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New Awesome Contest with one of our Favorite Organizations, I HEART GUTS
IMPORTANT UPDATE ABOUT THE DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES
I Heart Guts is one of our favorite organizations. They’re near and dear to our hearts for so many reasons. To begin with, they make plushie organs and have a unique and inspiring approach to offering support and building community. You name the organ and IHG makes it – livers and lungs, bladders and brains, and thyroids and parathyroids!
CONTEST: Acrostic poetry using the word, THYROID. In 7 words, describe what you’ve endured, how you have changed or how you imagine your life to be. Enter your poems in comments on this post. The contest will close at midnight/PST November 12, 2012. On November 13, 2012, we will post the top 3 entries. The entry with the most votes will be announced on November 19, 2012.
WINNER: The winner will receive a thyroid plushie toy delivered to their address. We will connect you with the great folks at I Heart Guts and you will provide them with your “Best” mailing address, so they can send you your thyroid!
When does the contest begin? NOW. Right now!
Enter your Thyroid Acrostic Poem. Be sure to share this with fellow community members.
Good luck!
Dear Thyroid
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I actually came up with several. But I’m submitting the following. It should be hung up in most doctors’ offices.
The
Horribleness
You
Report
Obviously
Is
Delusional
Love it, Amelia! Very proud of you. Please feel free to submit as many as you wish. There is no cap on how many you can submit. Keep writing, girl!
The
Hope
You
Receive
Others
Indeed
Desire
Trying
Hoping
You
Remain
Opressed
Insistantly
Demand
I know I missed deadline, but this is fun lol fixed the last one I did 🙂
Trying
Hoping
You
Remain
Opressed
Is
Demanding
I know I missed deadline, but this is fun lol fixed the last one I did 🙂
Trying
Hoping
You
Remain
Opressed
Is
Demanding
ok, gnight 🙂
Allyson, Love your submissions, these are outstanding. Keep them coming!
Despite
Confusion,
Fatigue,
Dizziness,
I Still Sing!
I’m a singer and even tho I go thru these symptoms on a daily basis, I still sing with gusto for rest home patients. Such a great feeling!
Gloria, I am SO PROUD OF YOU and I adore your poem – amazing and inspiring.
T torrid
H hot
Y yawning
R radioactive
O obnoxious
I iodine
D deficient
So on the nose, Tracey! Really happy you spoke up.
All of these poems are outstanding! Keep up the incredible work. Very proud of all of you
Im fat,im tired,Cancer, Your FIRED !
Janet – I am so sorry that you have cancer. I am so damn proud of you for speaking up so bravely and topping it off with a funny tip – YOU’RE FIRED.
T he lessons learning
H unger for normal
Y earning clarity
R iding out the storms
O vercoming everyday
I am strong
D ancing to heal
The truth is thyroid you tested me with
Hospitals, surgeries, medication and
You may have won the battle but I WON the war and on my
Roughest days I find strength to live with
Optimism that I will be able to help others that
Inspire me with their inspiration to live and
Defeat THYROID CANCER!
Tired, jaded, wasted body
Hemoglobin drop, sanguine fluid gone
Yo-yo emotions, crotchety.. not due to age!
Rough, brambly hair.. brittle nails
Oversized, bulky, butterball, I have known it all
Incomplete, insufficient, deficient iodine.. making me
sleepless (not in Seattle)
Depressed, abject, blues, dispirited.. emotions which have become cohorts
These are all so great! Shelley you have me nodding along and chuckling. Love the (not in Seattle) part. 🙂
Thanx Amelia! I have read your poem.. very nice indeed! 🙂
liked
Thanx.. Navneet! 🙂
Trembling hands fan
Hellfire flashes as I
Yawn, is it nap time?
Rage comes and goes, fleeting
Obscure thoughts I can’t remember
Dishes crowd the sink for another day.
Hello Sam
Well written and ‘hitting on the head’ poem!
Whoops, had my “I” in the wrong place. Believe me, I can spell thyroid!
This is about my journey having Hashimoto’s, Hypothyroidism, a cancer scare, and now surgery.
Lifeless.
Stayed Hopeful.
And Now I’m Free.
This about learning that I had Graves’ disease two months after I gave birth to my son at 23
Confused, upset and scared
Felt alone and as if no one cared
Too young and in denial
I just had a baby, why couldn’t this of waited for a while
No friends, siblings or lover could understand
They google and tell me what I should “withstand”
I fight myself on the daily
With my mind, with my health, all while holding my baby
I will fight, I will be strong
Because I deserve to live, I deserve to belong
T oday a year ago
H e called
Y ou have cancer
R ace for your life
O verwhelmed with labs, biopsies, scans, surgery, radiation and medication
I ncredible caregivers
D etermined to give back – reminded of the gift of today
To Whom it May Concern: A fill-in-the-blank poem (because there’s always someone who just doesn’t get it)
To _______:
Hope
You’ll
Respect
Our
Insanity,
Darlings 🙂
This
Horrible
Yucky
Rotten
Organ
Is
Defective
HAHA! Love this one!
T – the unknowing you caused for so long
H – Hashimoto’s a reason for what’s wrong
Y – years and years we spent together
r – reason for my feeling under the weather
o – overcome your issues i must
i – in the medicine i should trust
d – don’t give up, i love you still, thyroid i’ll care for you, I always will
Tirelessly
Healing
Youth
Relentlessly
Offering
Innate
Deeds
(I’m a medical student on the quest to heal through love, light and laughter)