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Life Redefined: The Cause of Cancer
How many times have you wondered what caused your cancer? How many hours have you spent wracking your brain, trying to figure out what you did wrong that caused cancer to grow in your [Read] | 2 responses.
Life Redefined: Looking Back at Grieving Forward
A few months ago I wrote about grieving forward (you can read it here)--grieving over who we used to be pre-sickness while still moving forward with life. I feel the need to press into [Read] | 18 responses.
Life Redefined: Conflicted
A couple weeks ago I went to my offline cancer support group. This group meets once a month and is a treasure to me. I love the people in this group and I love the encouragement and [Read] | no responses.
Life Redefined: Sharing September
September is thyroid cancer awareness month. This really is not new information for this community because we live and breathe “thyroid.” But did you know that it’s also prostate [Read] | 3 responses.
Young Adults Speak Out: Joanna
It’s officially Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. People like to raise awareness in different ways. My preferred method is simply by telling my story. I was 24 years old. Life was [Read] | no responses.
Life Redefined: Scanxiety
This past month has been a month full of health stuff. I-131, scans, blood draws, ablation, more blood draws, more scans. Lather, rinse, repeat. I knew it was getting to be that time of [Read] | 3 responses.
Life Redefined: The Low Iodine Diet
Yesterday was the first day of my annual low-iodine diet as I prepare for a whole body scan. I hate this diet. To be honest, the diet itself is not bad. The food is all [Read] | 5 responses.
Life Redefined: Thyroid Cancer News Edition
Vitamin D isn’t exactly a rare topic of conversation around this community because of the role it plays in thyroid health. Let’s take the conversation one step further by examining [Read] | 6 responses.
Life Redefined: Dancing in the Rain
Not long ago, a friend gave me a card with a message penned inside that really made me think. It said, “Don’t wait for the storm to pass; dance in the rain!” That’s probably a [Read] | 13 responses.
Meet Our Newest Columnists!
We have THREE new columnists who will be adding thyliterary joy to our community. You’ve likely already seen them around, but here’s an official introduction: Allison Nazarian [Read] | no responses.