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"Living Well With Hypothyroidism"
"Living Well With Hypothyroidism"
Author: Mary J. Shomon
ISBN number: 0380808986
List price: $13.50 (US dollars)
Published by: HarperCollins/Avon, HarperResource
Available: Bookstores everywhere,
Online at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders and other outlets
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"...[a] first-rate book..."
-- Los Angeles Times
"...an extensively researched guide...[and a] down-to-earth, patient-centered approach..."
--Amazon.com
"If I could recommend only one book on thyroid problems for my patients, this would be it."
-- Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D.
"I can't put it down. You are such a wonderful resource on the subject, and I find myself on every page..."
-- Phyllis
"THANK YOU!!!! Can't believe I have found answers to my unending symptoms..."
-- Ellen
"...You've written about a complex topic in a way that is easy to understand!"
-- Sherry
"I wish that every doctor that treats thyroid patients could be made to read this!"
-- Georgie
"Thank you for ALL the information contained in your book and for the reward of knowing that I am not alone in this fight."
--Jeannie
Los Angeles Times, Health Section, March 27, 2000, by Shari Roan
"Challenging Doctors and Patients Alike... -- Hypothyroidism is a common, very treatable disorder that is also often poorly managed by doctors. In this first-rate book by Mary Shomon, a thyroid patient and professional writer, the disorder, its myths, and medicine's successes and failures at dealing with it are thoroughly examined. This is not a book that rehashes old facts on thyroid disease. Shomon instead challenges patients and their doctors to look deeper and try harder to resolve the complicated symptoms of hypothyroidism. For example, she points out that a Thyroid Foundation survey showed that two-thirds of patients still suffer symptoms after undergoing what doctors consider sufficient treatment. In a fascinating chapter, Shomon, who also has a Web site (http://thyroid.about.com and an online newsletter about the disease, explores recent evidence that the addition of the thyroid hormone T3 to the standard T4 (levothyroxine) may help some people feel better. In addition, the section on babies born with hypothyroidism, although brief, has the best advice on how to give medication to an infant that I've seen. As Shomon writes: 'For years, thyroid problems have been downplayed, misunderstood and portrayed as unimportant.' With her advocacy, perhaps no more." -- Shari RoanOnline
Amazon.com"As many as one in eight women have a thyroid condition. In Living Well with Hypothyroidism, Mary Shomon outlines the most common of these--too little thyroid hormones in the body. Weight gain, depression, fatigue, and what patients call "brain fog, Brillo hair, and prune skin" result. Because the symptoms of hypothyroidism mimic so many other conditions--chronic fatigue, PMS, clinical depression--it can be very tricky to diagnose, especially since patients with HMOs may not get the thorough testing they need.
Shomon knows of what she speaks: she's a health writer and thyroid patient herself. She also manages a thyroid Web site and writes a newsletter on hypothyroidism. In Living Well, she offers an extensively researched guide to this complex condition. She covers conventional, alternative, and late-breaking approaches to treatment--such as challenging the gold standard of Synthroid as the thyroid replacement therapy of choice. (Synthroid replaces T4, the less active of the two thyroid hormones, and Shomon features new research on adding T3--the more potent thyroid hormone--to treatment.)
With her down-to-earth, patient-centered approach, Shomon explains everything from how to choose a thyroid specialist to how calcium, antidepressants, and a high-fiber diet affect thyroid hormone absorption. The book includes a chapter on depression, which is a typical misdiagnosis of hypothyroidism--as well as a symptom that often persists even after treatment. She also covers infertility (women who are hypothyroid don't ovulate as regularly and miscarry more frequently) and thyroid cancer, one of the less common causes of hypothyroidism. She explains how to spot hypothyroidism in kids, and ends with a glossary, international resources, and journal references.
Shomon creates a sense of community by excerpting e-mails from her vast network of patients--voices that bring a sense of humor so often missing from health books..." --Rebecca Taylor
EDiets
Read about my book and the "thyroid causes weight gain" controversy from the perspective of popular weight loss site Ediets.
