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Please see updated document linked from this post:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Some years ago, I started compiling a list of abbreviations and acronyms that appear here regularly. The idea was to make it relatively quick and easy to look up abbreviations and acronyms without being too waylaid by the many irrelevant possibilities web searches tend to return.

I continue to update the document quite frequently! Which I did within the past few days.

dropbox.com/s/2423slilh0or6...

If you have not downloaded a copy for some time, perhaps months or years, I suggest you download a new copy.

Please, if you think there is anything missing or wrong, let me know. Post on the forum or send a Private Message.

28/12/2018

Updated link.

16/02/2022

The information above have now been incorporated into my Vade Mecum document.

helvella - Vade Mecum for Thyroid

The term vade mecum means:

1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual.

2. A useful object, constantly carried on one’s person.

Please don't get put off by the number of pages!

Not everything is in this one document - my major medicines document is still separate!

From Dropbox:

dropbox.com/s/vp5ct1cwc03bl...

From Google Drive:

drive.google.com/file/d/1ZW...

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DellFinium

Thanks for all you do, Helvella :-)

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SeasideSusieRemembering

An excellent resource helvella thank you.

Do you think it could be one of the 5 visible pinned posts rather than having to click on "see all"?

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RedAppleAdministrator in reply toSeasideSusie

Good point SeasideSusie. It did used to be in the visible list. Which one do you think we should move down to make it visible again?

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SeasideSusieRemembering in reply toRedApple

Ermmmmmmm, that's really hard.

Can we have 6 pinned posts :D

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RedAppleAdministrator in reply toSeasideSusie

:D :D Agreed! I think they should all be visible. Otherwise, what's the point of them being there. No-one is going to check the hidden pinned posts for something they don't even know is listed there!

in reply toRedApple

I didn't know there even were any invisible ones!!! :-D

Thanks helvella x

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RedAppleAdministrator in reply toSeasideSusie

I've juggled them around so it's visible now.

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SeasideSusieRemembering in reply toRedApple

Excellent, thanks RA. I'm sure that will be helpful, if anyone asks we can just point out there's a link in Pinned Posts :)

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LindaC

Thank you for this resource and for all that you do :-)

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jallann

Thanks, Helvella 😊 I couldn't believe how many pages of abbreviations there were. Mighty glad I don't have to memorize them, especially with my sketchy thyroid brain 😁 j

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JGBH

Many thanks for taking the time to do so.

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m7-cola

Thank you so much for doing this.

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Lottyplum

Thank you.

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