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Mary Shomon is a nationally-known thyroid patient advocate and best-selling author of The Thyroid Diet and Living Well With Hypothyroidism

I'm Mary Shomon, and I'm a patient advocate, author, communications consultant, wife and mother who has transformed my own struggle with thyroid disease into an advocacy campaign on behalf of patients with chronic diseases such as thyroid disease, autoimmune conditions, chronic fatigue, among others. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in 1995, and now research and write about these conditions and their impact on health and weight. Since early 1997, I have served as founder and Guide for the award-winning About.com Thyroid website, and as editor of my popular patient thyroid news report, Sticking Out Our Necks.

My patient advocacy focus brings much-needed attention to underdiagnosed and often overlooked health issues. My desire to cut through medical jargon and deliver information to my fellow patients in a form they can understand resulted in my first health-related book, Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You . . . That You Need to Know, which was first published in 2000 by HarperCollins, and has been a best-seller, going to more than 20 printings before a 2nd Revised Edition was published in 2005. The book was a Prevention Book Club Selection, and Amazon Top-Selling health book, and its popularity launched a new series of consumer health books for publisher HarperCollins.

I am also author of the New York Times best-selling book The Thyroid Diet: Manage Your Metabolism for Lasting Weight Loss. (2004) "Thyroid Diet" was also a semi-finalist for the prestigious Quills Awards in 2005.

I am also author of Living Well With Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism" (2005) Living Well With Autoimmune Disease"(2003) Living Well With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia," (2004) and the The Thyroid Guide to Fertility, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Success" (2005), and The Thyroid Hormone Breakthrough: Overcoming Sexual and Hormonal Problems at Every Age (2006). My newsletter for thyroid patients, "Sticking Out Our Necks," was founded in 1997, and has become a popular resource for patients in both its email and print form.

I have served as the Guide for the popular About.com Thyroid site -- now part of the New York Times Company -- launching the site in early 1997, and managing the site and working as its sole researcher/writer since that time. That site, Thyroid.about.com, along with my advocacy site Thyroid-info.com, are the Internet's most popular and visited sites dedicated to thyroid disease.

I've been featured in hundreds of television, radio, newspaper, magazine and web interviews, including appearances on ABC World News Tonight and CBS Radio Networks, and interviews in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Ladies Home Journal, Health, Cooking Light, Elle Magazine, Woman's World, and the Los Angeles Times, to name just a few.

In my decade of consumer advocacy, I have never hesitated to take a stand on behalf of patients, and my independence from drug companies and medical/patient organizations that are funded by the pharmaceutical industry has allowed me to maintain an unbiased, truly patient-first advocacy effort.

My ability to communicate important health-related information reflects 20 years of experience designing social marketing, grassroots outreach, consumer marketing and public information campaigns while working in the social outreach, advertising and public relations industry -- designing campaigns for clients as diverse as furniture retailer IKEA, the World Bank, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Before I began writing in the health area, I also published several humor books. I co-authored the humor book, Scratching the Net: Web Sites for Cats published by Andrews McMeel in 1998, and wrote the Washington, DC bestseller, The Single Woman's Guide to the Available Men of Washington, published in 1993.

I have a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University in Washington D.C.

Do You Find Yourself Saying:
"I Wish I Knew Who to Call to
Help Answer My Thyroid Questions...NOW!?"

If you're worried about your health...about finding the right doctor...difficulty getting diagnosed...thyroid symptoms that aren't going away...where to find answers to hard questions about thyroid disease and your health, I have an option you should seriously consider.

Let's face it, most doctors don't have the time to brainstorm with us about what conventional and treatment approaches ideas to research, or where to go for the best thyroid treatment. How can you get the information you deserve?

I can help.

In a one-on-one telephone coaching consultation, we'll brainstorm your thyroid questions, and I'll share ideas and resources with you on where to get more help so you can feel and live well.

If you have just one or two questions, then we can have a 15-minute consultation. If you have a whole list of things to discuss, sessions are available in 15 minute increments, up to an hour. Just the two of us, on the phone, brainstorming practical -- maybe even life-changing -- solutions to your health challenges.

You are invited to set up a phone consultation -- usually, I can schedule your session in the next 48 hours! -- to explore your thyroid questions, and map out a plan to help you enjoy better health.

You have important questions, and getting answers to those questions is a key step that can help you tackle your thyroid problems and improve your health.

One important reminder -- since I'm NOT a doctor, I cannot offer specific medical advice, interpret your medical tests, or provide medical counsel. But I can and will guide you to resources, experts, information sources and more that will help you feel better!

Don't hesitate!

Phone consultations are $25 for each 15 minutes.

Call now toll-free 1-888-810-9471 to book your phone appointment, or fill out the following form. (Note: This form is only for booking phone consultations. I get thousands of emails a week, and am unable to provide advice, personal responses, coaching or customized research by email.)

I look forward to speaking with you soon.

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Members of the Media

As an experienced spokesperson for patients, I can address the topics of thyroid disease, weight loss, metabolism, autoimmune diseases, patient empowerment, the Internet and health, for television, radio or print interviews. Members of the media can email me or call my publishing/publicity office at 1-888-810-9471.