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Thyroid Patients: Let's Play Endo Bingo!

By Mary Shomon, About.com GuideJanuary 8, 2009

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Click on the bingo card above (it's in PDF format) and take it with you the next time you visit the endocrinologist. Check off all the things you hear and see. Maybe you'll be a big winner at Endo Bingo! (But if you are, that's one of the signs that you need a new doctor!)

Have you already "won" Endo Bingo? Do you have other squares to add to the Endo Bingo cards? Share your thoughts now in the forum!

_{Illustration: Mary Shomon}

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January 9, 2009 at 3:48 am (1) whoever says:: This is frustrating and not funny!
January 9, 2009 at 4:23 am (2) Marieke says:: Lucky me, according to your bingo chart I currently have a great endocrinologist. Not one box I can tick (or maybe one…. you’re out in 10 minutes. However, it always feels I’ve been in for much longer due to the way he listens and gives feedback).

Unfortunately for me, I need to change doctors in a couple of months time due to moving from Europe to the US, and I fear that I might end up with a not so great endocrinologist.
January 9, 2009 at 1:32 pm (3) Laura says:: I, like Marieke, have found a great endocrinologist. It took me years, but she actually listens to me and doesn’t blow off any symptoms that I tell her about. The bingo chart is good however for those that don’t have that good relationship with their doctor.
January 12, 2009 at 10:51 am (4) garzasm says:: I recently had a thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer. I didn’t have to play Endo Bingo thanks to the Top Docs page. I struck gold with my endocrinologist, but I feel for those who have experienced the horror stories!!!