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Humorist Jody LaFerriere had just been diagnosed with hypothyroidism when she first wrote this wonderful piece for us, about the Thanksgiving ruminations of a new thyroid patient. And even though it's been a number of years since her initial diagnosis, her thoughts -- and her wonderful sense of humor -- are still as funny as always. You'll laugh as Jody shares the things she's thankful for, which include her thyroid pills, TV, and...storage bins? (You'll have to read the article to get THAT one explained!) It's a thyroid holiday classic! Take time to read Put Some Gravy On That: Thanksgiving Ruminations of a New Thyroid Patient while your turkey is cooking!

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A Thyroid Thanksgiving Special! Put Some Gravy On That! originally appeared on About.com Thyroid Disease on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 22:23:58.

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I spoke with Dai Jinn, Chief Pharmacist at RLC Laboraboraties, today to get an update on the status of their natural desiccated thyroid drugs, Nature-Throid and Westhroid. Like their competitor Armour Thyroid, both drugs have been on long-term backorder in recent months.

According to Dai, they have been working through some issues with raw material supply and testing, and next week they expect to begin shipping a partial supply of 1 grain Nature-Throid (and a smaller amount of 1 grain Westhroid*). They will be ramping up production, so that they can ship greater quantities into mid-December, but expect to be caught up with backorders -- and out of the backorder situation -- on all dosage sizes of Nature-Throid and Westhroid by Read more...

Nature-Throid Natural Desiccated Thyroid: A Status Report originally appeared on About.com Thyroid Disease on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 17:22:06.

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