Manifesto: “a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer” (Merriam-Webster) I humbly offer the following manifesto for us as thyroid patients. WE, as citizens maintained by thyroid hormone therapy, declare our equal rights to health and well being as other citizens with complex chronic health conditions like diabetes, cancers, and heart disease. We have the right to agency and choice within our thyroid therapy. We are not just patients to be passively managed according to physician choices. We ought to have access to patient-centered, collaborative care in partnership with doctors who truly respect all the …