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STICKING OUT OUR NECKS -- JUNE 2009
Thyroid News for People Who Want to Live Well
"We're Patients...Not Lab Values!"~ Patient Advocate Mary Shomon

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FREE SEMINARS: IS YOUR THYROID MAKING YOU FAT? PLUS FREE SEMINARS WITH DEEPAK CHOPRA AND OTHERS!

I am delighted to invite you to my unique, free teleseminar entitled "Is Your Thyroid Making You Fat?" on July 13, at 9:30 p.m. Eastern/6:30 p.m. Pacific.

During this free one-hour telephone seminar, I'll be talking about how thyroid problems can sabotage your weight loss efforts, how to get your thyroid properly diagnosed and treated, and the latest exciting news and tools to help thyroid patients lose weight...despite a thyroid condition.

The call will offer not only valuable content, but also a fully interactive experience on MaestroConference, a new technology that allows you to engage me and other participants as if we're in all sitting in a conference room together. It's easy -- you simply call in by telephone...I'll do the rest!

My teleseminar is one of more than 60 free trainings during Maestro Month - an unprecedented offering from world-class leaders such as the amazing Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul), and John Gray (the Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus guy!) It's an incredible list of people, offering free telephone seminars and training programs in health, personal growth, business, spirituality and societal change. This group includes 16 New York Times bestselling authors, all helping you to unleash your full potential. I'm excited and so honored to be part of this group and to introduce you to more of their work.

Find out more about the seminars online now.

Like these other teachers, I believe people learn best when they're interacting -- when we're dialoguing about what we're learning, which is what MaestroConference now makes possible. The folks at Maestro are sponsoring this extraordinary event so you can be one of the first people to experience the beta version of their learning platform. (If you find it valuable, they're betting you'll spread the word about their service. So there is truly no "catch," just FREE learning from inspiring and life-changing "Maestros.")

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Feel free to forward this offer to friends and I hope to see you on my call!

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Societal Change: Barbara Marx Hubbard, Lynne McTaggart, Kevin Danaher, Luisah Teish, Gregg Braden, Andrew Harvey, Derrick Ashong, Bruce Lipton, Steve Bhaerman, Sharif Abdullah, Kevin Danaher, Corinne McLaughlin, Gordon Davidson, James O'Dea, Lawrence Ellis, Stephen Dinan

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ATTENTION THYROID PATIENTS: ARMOUR THYROID IS NOT OFF THE MARKET

Here we go again...once again the rumors are flying about Armour Thyroid, and as usual, they're wrong. Armour Thyroid, the top-selling natural thyroid drug, is NOT off the market, it's not going off the market, and production has not been shut down. If your pharmacy claims it's true -- it's time to change pharmacies. There is, however, a short-term shortage of three dosages of Armour. Here's how to work around the shortages to get the medication you need.

WHY DEFENSE CONTRACTORS WANT TO PUT YOUR THYROID IN DANGER

Defense contractors are lobbying the White House quite aggressively. Their goal? To stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from tightening up the regulations and issuing health advisories about perchlorate -- a chemical contaminant they caused, and they would have to clean up...because it's dangerous to YOUR thyroid.

WARNING: HOT TEMPERATURES MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO ALL YOUR MEDICATIONS, INCLUDING THYROID

Summer's heat has arrived in all its glory. One little-known hazard of hot weather, heat waves and summer power outages is the danger of heat to your prescription medications. Did you know that when prescription drugs -- including your thyroid medications -- are exposed to high temperatures, their potency and stability can quickly degrade? Think your medications are safe? Have you ever left your pharmacy bag in a hot car? Do you get your medications by mail order? Has your house or pharmacy ever had a power outage? Then you too could be at risk.

SLIGHTLY UNDERACTIVE THYROID MAY MAKE YOU SICK, NOT LIVE LONGER

Sometimes, thyroid news makes me furious....and earlier this month, I just about blew a fuse. You might have seen or heard a news story saying: "A slightly underactive thyroid may help you live longer," or "Hypothyroidism may be a plus." Those were the headlines coming out of the presentation at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting. But unfortunately, as is all too common when it comes to thyroid disease, between some endocrinologists who couldn't care less, and media who don't understand science -- thyroid patients yet again ended up getting the short end of the stick.

