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Debby wrote:

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Oprah had a doctor who has written a great book on menopause. Oprah keeps the book by her bed with her Bible. She swears by it.
The lady doctor was very impressive. I learned a lot and think I might buy the book.

Oprah opened up about her own medical problem involving her thyroid. I have suspected I have a thyroid for awhile now. I'm seeing my endocrinologist in 2 weeks so I intend to find out for sure.

Oprah said that she had bee feeling very exhausted and couldn't figure out what the problem was. She finally figured it out. She didn't say if she was on medication or not, although, I guess she must be. I think that's the only way to treat it. She actually said that she had blown out her thyroid. I don't know what that means, but, that is how she described it.

I saw the show... it was very interesting. I complained to my doctor about feeling very tired and he checked my thyroid... everything is fine with me, however, at times it feels like my metabolism is shot. It is definitely harder for me to lose weight these days, and it sure is easier to put the weight on.

I think Oprah may have a problem with her thyroid, but I think the weight gain may be good old menopause. I remember the big Oprah celebration for her fiftieth birthday... she may be very close to sixty these days... LOL.

I recalled she was a similar age to me so I looked it up.. Her IMDB says that she was born in January of 54.. I'm June 56 so she's got almost 2 and a half years on me.. But I'm only 51 so let's not age Oprah any faster than she has too Mazzy!

I was diagnosed with a sluggish thyroid. I had hoped that maybe being on the thyroid meds might make my weight drop a bit. Even eating well it's only coming off slowly.

There can be a slew of symptoms with a sluggish thyroid and probably even more if it's totally 'blown' whatever that means..

I can't blame the weight on the thyroid however. After a lifetime of poor choices sometimes I wondered why I wasn't bigger.

I think some of my symptoms are hormonally linked to my menapause.. Or as someone on this forum jokingly referred to it one time as 'Mental Pause'.

Sounds like a show I would have enjoyed watching. Sorry I missed it.

LOL... thanks for the info... time seems to go very fast these days... I thought Oprah was older... closer to 57... LOL.

mazzy wrote:

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LOL... thanks for the info... time seems to go very fast these days... I thought Oprah was older... closer to 57... LOL.

You crack me up. LOL.

I did wonder when Oprah was describing her grueling schedule, why she puts herself on that hectic of a schedule. I can understand people who work 2 jobs and have no down time because they have a sick relative, have a child in college, or some other monetary burden that requires them to spread themself so thin, but when you have almost as much money as God, why stress yourself out?

I admire the lady, but don't understand why she is knocking herself out when she doesn't have to.

I think sometimes one goes through life... pushing hard out of habit. I hope Oprah got a wake up call and if she really needs to slow down she will.

I saw today's Oprah with Dr. Oz re facing death. It was a very inspirational show if that's possible. The two guests are really very special individals.

I always avoided the subject, but I must admit it was done so well that I can really understand the benefit of the show and the very clear message... live life.

Mazzy,

I saw the last 35 minutes of the show.. I tuned in right when Oprah was giving the floor to the guy with the pancreatic cancer.. I was very moved and it was filled with such wisdom. I know he was doing it so that he could pass a legacy onto his children since they will not remember him very much.. They will be proud of him...

I did a quick search on the guys name.. and found a website where he had chronicled his disease.. He was originally diagnosed in Sept of 2006.. they keep pursuing new treatment options..and thus far have managed the disease. But they deem it palliative care.. and that it will eventually win.

I know how devastating this disease typically is. One of the worse if not the worst type to get.

An online friend of mine lost her husband to pancreatic cancer a bit more than a year ago. Last I heard from her... she was still struggling with the loss.