~~~ THANKS OPRAH ~~~ for another blow !!!

[stella5349]

I am ticked!!! Did anyone watch the Oprah show????? Her "Living Well" series started and

guess what???????

HER THYROID ISSUES ARE "CURED"  Oh BY JESUS - SHE IS HEALED AGAIN!!!!!!!!  ( cough cough)

What a bunch of bull!!! I truly have had it with HER.  I work my tail end off here and all over Racine on our metobolism resistance - insulin resistance - and all the other REAL DAM things going on with us and she waltz's in on her multi million dollar show and says

We'll we need balance!! -

I DO belive that TO SOME DEGREE - but it is not the CURE ALL here you stupid ignorant rich woman!!

OMG - I swear I am blowing a gasket !!! I am totally unglued with this prema donna thinking it's a "frame of mind" we need to be in to make us thin and "happy".

I'd like her to answer one dam thing  " WHAT THE HE// CAUSED ME TO ALL OF A SUDDEN GAIN 40 POUNDS

( AS YOU (OPRAH))

IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS ( AGAIN.... LIKE YOU ( OPRAH)  )

WHEN I NEVER HAD A F*****ING WEIGHT PROBLEM TO BEGIN WITH???? But I have a thyroid that beat to he// though??????

I want to totally cry - I wish I never had my hopes up to ask her to help us. The hours I spent communicating to all her staff about here at MH and all the people here crying for help..

Of course she added her plug in of

"This is the year for change!"  (Bite me!)


I am so sorry I disappointed all of you. I really thought the word could be out there asking her to help and all she did was destroy the little hope I had.

It is Thyroid Awareness month right now. Please be out there in herds if we have to telling all that will listen - This is NOT an easy fix to CURE. Some never  ( as me) will ever be CURED.

All it was - was false hope to some who watched her show. I now seriously ban her show to be turned on MY TV ever again.

and her January O magizine is now great a great SUPPORT to start a roaring fire in my fireplace.

JUST FOR THE RECORD OPRAH - YOU'RE FAT BECAUSE YOUR THYROID CR@PPED OUT ON YOU - NOT BECAUSE YOU NEED ANOTHER SPOILING IN HAWAII.

[barleypop]

HA!  LOL!

I spent the month of July in Maui...didn't cure me one bit!!  (Although it was for work)  Thyroid still broken!! as a matter of fact I felt like poop from the long plane ride and couldn't afford to eat the food I was used to...so I ended up taking a step back in my recovery in Maui!!

I got so mad the last two days watching here that I turned her off and headed to my gym classes earlier than normal.  I definitely had some steam to blow off.

[Thypatient]

I tuned into the "The doctors" not long ago and on that day they happened to be doing a segment on the thyroid.  It was interesting but very basic. They had one of those plastic models of the throat to help point out the thyroid's location.  Hey, it's a good place to start since there are many folks who wouldn't even be able to do that.

[stella5349]

So far --- no response to my letter I sent.  ( Hmmm not holding my breath)

[bet643]

I agree with you 100%. I think Oprah's conditions is called PUT DOWN THE JELLY DOUGHNUT !!! Oprah has no clue and thinks that we are idiots. Maybe we are idiots for watching her show. She will never tell the truth because of ratings. She has lost touch with reality. We have real thyroid problems here and we don't need dumb a_ _es like her to tell us why we are fat. We know why and we have real thryroid disease where she just wants us to believe that she has all the answers. The only thing she balances, is her big check book. I just can't buy into these celebs and their bull. I still say she lied about her actual weight. Oh well, I'm not placing any money on her or her cure.  I think she just over eats and wants to blame it on thyroid.

[utahmomma]

Cured?  Maybe a month in Maui would cure all of us.

Oprah makes me want to eat.  That's it - it's not my thyroid problems that are making me fat (I never had a problem with weight before the thyroid surgery) it's getting irritated with idiots like her that's makes me fat.  

Okay, at least I can blame my headache on her.  :-)

Give up Stella - she has too much money wadded in her ears to hear you.

Utahmomma
*real thyroid problems*

[Cynnieb4]

Yes, I agree. I was in to high hopes for this show. But at least I have you guys. :) It was a blow out. But I emailed her too lol.

