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The Most Dangerous Diagnosis? Being Told You’re Fine When You’re Not — with Dr. Amie Hornaman

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Release Date: 06/20/2025

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What if your symptoms weren’t “in your head”—but the medical system made you believe they were?

In this raw and revealing conversation, Dr. Amie Hornaman, host of The Thyroid Fixer podcast, opens up about being misdiagnosed six times, dismissed by doctors, and told she was “fine” while her health was falling apart. From a shocking uterine cancer scare to relentless thyroid struggles, she shares how she refused to be gaslit and started trusting her intuition instead.

We dive into the functional testing, unconventional therapies, and emotional resilience it takes to heal when the system fails you—and why every woman needs to be her own advocate.

WE TALK ABOUT: 

08:30 – “I was misdiagnosed six different times”—the red flags Dr. Amie finally refused to ignore

14:00 - Persevering to finding out the truth after all the misdiagnoses

19:00 - The four most important words a medical practitioner should ask you

24:00 – PCOS panic, fertility fears, and breaking free from health labels

28:50 – Dr. Amie’s uterine cancer diagnosis

34:00 – How to not let your diagnosis define you

40:00 – The importance of testing how your body metabolizes your hormones (DUTCH Test, DNA Test)

47:00 – The cheap cures nobody profits from (Kineon code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY)

54:00 – Hope, help, and tagging a friend when you’re too exhausted to advocate alone

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