DEAR THYROID: AN INTERVIEW WITH KATIE SCHWARTZ AND LIZ SCHAU

I love this site!!! Dear Thyroid is a site where women write letters to their thyroids, and boy are they some letters. Salty, feisty, sarcastic, honest, angry, protective, and often funny letter -- they tackle the feelings we all go through as we grapple with the impact of thyroid conditions. Dear Thyroid is a "MUST" visit for thyroid patients.

It's irreverent, compelling, and cathartic! I love how they refer to thyroid conditions as "Hurricane Thyreena," and how the site's images are all of perfect 50s pinups and shapely housewives.

Oh, and thyroid-related weight gain doesn't make you "fat," it makes you "thyluptuous!"

Get to know Dear Thyroid and how and why it came to be, in this interview with Dear Thyroid founder Katie Schwartz and co-editor Liz Schau.

FDA ISSUES SAFETY ALERT ON DRUG USED TO TREAT OVERACTIVE THYROID CONDITIONS

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert for the antithyroid drug propylthiouracil (PTU), which is used to treat hyperthyroidism -- an overactive thyroid. The FDA is concerned about risks of serious liver injury for adults and children being treated with the drug. Read more.

JOIN ME AT THE 2009 T-TAPP RETREAT: OCTOBER 1-4, 2009

Some of you know that I am a tremendous fan of a wonderful exercise program, known as "T-Tapp." When I started doing the T-Tapp program myself, I was able to lose more than 10 inches in just a few weeks! Since then, I've been recommending T-Tapp. It's an amazingly effective workout, and even if you're overweight, creaky, or out of shape, there's a version of T-Tapp you can do!

A great introduction to T-Tapp is Teresa's bestselling book/DVD, Fit and Fabulous in 15 Minutes.

T-Tapp is also featured prominently in my new book, Menopause Thyroid Solution. You can find out more online.

I was thrilled when T-Tapp founder Teresa Tapp asked me to be the keynote speaker for the upcoming T-Tapp Retreat, which will be held at the Safety Harbor Resort & Spa, in beautiful Safety Harbor, Florida (near Tampa), from Thursday, October 1st through Sunday, October 4th. The retreat will be led by Teresa herself! The focus of this year's retreat is the "Power of Mindful Movement for Better Brain and Body Function," including menopause management. Teresa will teach how to implement the primary principles of T-Tapp and muscle activation techniques into daily activity to optimize metabolic function and how to apply T-Tapp techniques to improve effectiveness of traditional exercise training and how to increase the intensity of any T-Tapp workout without increasing reps or sets.

(And if you participate in the various T-Tapp workouts, the average inch loss during the retreat is 8 inches! Imagine a vacation where you go home more slender than when you arrived!) I'll be there the whole weekend, and we'll have a lot of time to mix and mingle and talk thyroid, hormones and perimenopause/menopause. I really look forward to meeting many of you at this fantastic retreat!

More information about the retreat is available at the T-Tapp site.

CLINICAL TRIAL OF FOSBRETABULIN IN ANAPLASTIC CANCER OF THE THYROID (FACT)

If you or someone you know has anaplastic thyroid cancer, you'll want to learn more about the FACT clinical trial of the drug fosbretabulin, which is also known as Zybrestat.

THYROID PATIENTS: PROBLEMS WITH SYNTHROID? IT COULD BE HAY FEVER OR LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

Your thyroid medication is not supposed to make you feel worse. But it can happen. If you're taking Synthroid, in particular, and have hay fever/pollen allergies, or lactose intolerance, you may react to Synthroid, which has acacia and lactose, ingredients that can cause sensitivity symptoms.

NOTE FROM MARY: FREE CHAPTER FROM "THE MENOPAUSE THYROID SOLUTION!"

