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michellewords's review
4.0
How does one review a medical self-help book? I'm going with my gut on this one. (ha ha, see what I did there?)
I was diagnosed with Hoshimoto's like 4ish years ago. Recently a lot of my symptoms have hit me REALLY hard. At the library I checked out a bunch of books to get a better idea of what's going on and what I could do to mitigate some of the symptoms.
Take Chard of Your Thyroid Disorder was a very complete look at Thyroid Disease. It's a book co-written by a doctor and someone with a thyroid disorder so there is a perspective on both ends.
The book covers everything from causes, connected diseases, treatments, diets, supplements, and which professional to see for your disorder.
I feel very informed after this book and discovered more symptoms than I thought were related to Hoshimoto's, so that's my new excuse for everything people don't like about me. Strange behavior-hoshi's. Acting dumb-hoshi's. Clumsy-hoshi's. Etc. Okay not really, but I had to stick my humor in this review somewhere.
The only thing that left my already fuzzy brain confused was the plethora of additional recommended tests. One of the big problems about Hoshi's is a lot of doctors only look at T4 levels, but sometimes those can look normal and lots of other things can be screwed up and not as visible as a T4 test. Anyway the tests recommended were about your glucose levels, adrenal levels, vitamin levels, celiac test, etc.
It's a good stepping stone book that will help when I see my endocrinologist with "normal" T4 levels. It's always good to be an informed patient.
The other step I've taken from this book was reducing my dairy intake and gradually cutting out gluten (I wonder if cake will miss me as much as I will miss it?).
Besides a little overwhelmed with all the different testing options, it's a very readable book that didn't feel too much like a textbook or a doctor talking to me like I'm an idiot. I think end of the day, I would recommend this as a good big picture look at thyroid disease.
I was diagnosed with Hoshimoto's like 4ish years ago. Recently a lot of my symptoms have hit me REALLY hard. At the library I checked out a bunch of books to get a better idea of what's going on and what I could do to mitigate some of the symptoms.
Take Chard of Your Thyroid Disorder was a very complete look at Thyroid Disease. It's a book co-written by a doctor and someone with a thyroid disorder so there is a perspective on both ends.
The book covers everything from causes, connected diseases, treatments, diets, supplements, and which professional to see for your disorder.
I feel very informed after this book and discovered more symptoms than I thought were related to Hoshimoto's, so that's my new excuse for everything people don't like about me. Strange behavior-hoshi's. Acting dumb-hoshi's. Clumsy-hoshi's. Etc. Okay not really, but I had to stick my humor in this review somewhere.
The only thing that left my already fuzzy brain confused was the plethora of additional recommended tests. One of the big problems about Hoshi's is a lot of doctors only look at T4 levels, but sometimes those can look normal and lots of other things can be screwed up and not as visible as a T4 test. Anyway the tests recommended were about your glucose levels, adrenal levels, vitamin levels, celiac test, etc.
It's a good stepping stone book that will help when I see my endocrinologist with "normal" T4 levels. It's always good to be an informed patient.
The other step I've taken from this book was reducing my dairy intake and gradually cutting out gluten (I wonder if cake will miss me as much as I will miss it?).
Besides a little overwhelmed with all the different testing options, it's a very readable book that didn't feel too much like a textbook or a doctor talking to me like I'm an idiot. I think end of the day, I would recommend this as a good big picture look at thyroid disease.