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New Patient Events in Washington, D.C. and Chicago!

Oct. 6, 2018

Our San Diego Patient Conference is in the books, and we're headed East this fall - hopefully, to a location near you!

Washington, DC, Oct. 6th - Patient forum hosted by the American Thyroid Association and the Alliance for Patient Education (including the GDATF).

Chicago, IL, Oct. 21st - Graves' Patient education event in conjunction with ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors, Inc. conference.

Please stay tuned for details, including speakers and registration information!

New Patient Events in Washington, D.C. and Chicago!
Oct. 6, 2018
Our San Diego Patient Conference is in the books, and we're headed East this fall - hopefully, to a location near you!

Washington, DC, Oct. 6th - Patient forum hosted by the American Thyroid Association and the Alliance for Patient Education (including the GDATF).

Chicago, IL, Oct. 21st - Graves' Patient education event in conjunction with ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors, Inc. conference.

Please stay tuned for details, including speakers and registration information!

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San Diego Wrap-Up!
June 17, 2018
Our 2018 San Diego Patient & Family Conference is in the books! If this was the 2018 Academy Awards, we would NOT win the jet ski for giving the shortest speech, because we have a LOT of people to thank!

Our Sponsors: Horizon Pharma, The Bell Charitable Foundation, and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program.

Our Presenters: Dr. Terry Smith, Dr. Kimberly Cockerham, Nancy Hord Patterson, Ph.D., Dr. Farshad Moradi, Dr. Thomas Kelly ...

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Thyroid Eye Disease Breakthrough!
June 30, 2017
If you've been diagnosed with thyroid eye disease, you know that the current options leave much to be desired: wait, wait, wait, wait some more -- and eventually get approved for one or more surgeries to address bulging, swelling, and double vision. (With steroid therapy sometimes used as a temporary stopgap). However, the successful trial of a brand new drug could prove to be a game-changer for patients living with this disfiguring and frustrating condition ...

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Liz1967 I had one postop TT checkup at six weeks and he did an ultrasound in the office, even tho he was...
Still fluctuating after all these years

July 20, 2018, 3:46 p.m.

I had one postop TT checkup at six weeks and he did an ultrasound in the office, even tho he was positive he...
New Patient Events in Washington D.C. and Chicago!

July 20, 2018, 3:36 p.m.

Our San Diego Patient Conference is in the books, and we're headed East this fall - hopefully, to a location...
Still fluctuating after all these years

July 20, 2018, 3:19 p.m.

No! I have never had any type of follow-up checking to see if anything remained - neither the surgeon, the...
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Newly diagnosed, reaction to Methimazole

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The only problem I had with methimazole was that it took me a whole year to get stable on it. That was my...
Newly diagnosed, reaction to Methimazole

July 20, 2018, 8:45 a.m.

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Newly diagnosed, reaction to Methimazole

July 20, 2018, 7:42 a.m.

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July 20, 2018, 7:23 a.m.

Sue, I forget if we have already mentioned this, but I assume you have had a post TT ultrasound looking for...
Still fluctuating after all these years

July 19, 2018, 4:47 p.m.

Hi Kimberly. I DO alternate doses, and have been doing that for years. Right now I do 88 three times a week...
Still fluctuating after all these years

July 19, 2018, 11:21 a.m.

Hi Sue - I can't recall if we've discussed this before, but have you talked to your doc about alternating...
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Newly diagnosed, reaction to Methimazole

July 18, 2018, 10:26 a.m.

Hi! I'm so glad to have found this board! I was diagnosed two seeks ago with GD have no one in real life with...
Still fluctuating after all these years

July 12, 2018, 12:12 p.m.

Sue - LOL! Well, we'll see how it goes. June was the first time I've seen my endo since my TT that she didn't...
Still fluctuating after all these years

July 11, 2018, 9:14 a.m.

barbra Hi Sue, I'm sorry to hear that you are still “doing the dance”, and I hope you can get...

New Patient Events in Washington, D.C. and Chicago!

New Patient Events in Washington, D.C. and Chicago!

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