What a load of c**p! I agree, the National Enquirer isn't worth anything, I wouldn't wrap my fish in chips in it.
Speaking from experience I very much doubt she needs her thyroid removed. I had a very overactive thyroid in my early 20's a few years back and had it partially removed but that is an extreme and rare occurence, usually it's treatable with medication and underactive thyroids, which Oprah is supposed to have are much easier to control, usually by taking a tablet a day.
I would have thought the yo yo dieting is much more dangerous than a thyroid problem!
I think it's because Oprah has always sought attention for years now. Obviously her fame and money isn't enough to make up for what she lacks in life. She could have been very different if she'd have had children but it's hard to tell..she could have been even worse.
You what?
If she sneezes it would make the news nowadays. She's a phenomenon. I doubt she can do anything about fame nowadays. She's transcended that. She works incredibly hard (there's no way I would be up at 5.30am in my 50's, and taping 3 shows a day, running and financing a school, running a media empire, magazine, Radio and TV network )etc etc plus everything else that goes along with megacelebrity.
:eek: And what the hell has having children got to do with anything. Some of us knew we weren't meant for motherhood from an early age. It doesn't make us less fulfilled. Far better than to give birth because it's expected. :rolleyes:
Personally I think she's great. I'd rather 1 Oprah than a thousand Jordans /Kerry's and the rest of the dross we seem to be fascinated by.
Oprah Winfrey has just three years to live according to experts who have reviewed her medical history. Her weight has soared to 250 pounds - and medical experts say that unless the 55-year-old talk-show queen undergoes lifesaving surgery to remove her thyroid, she’ll eat her way into an early grave - The National Enquirer reports.
The National Enquirer FFS! Does anyone need to say more?
That's exactly what I was going to post. You get medication to treat problems with your thyroid gland. NE is full of crap.
Quite the most insane piece of medical ignorance I have seen for a loooooooong time. An underactive thyroid CAN lead to rapid weight gain, but how removing it will stimulate it into greater activity is a mystery. What she actually needs, if we are into inventing fantasy medical treatments, is to have another thyroid put IN so she can have two working away at once to burn off the fat.
(BTW this is not a real treatment). 250 lbs is 18 stone, which is obese for a woman (not sure how tall she is) but to talk of "3 years to live" on the basis of it is infantile. There must be at least 20 clinical signs which would have to be measured before anyone could estimate her likely life expectancy, and I can positively guarantee that the National Enquirer has no information about any of them.
I've got an overactive thyroid,i reckon it's worse than an underactive,they wanted to nuke my thyroid at first,but there is no chance i would ever consider it,unless all medications failed,but up to now,i'm doing ok..fingers crossed.
I've got an overactive thyroid,i reckon it's worse than an underactive,they wanted to nuke my thyroid at first,but there is no chance i would ever consider it,unless all medications failed,but up to now,i'm doing ok..fingers crossed.
Good luck with that.
Underactive thyroid is certainly easier to treat, which is why I'm sure Oprah's weight gain is no such thing.
Underactive thyroid is certainly easier to treat, which is why I'm sure Oprah's weight gain is no such thing.
That's why they wanted to give me the radio iodine,that would make me go underactive,which would be easier to treat,but i don't want anything radio active in my system:eek:
Oprah Winfrey has just three years to live according to experts who have reviewed her medical history. Her weight has soared to 250 pounds - and medical experts say that unless the 55-year-old talk-show queen undergoes lifesaving surgery to remove her thyroid, she’ll eat her way into an early grave - The National Enquirer reports.
Without the surgery, it’s unlikely that Oprah will ever be able to control her weight, and she could suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke, those experts warn.
Do you believe the National Enquirer?? They are a trashy rag who use to have reports about aliens and Elvis being alive. I can remeber an article about a lady who claimed aliens abducted her son and left fish fingers in his place. The NE is the kinda trash you take to the beach, read and throw away. And I also read months and months ago they said Patrick Swayze only had a month to live....so Im not gonna take on this rubbish about Oprah
Completely off topic really, but Oprah Winfrey is a mystery to me; you either see this woman as a stick thin, 8 stone, size 8, squeezing into a pair of jeans and bellowing to her audience, "heyyy look at meeeee", *whoop whoooop* "I've lost 400 stone"!!!! or she appears on TV and she's 18 stone again and struggling to get into trousers made out of two windsocks. Maybe its me, but I've never seen her actually inbetween weights
If she sneezes it would make the news nowadays. She's a phenomenon. I doubt she can do anything about fame nowadays. She's transcended that. She works incredibly hard (there's no way I would be up at 5.30am in my 50's, and taping 3 shows a day, running and financing a school, running a media empire, magazine, Radio and TV network )etc etc plus everything else that goes along with megacelebrity.
