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
Category: Sarah’s writing on thyroid and chronic illness
Meet Dr H – the Sick Doctor Who Just Wants To Make You Even Sicker
As you will know if you read my previous article Help! I’m turning into a Man!, my former gynaecologist diagnosed me with PCOS or Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. This was in fact curious and puzzling to me because PCOS was ruled out for me several years ago when my insurance charged me a massive surcharge for… Continue reading Meet Dr H – the Sick Doctor Who Just Wants To Make You Even Sicker
Rising Like a Phoenix from the Fires of Burnout
To quote an excellent article by Licenced Clinical Social Worker Mark Gorkin: “Burnout is the gradual process by which a person, in response to prolonged stress and physical, mental and emotional strain, detaches from work and other meaningful relationships. The result is lowered productivity, cynicism, a feeling of being drained, having nothing more to give”.… Continue reading Rising Like a Phoenix from the Fires of Burnout
FWBW 1: Meet Sarah Downing and Her Thyroid
http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-meet-sarah-downing-and-her-thyroid/ When my doctor diagnosed me with Hashimoto’s (an underactive thyroid caused by an autoimmune disease), I felt both relieved and sad – relieved because I finally had an answer to why the weight was gradually piling on, why I had to spend most of my days in bed and why I suffered from skin… Continue reading FWBW 1: Meet Sarah Downing and Her Thyroid
FWBW 2: How Chronic Illness Affects Our Relationships
http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-how-chronic-illness-affects-our-relationships/ Those of us who suffer from chronic illness know only too well how taxing it can be on our relationships with friends and family. How can we explain our disease to them so that they will truly understand? What can we learn from our own experiences and those of others? When it comes to… Continue reading FWBW 2: How Chronic Illness Affects Our Relationships