Oprah Show on Thyroid

[terri thyroid]

Please see previous post oops!

[pjgovitz]

just my 2 cents...Graves lady I usually agree with you...when my Graves was diagnosed, the last thing I felt was like I was in love, I was skinny , tired, tremoring, my heart was not beating right at all, my mind was going going..almost gone, and I was too weak practically to walk to the mail box,...I had energy but it was all in my mind, everytime I tried to do something, I was too weak in my muscles, and sex forget it, it started the racing heart all over again....I too think the doc sounded like an idio

[skymax2000]

Seriously. I get that positive mental attitude and exercise will contribute to good health. But if you have something physically wrong with you, especially thyroid related, I don't think you can just think or exercise your way out of it. Believe me...I tried because everyone made me think it was all in my head or that I was doing it to myelf. It was such a relief to finally be diagnosed and treated and to know that I was not crazy and people around me were acting like a****h***s. Sorry. Venting. I guess I'm thinking about my family...

[DLA]

Amen, Skymax!

[skymax2000]

Good letter. Go Mary Shomon!

[kipland]

Apparently, this show really stirred the pot!  I found an article by Mary Shomon regarding the show:

thyroid.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=thyroid&zu=jones.htm

If you don't read the whole article, I copied a small portion of what her guest doctor had to say about thyroid disease:

"In many women thyroid dysfunction develops because of an energy blockage in the throat region, the result of a lifetime of 'swallowing' words one is aching to say. In the name of preserving harmony, or because these women have learned to live as relatively helpless members of their families or social groups, they have learned to stifle their self-expression....It's no coincidence that so many more women than men have thyroid problems. Thyroid disease is related to expressing your feelings..."


Unbelievable.

[GravesLady]

I wish all of you could have too.  Besides all that I had a very high energy level.

Dr. Singer was referring to hyperthyroids and said the symptoms were like being in love i.e. fast heart beat, weight loss, etc. OK, maybe he was referring to young love.

And he did mention most of the symptoms of hyperthyroid and hypothyroid. At least give him credit for that.  He'll probably regret the love statement, if he hasn't already.  Even doctors are human.

I'd much rather be hyper than hypo.  Being hypo is where my issues start and it took me 2 years to work though them.