Want to leave a comment? "Excess weight blamed for eighth of hospital admissions for women over 50" in The Guardian.

[puncturedbicycle]

If you'd like to have your say re: willfully undiagnosed/untreated/poorly treated hypothyroidism, comments are still open: theguardian.com/society/201...

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

445 comments there already.

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I had a quick look, some comments were pretty offensive but, of course, they're ignorant of how the NHS works, or rather doesn't.

Can't remember my Guardian user name and password either!

[puncturedbicycle in reply to Hidden]

I should have said in my post 'don't read the comments'! It was the comments in part that made me feel like some balance should be introduced with comments about hypothyroidism being 'disappeared' by the medical establishment.

[Glynisrose]

Its because the NHS drum it in to 'health professionals' that its just a case of 'eat less and exercise more' when in reality this will never work!!

[puncturedbicycle in reply to Glynisrose]

Yes, I felt that sort of thing should be said.

[shaws Administrator]

Just posted my comment. Maybe not deleted yet.

[puncturedbicycle in reply to shaws]

[Pastelart]

With these alarming statistics, the fact that one has be very ill and likely overweight before being treated for hypothyroidism, is pure madness and discrimination against women, as we are more likely to have the condition.