Oh, hey, it's the guy at the library with that stack of survival books.

Allie Ward, let's talk about your thyroid.

Do you still have one?

If not, let's talk about how it did you dirty.

Metabolism, libido, sweating, freezing.

You're in the right place for all of it.

So I went to New York because I'm sophisticated.

And also your favorite diabetic diabetologist, Dr. Mike Natter, was getting married to his bride

Alice. And whilst there, NYU Langone Hospital hooked it up with a thyroid expert and a surgeon

who was more than game to answer all my questions about this little hormonal organ that rules

our lives. So this guest is the division chief of the NYU-Langone

endocrine surgery department and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and molecular

pharmacology of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery. And we met up on a brisk afternoon

in this tidy, elegant hospital conference room, and I asked so many questions,

and he didn't even bill us for them. He knows his stuff, and he knows your stuff. So we'll talk

about your stuff momentarily, but first, let's thank all the patrons at patreon.com slash ologies

who make the show possible and send in their questions. You can be one of them, if you like,

for just a dollar a month. Also,

thanks to everyone in Ologiesmerch from Ologiesmerch.com. And if you need a kid-friendly

version of the show, just a reminder that we launched Smologies recently, it's a spin-off podcast

in its own feed, link in the show notes. So thank you also to everyone who leaves reviews for the show. It matters so much to us,

and it helps boost the show in the charts, and I read all of them. And this week, Positive Steps,

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