:eek: And what the hell has having children got to do with anything. Some of us knew we weren't meant for motherhood from an early age. It doesn't make us less fulfilled. Far better than to give birth because it's expected. :rolleyes:
Personally I think she's great. I'd rather 1 Oprah than a thousand Jordans /Kerry's and the rest of the dross we seem to be fascinated by.
That's your opinion but I don't share it. Many many people work hard and are older than Oprah Winfrey. She doesn't have to get up and do what she does..that is her choice. Sorry but there's many people in this world who do far more for free or anonymously but everytime OW does something it's splashed everywhere. I stopped watching her show because I found her too self absorbed.
And who said she should have had children..I didn't. It was a comment made because I wondered if it would have made a difference. Calm yourself here..if you don't like my post fine but see it for what it is..my opinion.
I like OW's show but at times I find her too simplistic and judgemental. She has a good heart though. But I think she is a tiny bit overrated. Just my opinion.
I've got an overactive thyroid,i reckon it's worse than an underactive,they wanted to nuke my thyroid at first,but there is no chance i would ever consider it,unless all medications failed,but up to now,i'm doing ok..fingers crossed.
I had an overactive thyroid & you're right, it's more dangerous than underactive - can lead to heart problems etc. I had to have mine removed altogether in the end & now take replacement Thyroxine.
I had an overactive thyroid & you're right, it's more dangerous than underactive - can lead to heart problems etc. I had to have mine removed altogether in the end & now take replacement Thyroxine.
Doctor told me normal thyroid funtion is around 22,mine was 45,then 36,34,now it's 31,it's still very high,but it's going in the right direction.hopefully mine will go in remission,i don't want to have it removed.
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Speaking from experience I very much doubt she needs her thyroid removed. I had a very overactive thyroid in my early 20's a few years back and had it partially removed but that is an extreme and rare occurence, usually it's treatable with medication and underactive thyroids, which Oprah is supposed to have are much easier to control, usually by taking a tablet a day.
I would have thought the yo yo dieting is much more dangerous than a thyroid problem!
You what?
If she sneezes it would make the news nowadays. She's a phenomenon. I doubt she can do anything about fame nowadays. She's transcended that. She works incredibly hard (there's no way I would be up at 5.30am in my 50's, and taping 3 shows a day, running and financing a school, running a media empire, magazine, Radio and TV network )etc etc plus everything else that goes along with megacelebrity.
:eek: And what the hell has having children got to do with anything. Some of us knew we weren't meant for motherhood from an early age. It doesn't make us less fulfilled. Far better than to give birth because it's expected. :rolleyes:
Personally I think she's great. I'd rather 1 Oprah than a thousand Jordans /Kerry's and the rest of the dross we seem to be fascinated by.
(BTW this is not a real treatment). 250 lbs is 18 stone, which is obese for a woman (not sure how tall she is) but to talk of "3 years to live" on the basis of it is infantile. There must be at least 20 clinical signs which would have to be measured before anyone could estimate her likely life expectancy, and I can positively guarantee that the National Enquirer has no information about any of them.
Good luck with that.
Underactive thyroid is certainly easier to treat, which is why I'm sure Oprah's weight gain is no such thing.
Do you believe the National Enquirer?? They are a trashy rag who use to have reports about aliens and Elvis being alive. I can remeber an article about a lady who claimed aliens abducted her son and left fish fingers in his place. The NE is the kinda trash you take to the beach, read and throw away. And I also read months and months ago they said Patrick Swayze only had a month to live....so Im not gonna take on this rubbish about Oprah
Maybe she's wearing a fat suit
A decidedly freaky rag which has been publishing all kinds of weird and wacky material for years.
That's your opinion but I don't share it. Many many people work hard and are older than Oprah Winfrey. She doesn't have to get up and do what she does..that is her choice. Sorry but there's many people in this world who do far more for free or anonymously but everytime OW does something it's splashed everywhere. I stopped watching her show because I found her too self absorbed.
And who said she should have had children..I didn't. It was a comment made because I wondered if it would have made a difference. Calm yourself here..if you don't like my post fine but see it for what it is..my opinion.
I had an overactive thyroid & you're right, it's more dangerous than underactive - can lead to heart problems etc. I had to have mine removed altogether in the end & now take replacement Thyroxine.
Doctor told me normal thyroid funtion is around 22,mine was 45,then 36,34,now it's 31,it's still very high,but it's going in the right direction.hopefully mine will go in remission,i don't want to have it removed.