Patients’ stories
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World Thyroid Day 2025 patient video
To celebrate World Thyroid Day 2025, our patient-led nonprofit is sharing the documentary “Bye Bye Butterfly” by Canadian thyroid patient, filmmaker, and Thyroid Patients Canada board member, Kristine Thelle. Below the video, read Kristine’s story about making the video. Please share the video to spread awareness! My story By Kristine Thelle The reason I got…
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5 steps to individually-optimized thyroid therapy
Patients should not have to cross their fingers, wait, and hope for change. The hopes of hypo- and hyperthyroid patients focus on attaining individually-optimized treatment. Their hopes, wishes, and requests are not unreasonable. Effective treatment ought to alleviate symptoms and improve health outcomes. Relative changes in thyroid hormone doses have a measurable effect on certain…
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TBAb hypothyroidism diagnosed in a mother and baby
In this post, I’d like to share with you a real-life story, suitable for the holiday season, that might warm your hearts as much as it warmed mine. And by the end, it might even motivate you to learn more or take action. Newsflash from 2016: A newborn baby’s hypothyroidism with a TSH of 117…
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Caution: Doctors perform T3-ectomies without our consent
We all know a “thyroidectomy” is the surgical removal of a thyroid gland. Nobody removes a vital gland without a patient’s informed consent. If your medical system and doctor are ethical, you as a patient have the opportunity to weigh the risks and benefits of the procedure and give signed consent. We need to consider…