable doctors to the TSH range Treating thyroid… Continue reading A Recipe for Change

Interview with Marisol Aponte, a Personal Trainer With Hypothyroidism

In the years before my thyroid diagnosis, I worked out like crazy at the gym, but with little to no results. It was frustrating and I couldn’t understand why. It got to the point where I started to feel as if I was doomed to be fat, as my body spitefully ballooned from a US… Continue reading Interview with Marisol Aponte, a Personal Trainer With Hypothyroidism

Hear, Hear for Improving the Situation of the Audibly Impaired

Today, I’m publishing a topic on Butterflies & Phoenixes that is rather different from any I have written about before. Because it’s something that doesn’t seem to be discussed that often, I thought it would be interesting to provide an insight into it from the perspective of someone who is personally affected. For many years,… Continue reading Hear, Hear for Improving the Situation of the Audibly Impaired

Karmic Hangovers and Chronic Ignorance

Tonight, we went out in New York and as usual we were unable to get a taxi cab, and even the cabs we managed to flag down were snobby about what fares they wanted to accept. As a last resort, we ended up taking the PATH train back to Hoboken and a taxi from there,… Continue reading Karmic Hangovers and Chronic Ignorance