{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Health, Wealth and the Pursuit of Happiness","title":"Menopause, Thyroid & Diabetes: Why Women Feel Dismissed","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e83d2ae6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2415,"description":"Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 31, then Graves' disease, thyroid cancer, and surgical menopause, nurse practitioner Sharon Lemoine shares what women in midlife need to know about hormones, thyroid labs, GLP-1s, and getting doctors to actually listen.\n\nIn this episode of Health, Wealth & the Pursuit of Happiness, Murray Sabrin talks with Sharon Lemoine, a women's health nurse practitioner with nearly 30 years in medicine and owner of Gig Harbor Medical Spa in Washington State. Sharon explains:\n\n✅ The warning signs of adult-onset type 1 diabetes, and how it differs from type 2\n✅ Why a TSH test alone may miss thyroid problems (and why T4 and T3 matter)\n✅ How menopause and perimenopause symptoms are often dismissed or misdiagnosed as anxiety\n✅ Why vitamin D, magnesium, omega-3s, and B vitamins matter\n✅ How to use GLP-1 medications for weight loss without losing muscle mass\n✅ The questions every woman should ask her healthcare provider\n✅ How faith and purpose can motivate lasting health changes\n\n⏱️ CHAPTERS\n00:00 Introduction: Sharon Lemoine, NP\n02:11 Sharon's health journey begins\n02:46 Type 1 diabetes symptoms: blood sugar over 500\n06:54 Seeing diagnoses as a gift and a purpose\n07:30 Hysterectomy and surgical menopause\n08:35 Graves' disease and thyroid cancer symptoms\n10:26 America's chronic disease problem\n10:56 Type 1 vs. type 2 diabetes explained\n13:12 Why the thyroid is so important\n14:25 Living without a thyroid: TSH, T4, and T3 testing\n16:07 Why men ignore symptoms (and women don't)\n18:09 Nurse practitioner vs. MD: training and scope\n19:34 Faith in medical practice\n22:09 Why midlife women feel dismissed\n25:39 Supplements and vitamin D deficiency\n27:53 Mushrooms and core supplements\n29:30 GLP-1s for weight loss: protecting muscle mass\n31:27 Do you have to stay on a GLP-1 forever?\n33:23 Questions to ask your healthcare provider\n35:58 Telehealth and how to work with Sharon\n37:17 Protecting the doctor-patient relationship\n38:14 Closing thoughts\n\n🔗 LINKS\nGig...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JYnEw1DseObSgHdMGCVuGpqVrH2fXx4yr5WVaa-TXSw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MjMy/NzYxM2QyYjBjMmZh/Y2NlNThmOTE2Mjcy/NTNhYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}