Dear Thyroid™ � Going for the Throat

Going For The Throat: What Exactly Does Euthyroid Mean, Anyway?

Robyn Davis Hahn — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:22:53 +0000

(Written by Robyn Davis Hahn, Editor-In-Chief Health Care, Dear Thyroid. Column: Going For The Throat) A couple of weeks ago, I reached a milestone during my visit with my endocrinologist. I was not the 1,000,000th customer, and there were no party hats or confetti. In fact, there was very little in the way [...]

Going For The Throat: Health Care Reform; A Patient-Centric, Non-Political Wish List

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:55:23 +0000

(Written by Robyn Davis Hahn, Editor-In-Chief, Health Care, Dear Thyroid. Column “Going For The Throat) This past week was a hot one, both here on Dear Thyroid and in the U.S. Congress. As I write this, the big press is on to have this HCR bill passed. In the beginning, I thought anything, [...]

Going For The Throat: Awareness, Or How My View Of The World Reads Like A NATO Press Conference

Robyn Davis Hahn — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:40:43 +0000

(Written by Robyn Davis Hahn, EIC/Health Care ‘Going For The Throat’, Dear Thyroid) NATO headquarters, Brussels, 2002:, “…there are known “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There [...]

Going For The Throat: Confessions of a Health Insurance Neophyte

Robyn Davis Hahn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:48:12 +0000

I’ve had health insurance of one kind or another my whole life. I’m fortunate for that, and I know it. But it wasn’t until my diagnosis with Hashimoto’s disease last June that I actually paid attention to my health plan. The good news is that not only am I paying attention now, [...]

Going For The Throat: Paging Doctor House Part II

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:59:52 +0000

I just finished another book detailing some of the difficulties between doctors and patients and, in this case, making proper diagnoses. Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis by Lisa Sanders, M.D. is a collection of interesting and uncommon medical cases, dissected down to reveal where the mistakes and [...]

Six Word Thygraphs You Are All Winners

Robyn Davis Hahn — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:38:47 +0000

How can you choose a winner out of hundreds of fantastic entries?, I’m still in awe over the response to the Six Word Thygraph article and contest. And while it is trite, I do think you are all winners. We all shared our struggles and triumphs, vented our anger and sadness, poked [...]

Going For The Throat Art Imitates Life

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:38:54 +0000

Going for the Throat, Written by Robyn Davis Hahn I don’t watch much television. I’m not opposed to the “idiot box” per se, and in fact quite enjoy a bit of mindless entertainment now and again. The simple truth is that I just don’t have time to sit and watch, and frankly, if I [...]

Going For The Throat: Random Acts of Kindness–A Human Medicine Dodo Bird?

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:55:18 +0000

For the first time since starting writing for Dear Thyroid, I struggled a bit for a topic for today’s article. To start, I felt like there was no way I could top last week. The response to Six Word Thygraphs was overwhelming (thank you, everyone, a winner to be announced soon)–it would be [...]

Going For The Throat: What Happened To The Health In Health Care

Robyn Davis Hahn — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:09:45 +0000

Written by, Robyn Davis Hahn How did it get so complicated? Health care is a mess. It’s a fucking mess from the ground up. I’m not talking about HMO, PPO, HSA, employer portions, and benefits. I’m not talking about insurance (although, just wait, I will…). Let’s talk about what the word “health” [...]