Hi, all.  In memory of my brother, Jordan, who was a Hashimoto's patient, I'm 
trying to get better treatment for thyroid patients through a petition I'm 
doing.  Was hoping you'd sign & share--please!!

Here's the link: https://www.change.org/ThyoidBetterTreatment

I think Jordan had undiagnosed & untreated thyroid for too many years, and it 
led to his liver going bad.  He ended up in the hospital in 2015 where his liver 
 got diagnosed, and I begged them to run thyroid tests--because I felt there 
was a connection.  We have a big family history of thyroid trouble, and Jordan
didn't even drink or anything to have a bad liver.  He had low thyroid symptoms,
for years.  At the hospital, the typical thyroid tests came out"normal," as usual. 

But I did more research, and I found that if you get blood tests for 
 thyroid antibodies, these can sometimes show there's a thyroid
problem, even if the usual tests are OK.  I had to beg the doctors to run these 
tests.  Finally did, and Jordan was diagnosed with Hashimoto's.  He started  
treatment, and it helped to some extent, but it wasn't enough to repair the 
liver damage done.

It shouldn't have come to all this.  It should've been caught, a lot earlier.   
I think his liver would've functioned better then, and he wouldn't have
ended up needing a liver transplant, which we couldn't get in time, due to
Covid.  I am heartbroken!!

My petiton asks the Biden Administration to help with more                                                                                                          funding for research into better treatments for thyroid patients;
earlier and better testing and diagnosis of thyroid problems;
better education for doctors on how treating the thyroid well
can help prevent other health problems from happening, etc.
Please consider signing and sharing my petition.  It could
help you, and maybe someone you love.  Thanks...
from Jordan's sister, Starr D.