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 … Continue reading 5 steps to individually-optimized thyroid therapy
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 … Continue reading TBAb hypothyroidism diagnosed in a mother and baby
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 … Continue reading Caution: Doctors perform T3-ectomies without our consent
Here, I'll use my own personal example to discuss a few dimensions of T3 monotherapy, which I envision as a "wheelchair." I'm drawing on the fictional analogy I developed in an earlier post, where I imagined thyroid disease like crippling foot disease. The therapy of 100% T4 can be seen like a walking stick or … Continue reading Thyroid therapies: What my life is like in the T3-monotherapy wheelchair
Dr. Ron Matsusaki's patients have set up a meeting on May 9th to plan the next steps forward for approximately 350 patients affected by "forced patient abandonment" from the Digby Thyroid Clinic's closure. This is the announcement shared on our Thyroidpatients.ca Public Group on Facebook today by Rob Fadelle, one of his patients. See our … Continue reading Digby Thyroid Clinic patients plan a meeting to be held May 9th
