I Have Thyroid Cancer, But It Does Not Have Me
Sarah Claus, Thyroid Thrivers Thyroid Nation 37 years old Grand Rapids, Michigan Hypothyroid 1998 Thyroid Cancer 2009 Postop Hyperparathyroidism 2012 Chronic Hypocalcimia 2013 I learned to except certain challenges that I will face in my life and how to let other things—things that are out of my control—go! Thyroid CANCER? The emotion that surrounded that diagnosis is only something that others, who have had the same experience, can truly relate to. I have no doubt in my mind that my attitude…
Fighting Back – We Deserve Change
Lorraine Cleaver, Thyroid Thrivers Thyroid Nation 47 years old Scotland, UK Graves', Thyroidectomy 2004 To this day, I can’t reconcile that naive, trusting person I was, who took him at his word, with the person I used to be and the person I am again. I’m a 47 year old wife and mother from Scotland in the United Kingdom. I have no thyroid and an almighty battle on my hands and here is my story. Shortly after my only child…
Fukushima: A Threat to Our Thyroids?
Rich Travis, Staff Writer Thyroid Nation We are fast approaching the 3rd anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. March 11th to be exact, the day a massive earthquake and tsunami literally rocked the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to its core, causing a catastrophic failure that continues to put Chernobyl to shame. Is the release of nuclear radiation really a threat to your thyroid? Why is this threat not on the front page of every newspaper, every day? Some experts believe…
Eating like a Caveman – The Paleo Diet
Rich Travis, Staff Writer Thyroid Nation What is the Paleo Diet? That's the question I'm asking, too. It seems to be popping up on the internet at every turn. Since it is so new to me, I figured it must be one of those fad diets. Wrong! A gastroenterologist named Walter Voegtlin first popularized the Paleo diet back in the 70's. Through his research, he suggested that this type of diet could improve our health. The Paleo diet is named after the Paleolithic era and…
Congenital Hypothyroidism and Fukushima Fallout in the US
Dr Mae-Wan Ho, Institute of Society in Science Thyroid Nation A new study finds congenital hypothyroidism in the US rising 28 % in the two and a half months after the arrival of the Fukushima fallout of radioactive iodine (I-131) [1]. Researchers and authors Joe Mangano and Janette Sherman from the Radiation and Public Health Project [2] have done a thorough job based on data from the US government. Congenital hypothyroidism & prenatal exposure to radioactive iodine The new born in…