[ChitChatNine]

Me too zilch.  I opted to read about her on the e news this morning vs. live.  I didn't want her burned in my mind .. the image of denial.  Stella we tried [again] to no avail but that won't ever stop any of us .. not a one .. I'm certain .. the anger will keep us going to help as many as we can.  As far as being cured; well, whatever works for her I guess is good for her .. and that probably equates into ratings not words.

C~

[barrettsark]

What about that new show The Doctors?  Any one watch that, maybe we could get them to but something on there show?

[doneitall]

Well, I've heard AND seen it all now!!!  Oprah looks like ****, but she is cured, and now she is going to help the rest of us and our loved ones make better lives!  I've wasted the last minute I am ever going to waste on Oprah and her self-indulgent bull...

now, if anybody out there could please help me get my daughter's health back I'd really appreciate it!!! We are drowning in her hypothyroid...she's only 21 and has been struggling for the last 3 years...gone from a size 4 to a 14 ...she's in college...these should be her most wonderful times of her life...on 100m of synthroid for the past year...please help!

[grneweene]

i don't watch oprah, i haven't watched that show in years. so i really don't care what she said, says, or may say. and now i will not watch good morning america because they have okra and her fitness guru bob, blah bllah blah, questions i ask myself, why ? because my thyroid has gone totally bezerk, it's not because i can't step away from the plate, and junk food, i eat extremely healthy. and in small amouonts...blah blah blah, i am like others, tired of those in the public eye abuse their fame. shame shame shame.

[redheadaussie]

I gave up on celebrities many years ago. They are all too out of reality to know how the rest of the world really thinks.
I haven't watched Oprah for years, when all her shows were about things like, Get a makeover and catch a husband..or How to be healed of abuse by eating peanut butter sandwiches...or This child is dying..let's all hold hands and do a great big fundraiser and take him to Disneyland. She has missed the point for years.
Now Phil Donohue.. MAN he kicked bot bot on his show when stupid people claimed things like she does. He would have torn her to shreds! Bring him out of retirement and you would see a HUGE change in the thinking for us thyroidians!
  And Stella...big breaths, big breaths..all is calm, all is good, we love you still!
  

[suep112]

I think Oprah has graves. She talked about the heart palpatations and high blood pressure and taking medicine for those conditions. Being hyper with graves will do that to ya.....and let you be skinny. I am guessing she had RAI to fix the problem because I dont see a scar from a thyroidectomy. Now she is hypo and has gained a lot of weight. I remember her saying last year her thyroid levels are now 'normal' and she cant blame her thryroid problems for her weight anymore. Normal because her readings are in 'normal' ranges.
I saw her show today and thats what I think happened to her. She sounds just like me. I am 25 pounds heavier since my tt last June and it just keeps getting worse. They cant seem to get my levels right on synthroid. I feel like ****. If she looses weight this year by diet and exercise, then there might be hope for me.  I am guessing she is fighting an uphill battle and wont win. Won't she look stupid if she isnt successfull in front of the whole world? She needs to be honest, and all of her gurus around her need to be educated about how thyroid problems affects your metabilism. That Bob Greene trainer guy hasnt got a clue. He hasnt dealt with anyone with thryroid disease. Oprah will have to starve herself to loose the weight. I eat very little and it doesnt matter one bit. I still gain. I have to admit to eating more since I feel better and dont have the 'runs' constantly and puke everyother day like I did when my graves was really bad. But I did love being thin and am depressed now. I think Oprah is depressed about her weight, too. She just wont admit it.
Sorry for venting......I wasnt happy with her show today either.

[Rachel4]

I honestly pray to be cured of my symptoms and illnesses.

[bet643]

Though I say that I won't watch the show, I lied, Sorry, but sometimes the show has great topics. But the whole thyroid thing still makes me wanna puke.  And I do like Ellen better. I do hope Oprah finds what she is looking for and comes back to reality. Maybe her thyroid problem was not so bad after all.

[bet643]

Stop watching Oprah......we all know that it's all about the ratings. I think that maybe she never had a thyroid problem, but it's a great place for her to put the blame. Plus I'm sorry, but she is way heavier than what she tells her viewers. I know because she looks about 75 lbs. heavier than me. I use to watch her, but she's not what she use to be. I just wish I had the money for a chef and a trainer. It's sad because it hurts all of those that have serious thyroid problems. She won't committ herself to us because she knows that she can't fool the real Mccoys. Our community is stronger and much more educated when it comes to our thyroid. I kind of lost interest when I saw Tom Crews jumping on Oprahs couch like a complete idiot. Also not to thrilled with Tom anymore.  Yeah, I like to see Oprah balance our thyroid cancer and hashimotos.She has no idea. She's big money and big ratings, that's all she is, and it worked. She got your attention, accept she never knew how much she would upset people. I think we should boycott the show. I use to love and respect her, now I'm just turned off. I'm never watching again. I like to watch Ellen, she's funny....makes me laugh. Oprah makes me puke.

