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The Thyroid Damsel
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Is NDT the miracle cure for thyroid patients?
Is Natural Dessicated thyroid the miracle drug that thyroid patients need?


Can you keep a full time job and be chronically ill?
How do people with chronic illness hold down jobs?


Do I Have Lupus?
For a while now, I have been considering the possibility that I might have Lupus. Now, I know, with my aray of other issues, this might...


Back to being Glutened
Since having my blood test come back positive for Ceoliac disease last week, I have been trying to reintroduce Gluten into my diet. I...


What is it like living with an invisible illness?
"Life with an invisible illness to anyone that doesn't live with one is impossible to understand." How can people who have an ordinary...


Left in the dark by the medical profession
Since being diagnosed with Graves Disease (hyperthyroidism) I have been personally looking at the reasons why so many people I have...


A Letter To My Endocrinologist
This was a letter I submitted to my endocrinologist. I have posted it below so others can use it as a template if they would like to. "I...


The Dark Side Of Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune disease has taken over my life. My body is no longer my own. It has been consumed by this illness. I was called into the...


What Is A Short Synacthen Test?
Today, after a few weeks wait I am having a short synacthen test (SST). Some #spoonies out there might already no what this is, but for...


My Natural Desiccated Thyroid Journey
I finally got my natural desiccated thyroid after urrming and arrring about it for years. I have read all the pros and cons of switching...
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