Thyroid Patients
Patty. . . Finally got to the bookstore yesterday and bought your book (the last one I might add). I sat down and read all of it. Couldn't put it down! Mary! You did a first rate, first class job!!!!!..I intend to buy two more. My endo and internist will be receiving copies of your wonderful book. You have written in such a way that is informative but not attacking the physicians but yet letting them know as we already know that there is more to handling hypothyroidism than just numbers.
Thank you for all your time amd effort that you put into this book. I am a fellow hypo suffer and know that at times it must have been a real struggle to put down your thoughts but you did. Hopefully your book will make a difference Mary and I truly believe it will. You are so right when you tell us that it is up to us to educate our family, friends and medical establishment. Your book gives the needed strength and courage. Thank you again. A TERRIFIC BOOK!!!!!!!
Theresa
Thank you so much for your new book. I could not put it down and read the entire book in one day. I have had symptoms of thyroid disease for over 30 years and was just diagnosed a few years ago (after years of blood tests and many doctors). I can completely and totally relate to this book; it describes my life. Thank you for all your efforts to help others with this disease and making it known to all.
Joyce
I got your book yesterday...I have begun reading it and have skipped around some just to overview it and I can tell it is going to be very helpful to me. The Resources section is of enormous help....want you to know how very much I appreciate your taking all the time and effort to put forth this book and also the fact that it is inexpensive enough for anyone to afford. I think I am going to buy several copies to donate at our main and branch public libraries. People need this information.
Stephanie
I purchased your book online and just received it yesterday-I CAN'T put it down-It is so helpful to know I am not the only one out there struggling with this-Your book is GREAT!!!!!! I am going to try and make my husband read it because he thinks it's all in my head. Your book is WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!
Theresa
Thank you so much for your new book. I could not put it down and read the entire book in one day. I have had symptoms of thyroid disease for over 30 years and was just diagnosed a few years ago (after years of blood tests and many doctors). I can completely and totally relate to this book; it describes my life. Thank you for all your efforts to help others with this disease and making it known to all.
Teri
I just bought her book yesterday. It was the last one in the store, they had to go to the back to find the last copy! It must be selling well. From what I have read so far it is a perfect book for hypo patients AND their families. It is good to read about "real" people by a "real" person with the same problems. I think I will take this book to my endo at the end of the month at my next appointment. Hopefully he will loan it out to newly diagnosed patients to help them out. Way to go Mary! Fabulous book!
Sherri
Mary's new book is GREAT!! I highly recommend to everyone, not just those of us who are hypo. Really helps you take another approach to the doctor who knows not much but thinks he/she knows all. One can really get some good info to take in to the appointment. I just got the book and haven't been able to put it down. I fell asleep with it in my hands last night!
Bentley
I wholeheartedly agree! I found it hard to put down [putting Mary in the same club as Turow and Grisham for me]. There are sections on how to deal most effectively with doctors, how to form a nutrition and exercise program that works for you, lots of resources in an appendix, and stories of individual people with particular problems of hypothyroidism. I saw myself in many of the individual stories. Really terrific book. I think I will get one for the health library and hope some of the doctors read it! Good job Mary!
Denise
What a revelation - I have just received the book this morning and blow the housework I just can't stop reading.
Doctors
Dr. John Lowe, author of The Metabolic Treatment of Fibromyalgia and founder of the Fibromyalgia Research FoundationMary Shomon is the harbinger of the latest scientifically-sound information on hypothyroidism. With keen intellect, loyalty to truth, and plain language, she sweeps away the medical dogma that bars millions of patients from rational thyroid hormone therapies. In this book, she describes practical thyroid therapies that can improve patients' health and extend their lives. The book is vital for hypothyroid patients who want to get well, and for physicians who want to help them do so.
Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. Women's health specialist and author of Screaming to Be Heard: Hormonal Connections Women Suspect...And Doctors Ignore, and founder of HERPlace
Ms. Shomon's book is an enlightened godsend to hypothyroidism sufferers, providing a wealth of cutting edge medical information and alternative approaches for surviving ...and thriving ...with hypothyroidism. Mary has debunked longstanding "myths" and misinformation about thyroid diagnosis and treatment options that have come from both alternative and conventional thyroid specialists. If I could recommend only one book on thyroid problems for my patients, this would be it.
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