How To Fail: Michael Rosen With Elizabeth Day (podcast)

[helvella]

Most members will have heard of Michael Rosen – often categorised as “the children’s author”. He also does a lot of audio work. This is a podcast interview between Elizabeth Day and MR.

The summary says it is 58 minutes long. The bit that is relevant to thyroid starts around fifteen minutes before the end. Though it might help with context to listen to the whole podcast. You will have to ignore an advert or two!

Although fairly short, it seemed to have quite a bit in common with many other stories such as many members have related over the years.

One comment - somewhat enigmatic until you listen: Dr Baker should be converted into an injectable form and dosed to every doctor as they start training. 

MR said he has a new book coming out called Getting Better which expressly covers both his recovery from Covid and his diagnosis with hypothyroidism. Think he said January 2023 – so a while yet to wait.

The other day, humanbean mentioned that untreated hypothyroidism might result in death after about 12 years. MR’s diagnosis was at the twelve year point.

You can listen to the podcast using the Apple Podcasts app. But there are other ways to access if you do not have a suitable Apple device! Do a search for:

S14, Ep5 How To Fail: Michael Rosen

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

This links to the Apple podcast:

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This links to the first non-Apple version I found but there are many others.

uk-podcasts.co.uk/podcast/h...

[carorueil]

Thanks will have a look at this later!!

[TSH110]

Interesting about the 12 years. I think mine was even longer May be 22 years or more when suspicious things first started up including the ‘you’re dying’ voice in my head. It stopped as soon as I got treatment. The sort of thing you’d be sectioned for, despite the listen to your body mantra which was always being pushed. It seems to have gone out of vogue more recently.

[RedApple Administrator in reply to TSH110]

I'm guessing that twelve years would be for someone who's thyroid was consistently failing to produce (i.e. little to no hormones). Might also depend on whether it's straightforward thyroid failure (often misleadingly called under-active), versus autoimmune/ hashimotos.

Lots of us here are aware that we've had thyroid 'issues' for many, many more than twelve years. Hindsight tells me that I went through sporadic ups and downs for years before it eventually gave up completely.

[TSH110 in reply to RedApple]

Yes it was my journey too, sporadic is the perfect description. I think my final phase was very short when things just went totally out of control, maybe about a month of pure horror. The ultrasound (the only one I ever had) about three months later showed it had atrophied so much it was highly unlikely to have any function. Mine was atropic autoimmune thyroiditis.

[radd in reply to TSH110]

TSH110,

Me too. A gland the size of dried up pea!

Bloody horrendous until optimally replaced.

[TSH110 in reply to radd]

Exactly!