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Under 200

04.07.2023 by Greg Kemble // 2 Comments

Public scale in Italian - Bilancia di Precisione Automatica

For the first time in over two years, I weigh under 200 pounds.

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Categories // Prattle Tags // pandemic, slow carb diet, thyroid, tim ferriss, weight loss

What I missed on my low-iodine diet

10.11.2021 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Spoon drizzling chocolate onto ice cream in tapatio mug

My stint with a low-iodine diet, in preparation for the radiated iodine therapy, was fine, though I really missed two things: ice cream and hot sauce. (Not at the same time….)

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Categories // Prattle Tags // cancer, hot ones, hot sauce, ice cream, low-iodine diet, thyroid

Hydration and isolation

09.29.2021 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Glow in the dark watch

It’s official: I am dangerously radioactive.

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Entering phase two: radioactive!

09.15.2021 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Rusted old radioactivity sign

In “Good Luck and Cancer,” I wrote that my stint with cancer had lasted only three months from discovery to recovery. It turns out that this was a bit optimistic — though, I hope, not by much.

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Categories // Prattle Tags // ablation, cancer, low-iodine diet, radioactive, thyroid

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