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Potassium Iodide – Get the Facts from Mary Shomon

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:44:38 +0000

Our best thyroid patient advocate, Mary Shomon, has been posting a lot of outstanding information on Facebook and on Thyroid.About.com with respect to taking / not taking potassium iodide. I wanted to compile all of the info she’s put together, with links to the origin, so you can connect with other patients and Mary. Facebook [...]

A Nuclear Reaction: My response to the potential danger posed by the nuclear reactors in Japan

Joanna Isbill — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:47:37 +0000

We’ve had tons of discussion within the past day regarding the nuclear reactors in Japan and the potential danger involved. We don’t all agree with each other, and that’s okay. Yesterday, Dr. Gottfried shared with us some great information on how we can protect our thyroids if we are ever faced with a nuclear disaster. [...]

Clarification: The Nuclear Fallout from Japan

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:54:43 +0000

Clarification: Unfortunately, this article has stirred a lot of fear and anger. For that, I apologize, as that was never the intent. The goal of this article was to provide information, a “consider this, if you will”, kind of piece. I believe in Dr. Gottfried, and I believe in what she wrote. That being said, I [...]

Dear Thyroid Teams Up with CancerConnect.com

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:00:46 +0000

We are excited to announce to you that Dear Thyroid has partnered with OMNI Health Media to moderate the thyroid cancer community on CancerConnect.com. OMNI Health Media is a specialty publisher of cancer-related information, websites, and applications specifically for consumers, and they now offer a community for caregivers and survivors of thyroid cancer on CancerConnect.com, [...]

Thyroid Cancer Survivor Roll Call: It’s Not Too Late to Participate!

Joanna Isbill — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:00:52 +0000

It’s not too late to participate in Dear Thyroid’s Celebration of Survivorship. We posted a list of thyroid cancer survivors on September 1st, and we’re posting the list again TOMORROW! Why? Because we know that having your name associated with cancer is hard to deal with. We know thyroid cancer isn’t good or easy. We [...]

Please Don’t Let Spam Harsh Our Thymellow

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:29:05 +0000

We know that we’ve been receiving an inordinate amount of spam in comments. We apologize for the inconvenience. The steps we’ve taken as an intermittent solution is to moderate comments. PLEASE KEEP COMMENTING. Your comments will all be approved. We did this as a temporary solution until Akismet is fixed. Akismet is our spaminator. Stephen, [...]

What Thyroid Coach, Mary Shomon Can Do For You

Katie Schwartz — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:00:21 +0000

Having benefited from thyroid coaching, I can tell you that it’s the best time and money I’ve ever spent. After 1o-years, I finally reached the coveted ‘in-range’. There I sat for 4 months, now 7 months have passed and I am still ‘in range’. With 4-months under my belt, I was still experiencing symptoms and [...]

How Can You Make A Difference For Thyroid Disease And Cancer Today?

Dear Thyroid — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:00:04 +0000

We all want to make a difference, to improve thyroid care, support our fellow thyroid patients and reinvent ourselves. As a literary thyroid support brand, we offer a lot of wonderful opportunities to make a difference RIGHT NOW. While writing to your thyroid might sound like an odd thing to do, from what the majority [...]

Thyroid Cancer Survivor Roll Call: A Celebration of Survivorship

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:43:03 +0000

Having your name associated with cancer is hard to live with. We get it. We know thyroid cancer isn’t good or easy. We know your entire life changes after being diagnosed with cancer. We know that one little pill doesn’t take the place of your thyroid. And because of all that, we want to celebrate [...]

Bringing Sexy Out of the Thyloset: A Dear Thyroid Blog Tour

Joanna Isbill — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:46:03 +0000

During the month of September, Dear Thyroid is going on a blog tour to promote awareness for thyroid cancer. For this blog tour, we’ll be asking bloggers to write a post on their own blog that addresses some questions provided by Dear Thyroid regarding thyroid cancer and thyroid cancer awareness. On the day we are [...]