Introducing The Symptom Buster |
I have previously thought that I should focus on symptoms as opposed to the disease itself which, come on, I've overdone and overdone and overdone except to try to raise awareness - there are, after all, answers to many questions spread out across the internet, but repeated and repeated and repeated because there is not one single answer and the medical authorities disagree across the world. The question is, how useful is that to people? And what is the best way to do it?
I don't always put a post up. And there is one popular post on this blog - the informative, 'this is how it is' kind of post, for thyroid newbies, and that tells me I should write more like that...when I can! Having surveyed and spoken a few people I know what may be obvious: practical advice is what people, on the whole, are looking for, followed by emotional advice/release. On Everyday Health you can join me for my personal journey to decent health, which may not always cover thyroid disease so strictly as here. Look out for more news on what the coming few posts over there will be about. I can say that I will be drawing up a theory and testing it, to find out how much control we really do have over our own bodies. Here, I'm aiming to point to a useful tool (online or offline), or the best tip I have, once a week, all year. With 52 weeks in the year, you can expect 52 tips and tools. They may be anything from the best brain-foods and stomach-curing methods, to useful Apps you can use to support your health. But the point is, they are going to focus on symptoms. Thyroid symptoms (which, for the Thyroid Oblivious and Newbies, cover an awful lot), yes, but as most are aware of, thyroid symptoms are far too generic for anyone's liking, and this means that they may be shared by those with other conditions, and - in a mild or singular form - by the healthy. That makes the following 52 symptom-busting tips & tools highly useful (I hope!).
Occasionally I may post a numbered tip or tool on Everyday Health. If so, it will be signposted with something like the following:
Number [...] on the list of 52 symptom-busting tips & tools! |
...and there will be a link to.
Look out for the first tip or tool in the coming week and leave your comments below to let me know what you think about this idea.
Louise