[Smilerdeb]

I gained 16 kilograms with hyperthyroidism and Graves prior to RAI 7 months ago and I havent gained any since RAI and being on Thyroxin.
The weight gain was from my levels being out of whack....not any medication.
I had a history prior to dx with Graves where I would gain 5 kgs in one week yet at other times it would take me 2 years to gain 5 kgs and I was on no meds then.
I dont believe it is the meds, I believe its the thyroid levels and the bodies metabolism.
I had massive bloating BEFORE RAI or before being put on thyroxin.

I remember reading a few years back that Oprah went through stages of 'binge eating' due to her relationship with her boyfriend falling apart and gaining heaps of weight too.

[Thypatient]

BB8911:  Tee! Hee!  Good theory; I like the way you think.  Seriously though, no one knows just what’s going on in Oprah’s life.  If she was messing around like that, I say, it’s good that she’s moved on. But if she does truly have this disease and needs meds I hope whatever it is in the universe that guides her, does.

~

I agree with cbread: “While I would like to see more information made public about thyroid health, perhaps Oprah isn't our gal.”  I never really thought she was except on the marketing theory that if you plant any word, in whatever context, it’ll stick around - her mentioning of the word “thyroid” might just do that.

• Happy Thyroid Awareness Month •

[wyoming1]

Since Oprah won't tell us what exactly is causing her thyroid problem, we are all assuming she is hypo.  So she was probably told her thyroid was under-active.  She may have falsy concluded that by stimulating her thyroid, she would raise her metabolism and her weight would be easy to control.  Thus, she got sloppy with her food habits. But, since synthroid and all its cousins are a"sodium" it causes bloating, water retention, just like salt. So I believe it is possible to gain weight on these meds, even if most of it is water. If she went off, she would lose the water weight and think she is cured.  She is looking for instant answers to a lifelong ailment.  Thyroid is the only thing she needs to balance... she just didn't give it enough time.

[Smilerdeb]

Sorry to hear Stella but you got the same reaction I got last year.....zilch.
Oprah isnt too popular in Australia as far as I know...lets put it this way, people would rather be reading the posts here than watching her show lol.
So what does that tell you (wink )
And if she IS cured then I am Madonna :) lol

(Gawd I wish!)

[stella5349]

Not to send a bad plug to you by no means

But remember she announced she is CURED... She has no disease any longer.

[stella5349]

On a lighter note to the horrible way I took all this. I have to find some humor in this on your expense.

After knowing you for a year. I just have a real hard time - ( If what the Big O says is true) ............. NOT


that YOU  AR-10 walking in and saying "your life JUST needs balance."  Your thyroid is "cured" and you just need to find "Yourself" again in your happy place.  :)

I think you as a guy knew yourself pretty darn well before all this and life wasn't half bad -- right?

But it's Just "Balance" you desire.... right??

Yeah ---  right ----- Hogwash Oprah.

[stella5349]

Synthyroid is not hell. She didn't discuss Synthroid being her problem. She claimed she went off meds and she still felt like poo.

She's hypothyroid and fat from NOT taking her meds regardless of what those meds were.. Not the meds being her deal that got her to this situation.

I think I missed something if you caught that. If that is the case and she did discuss that about Synthroid -  she's going to have millions writing her about her craziness denying that she really IS hypothyroid - along with her un logical and unresearchable idea that the meds itself caused her to be fat.

Hope her specialist that is looking out for the Golden Queen didn't advise her of that theory.

[wyoming1]

I also watched Oprah deny that her weight was the result of SYNTHROID HELL.  Just like her, I lost 40 pounds, and then gained it back on Synthroid. Just like her, I could not sleep, did not feel like going to work and had a vacant look on my face.  I went on Synthroid and I sitll sleep poorly, feel stupid and can not control my weight.
I want the CURE!  

[stella5349]

never thought of it.

good idea