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	<title>Dear Thyroid™ � Flying With Broken Wings</title>
	
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		<title>Thank you very much to you all!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dear Thyroid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flying With Broken Wings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dear Thyroid columnist Sarah Downing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to thank you all so very much for making me feel so welcome and appreciated as a columnist for Dear Thyroid™. I have loved getting to know you and have made so many wonderful friends. I hope that I have been able to help you with my writings and research. For personal [...]<p>a</p>
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		<title>Flying With Broken Wings: Desperately Seeking Dr. Jekyll</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thyroid Symptoms and Effects Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armour Thyroid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blood tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[by Sarah Downing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the comments on my last column inspired me to write this article. The commenter opined that she feels that the doctoring profession is subjected to witch hunting and saber rattling on Dear Thyroid™. She believes that this is because patients get angry and lash out at their doctors. It concerns me that some [...]<p>a</p>
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		<title>Flying With Broken Wings: Prejudice, Discrimination and the Need for Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dearthyroid.org/?p=7008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Could I create myself anew, I would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul, The mind’s the standard of the man.” (Excerpt from the poem “False Greatness” by Isaac Watts[1] which Joseph Merrick, the “Elephant [...]<p>a</p>
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		<title>Flying With Broken Wings: 27 Easy Ways To Get Back Your Groove</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dear Thyroid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flying With Broken Wings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thyroid Symptoms and Effects Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chronic illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fatiqgue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flying With Broken Wings: 27 Easy Ways To Get Back Your Groove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun and healthy ways for thyroid patients to feel good about themselves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improve self-esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips to feel good about yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Written by Sarah Downing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dearthyroid.org/?p=6923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s very easy to get stuck in a rut when you’re faced with chronic illness. Dealing with pain and fatigue day in day out can really get a person down. However, there are ways to brighten up your life and make yourself and others smile. Here are just a selection that I devised together with [...]<p>a</p>
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		<title>Flying With Broken Wings: 12 Things You Should Never Say To or About a Thyroid Patient</title>
		<link>http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-12-things-you-should-never-say-to-or-about-a-thyroid-patient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dear Thyroid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[12 Things You Should Never Say To A Thyroid Patient]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flying With Broken Wings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thyroid Symptoms and Effects Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[12 things ou should never say to or about a thyroid patient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dear Thyroid columnist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't be hormonal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drink some red bull for your thyroid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exercise to lose weight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get well soon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[go on a diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gossiping about a friends auotimmune thyroid disorder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[it's just your thyroid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thyroid disease is all in your head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSH is within range and you're cured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WHO Classification obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Written by Sarah Downing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you brought your thyroid disease on yourself]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dearthyroid.org/?p=6632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I Get well soon!/Are you better already? You may mean well when you wish me “get well soon!” and it is indeed a kind sentiment, but sadly it makes me feel as if you are wishing away a common cold. Realistically, I will probably never get well (autoimmune disease is like that), but I may [...]<p>a</p>
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		<title>Flying With Broken Wings: Curious Cures, Rank Remedies and Questionable Quacks</title>
		<link>http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-curious-cures-rank-remedies-and-questionable-quacks/</link>
		<comments>http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-curious-cures-rank-remedies-and-questionable-quacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dear Thyroid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flying With Broken Wings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thyroid Symptoms and Effects Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autoimmune disorders column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chronic fatigue column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curious cures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hashimoto's thyroid column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history of health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history of the thyroid gland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history of thyroid disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeopathic perspective on thyroid disorders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypothyroid symptoms and effects column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questionable quacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rank remedies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[symptoms and effects of thyroid disorders and treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the history of medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thyroid transplants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Written by Sarah Downing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dearthyroid.org/?p=6501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my article entitled Raising Awareness Under The Intense Heat of the Spotlight, I talked about time-traveling teen Michael J. Fox a.k.a. Marty McFly. This week, I thought it might be fun for us to do some time-traveling of our own. I know that many of us are very frustrated about the cocktail of meds [...]<p>a</p>
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		<title>Flying With Broken Wings: Raising Awareness Under The Intense Heat of the Spotlight</title>
		<link>http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-raising-awareness-under-the-intense-heat-of-the-spotlight/</link>
		<comments>http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-raising-awareness-under-the-intense-heat-of-the-spotlight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dear Thyroid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flying With Broken Wings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thyroid Health Care & Health Related Issues Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebrities endorsing positive body image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebrities raising awareness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dear Thyroid columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emme model body positive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Winslet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thyroid Symptoms and Effects Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writen by Sarah Downing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dearthyroid.org/?p=6365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In some of my past columns I have talked about the importance of educating people about our diseases and how daunting this can be because you never know how they are going to react. The general public seems to be particularly ignorant when it comes to autoimmune disease and many connect it to AIDS, which [...]<p>a</p>
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		<title>Flying With Broken Wings: Magic Moments and Awesome Achievements</title>
		<link>http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-magic-moments-and-awesome-achievements/</link>
		<comments>http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-magic-moments-and-awesome-achievements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dear Thyroid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flying With Broken Wings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thyroid Symptoms and Effects Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dear Thyroid Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hyperthyroid patients]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[thyroid success stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thyroid support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thyroid support column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Written by Sarah Downing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dearthyroid.org/?p=6369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In last week’s column, I talked about self-confidence and learning to love ourselves. As sufferers of one or more chronic illnesses, we often tend to be very hard on ourselves and today it is time to pat ourselves on the back and blow our own trumpets – not in a vain way, but in recognition [...]<p>a</p>
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		<title>Flying With Broken Wings: Long-distance Travel – Minimizing Your Stress and Maximizing Your Comfort</title>
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		<comments>http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-long-distance-travel-minimizing-your-stress-and-maximizing-your-comfort-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dear Thyroid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thyroid Symptoms and Effects Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autoimmune disease travel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hypothyroid and hypothyroidism column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[long distance travel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[thyroid effects column]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first ever long-distance trip was at age 18 when I was studying languages at the University of Bath and selling popcorn at one of the local cinemas, which has since closed down. It was around this time that I was introduced to the fascinations of being able to converse with someone on the other [...]<p>a</p>
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		<title>Flying With Broken Wings: Learning To Love Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-learning-to-love-ourselves/</link>
		<comments>http://dearthyroid.org/flying-with-broken-wings-learning-to-love-ourselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dear Thyroid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Written by, Sarah Downing: Editor, &#8220;Flying with Broken Wings&#8221;, Dear Thyroid) When a chronic illness such as thyroid disease and/or thyroid cancer strikes you down, it changes the way you see yourself, the way you look and your ability to live a normal life. Unsurprisingly, all this can be a heavy blow to your self-esteem. [...]<p>a</p>
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