The Collected Postings of diogenes - updated

[helvella]

About three weeks ago, I posted “The Collected Postings of diogenes“.

At the time, I had collected all the posts but had not checked the links properly.

I have now worked my way through and ensured that, so far as I can all links work. Indeed, I have added links throughout so that they include, as appropriate and available, the DOI link, the EuropePMC link, sometimes the PubMed link, and the publisher’s link.

Inevitably, with over 400 pages involved, there will be some mistakes. Please let me know if you find any.

Below I repeat my post:

This is a collection of ALL the posts made by diogenes on the HealthUnlocked Thyroid UK forum.

The intention has been to make these posts readily available. They are already accessible, but the HealthUnlocked search facility makes it very difficult to find what you want. And the fact that you only see a short extract of posts makes it even more difficult. By holding the full text of the posts, this document should help in finding what you are looking for.

Some issues have arisen. Most particularly, many of the links have caused problems. HealthUnlocked shortened links do not work so they have all been converted into standard web links. At times, this has needed the links to change.

Some formatting has been changed to make more sense and be usable in a large text document.

Some typos, etc., have been corrected.

Some additional information has been included - such as dates where the text refers to “today”. HealthUnlocked dates display relative to the day of viewing as in “2 years ago”. These are relative to February 2025 but a few specific dates have been added.

The heading of each post is a link to that post on HealthUnlocked. There you can find the original posts and all replies. Most of these posts should be accessible regardless of being a member, logged in, etc. However a few might have been restricted to access by logged in members.

This document doesn’t include any of diogenes’ replies.

This is around 400 pages and inevitably includes mistakes and omissions. Please let me know and they will be corrected.

And this is VERY MUCH a second pass which needs enhancement.

The Collected Postings of diogenes

dropbox.com/s/84rm92hxvbdpk...

Linked document has been updated

29/03/2025 Adding:

This should be the final version. I do not currently intend revisiting this document. However, if you find issues, please let me know and I will look into correcting them.

{Note: The original version of this post is here:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

And my blog post which includes this document and a link to my other document which lists diogenes' lifetime publication history is here:

helvella.blogspot.com/p/hel... ]

[JGBH]

Many thanks. What a lot of work!

[helvella in reply to JGBH]

diogenes put in so much. It would be wrong for it to slowly disappear and become difficult to access.

I've also created a blog linking to all the papers he authored (with others).

helvella.blogspot.com/p/hel...

This is my contribution to remembering diogenes.

[JGBH in reply to helvella]

Indeed, remembering all the incredible work Diogenes did in order to help us all is most important and a great tribute to him. Thank you again for what you are doing in respect of remembering him and his colleagues,

[Marz in reply to helvella]

Dedication beyond the call of duty 🌟

[pennyannie in reply to Marz]

How does one measure such care, thoughtfulness and consideration from both parties ?

[jgelliss in reply to helvella]

Thank You Helvella for keeping it going and holding onto Diogenes Hard Work and devotion for our Thyroid Journeys. Many of us are recipients of Diogenes Compassionate Heartfelt Devotion towards our in betterment. He is Missed.

[Wua13262348 in reply to helvella]

A fitting tribute, and much appreciated. He was a legend, as are you. Thank you.

[Buddy195 Administrator]

Enormous thanks Helvella 👍

[Jazz80]

An incredible achievement! Thank you so much for doing this, making Diognenes' legacy readily accessible for all is such a fitting tribute.

[SarahJane1471]

👏

[Eazybiker]

Thanks so much

[Zebra5]

Thank you

[northsix]

A labour of love helvella for sure. Many thanks x

[BenLabrador]

Thank you Helvella.

[flower365]

Thanks for your time, effort, and dedication. Much appreciated.

[Ontherun81]

Many Thanks for all of your hard work 👏👏👏

[Tina_Maria]

Thank you so much - a lot of hard work and dedication has gone into this. We are all very grateful for your efforts. 😘

[Astrido]

I joined the Board after Diogenes moved on (so to speak) so this is a very valuable resource to bring to all our attention. I assume it will be pinned/reminded occasionally for the newbies. Thank you.

[RedApple in reply to Astrido]

Absolutely it has to be permanently pinned!

Call out to admins to do this please, before it gets swallowed up in this forums vast ocean of posts... lynmynott PurpleNails GlowCoach Buddy195

[lynmynott Partner Thyroid UK in reply to RedApple]

I have edited the post to add the blog too and then pinned it.

[goingholiday]

Amazing work and a tremendous tribute. Thank you so much 🙂

[healthkiwi]

Thank you so much. I was referring back to some Diogenes posts a week or so ago. What a treasure.

[Lottyplum]

Wow! Wow! Such amazing dedication to the work of an amazing man! Big, big thankyou.

[Brightness14]

Thank you for all your hard work, amazing. If everybody was like you the world would be a much better place.

[Radio2]

Thank you for doing this and all of your hard work.

[buddy99]

Thanks a million, helvella! I'm in awe of how dedicated you are to the cause and what an enormous amount of work and time you put into making sure that all available information gets to those who need it (not just in this case, by the way). To say that I appreciate the effort really, really falls flat of what I would like to express. Thank you so much!

[fibnum]

“Seek No More!”

Diogenes had a new job at hand!

No longer seeking an honest man,

He was hired by my insurance plan

To find the causes and cures

For the Thyroid woes we endure.

After many years of study,

The picture’s still muddy,

Poor Di’s gone nearly nutty.

His frustration so triggered and dire,

He decided it was a good time to retire!

Fibnum

[Polly91]

thank you Helvella- v kind of you to do this so we can continue to learn from Diogenes. Much appreciated

[sparkly]

Amazing working! Thank you 👏

[ThyroidFrazzled]

Such a huge effort and a wonderful tribute. So many thanks to you for saving and collating this invaluable material.

[lynmynott Partner Thyroid UK]

Thank you helvella for all your hard work on this. I have now edited the post to add the blog and pinned it for everyone to see exactly what John did for all of us. I really miss him.

[jgelliss in reply to lynmynott]

Helvella Is Our Treasured Member.Thank You Helvella for all your hard work that you do for our Forum. Your Amazing.