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
Category: Sarah’s writing on thyroid and chronic illness
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
Interview with the Initiators of the Petition “Patients with Thyroid Dysfunction Demand Better Care”
In May 2012, thyroid patient Michelle Teresa was sick and tired of suffering and watching the suffering of others, so decided to do something about it by launching a thyroid petition in the hope that it would bring about change for thyroid patients and attract the attention of the medical community. A little later, fellow… Continue reading Interview with the Initiators of the Petition “Patients with Thyroid Dysfunction Demand Better Care”