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Rewrite your Thyroid Story
Whether you have thyroid cancer, Graves' disease, Hashimoto's, a thyroid condition or anything thyroid related, if your life has changed, radically or otherwise: What if you could [Read] | no responses.
New York City Dear Thyroid Meet Up – Who is in?
My name is Catrina. I was diagnosed with Graves Disease and nodules near the thyroid August of 2011. At the age of 24 I was just like any other 20 something year old...I love to shop, [Read] | one response.
I Need a Thyroid Hostage Negotiator ASAP, Please
Dear Thyroid, Kindly stop holding on to me. I know our relationship has been rocky-from the very start, and that pesky Hashimoto's came between us causing trouble, but I believe that [Read] | one response.
Dos and Don’ts for Thyroidectomized Patients
Sarah Young's Do's and Don'ts for thyroid cancer survivors. She is sharing her story and her list with us. We always want information and resources, so we can formulate our own [Read] | 8 responses.
You Ain’t so Smart, Thyroid
Don't even think for a second that you are going to get me - to bring me down. You won't win. I'm stronger and no matter what it is that you think you can throw at me - cancer, [Read] | 6 responses.
Diagnosed with Enlarged Thyroid at Age 9
Dear Gigantic Oversize Massive Tumor infested Thyroid, I first met you when I was 9 years old. I was the youngest patient with an enlarged thyroid my doctor had ever seen. I was [Read] | 4 responses.
Hashimoto’s, How Much More of ME do you Expect?
Dear Thyroid, I need you and you have let me down!! You have made me sicker then I have ever new was possible… You have compromised my health, my life, my sole and my mind… I have [Read] | 9 responses.
If Only I was Struck In A Day
I woke up one mornin' with an anchor on my head and a blurrin' I was slurring my speech, like a drunk, 'cept I'll give up on talking. It's not funny, it's boring. Where am I [Read] | no responses.
I’m a Young Adult, Just Graduated, Why Do I Have Thyroid Cancer?
Dear Thyroid, Thyroid, did you know that i kinda hate you a little bit? well I don't even have you after a total thyroidectomy/left neck dissection in September of 2011, but you know [Read] | 3 responses.
Thyroid, You are Sucking the Life out of Me and I Don’t Know How Much More I Can Take
Dear Thyroid, I miss you. I don’t blame you for this hell I am in, I blame the mean ‘ol immune system that attacked you! I know you fought back and tried to defend me, I know [Read] | 12 responses.