Dear Readers,

I'm thrilled to announce that my new book is being published August 4, 2009, by HarperCollins.

The book is titled The Menopause Thyroid Solution: Overcome Menopause By Solving Your Hidden Thyroid Problems.

If you're a thyroid patient in your 40s or older, then (like me!) you're in perimenopause or menopause -- a time that adds extra challenges to managing your thyroid condition, not to mention the new hormonal symptoms that can develop! The Menopause Thyroid Solution provides all the information we need to survive -- and thrive -- during this challenging period, including:

How to tell whether symptoms are thyroid, peri/menopause or both
How to get all your hormones properly tested and evaluated
How to best to treat your thyroid condition during peri/menopause, including prescription medications, supplements, herbs, nutrition, and other approaches
How to balance reproductive/sex hormones and adrenal hormones as well, including hormone therapy, bioidentical hormones, and natural/herbal remedies, to maximize wellness, reduce symptoms, and lessen the risk of other diseases
The true pros and cons of various hormone treatments, including bioidentical hormones -- in understandable language
What and how to eat, what medications to consider, what supplements to take, and the mind-body-approaches to practice, in order to balance all your hormones
How to maximize your metabolism, for more effective weight management or even weight loss

I also introduce two very special and unique over-the-counter supplements that have completely transformed my own perimenopause, balanced my hormones and safely managed my perimenopausal symptoms, including sleep problems and hot flashes -- without a doctor's prescription!

But The Menopause Thyroid Solution is not just for thyroid patients. It's also for your friends 40 and older -- don't forget...perimenopause usually begins in our late 30s or early 40s! -- who are struggling with peri/menopausal symptoms. Most women don't realize that the drop in reproductive hormones that occurs long before periods stop can also trigger a thyroid slowdown -- a "thyropause" so to speak -- that can be the REAL cause of many troublesome symptoms. They may think the sleep problems, crazy periods, creeping weight gain, brain fog, and low sex drive are related to "menopause" -- but they may actually be symptoms of an undiagnosed thyroid condition. They could even end up with an unneeded hysterectomy, or taking unnecessary estrogen therapy, or overdoing the soy, and marinating in bioidentical hormones! And actually, all the soy, hormone pills, bioidentical creams, and black cohosh in the world won't make them feel better if the real culprit is a thyroid problem. And for millions of women, the thyroid is in fact the underlying hormonal imbalance that is at the core of our symptoms. The Menopause Thyroid Solution will help them understand it all, and take action!

I invite you to read a FREE chapter from The Menopause Thyroid Solution now, online.

You can also download a variety of helpful thyroid/perimenopause/menopause risks and symptoms checklists, including:

Risk Factors for Thyroid Conditions Checklist
Thyroid Symptoms Checklist
Risk Factors for Earlier Perimenopause/Menopause Checklist
Perimenopause/Menopause Symptoms Checklist

I'm smack dab in the middle of perimenopause myself, but truly, I'm feeling great most of the time, thanks to the wonderful information I received from some of the world's leading experts on hormone balancing, thyroid treatment, and perimenopause/menopause. All of their incredible knowledge is shared in "The Menopause Thyroid Solution." I look forward to sharing it all with you, and any Baby Boomer woman who wants to live and feel well!! In the meantime, you can visit the book's new web site now at www.menopausethyroid.com, and pre-order your copy of The Menopause Thyroid Solution now, so that you get one of the first copies, hot off the press!

Live well,

Mary

"Sticking Out Our Necks" email edition is published regularly by Mary Shomon, patient advocate and New York Times best-selling author books on health, as well web sites, newsletters and other health advocacy communications.

Mary Shomon is the author of: The Thyroid Hormone Breakthrough: Overcoming Sexual and Hormonal Problems at Every Age * Living Well With Hypothyroidism * The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss * Living Well With Graves' Disease & Hyperthyroidism * The Thyroid Guide to Hair Loss * Living Well With Autoimmune Disease * Living Well with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
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