In the first episode of Tales From Thyietnam, Katie Schwartz and Liz Schau of Dear Thyroid, interview Mary Shomon, renowned thyroid patient advocate, about the business of thyroids and thyroid patients getting the business from their thyroids and endocrinologists. Mary Shomon, author of several best selling thyroid related books, including her latest debut, The Menopause Thyroid Solution, offers hard hitting opinions, an irreverent, poignant take on the endocrine landscape and many funny moments about how wacky our butterfly glands can be. Find out more about Dear Thyroid, at http://dearthyroid.wordpress.com.