Dear Thyroid™ � Dear Thyroid Letters

I Need a Thyroid Hostage Negotiator ASAP, Please

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:27:44 +0000

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 we should end it now before something awful happens. I know that it may have been harsh of me to cut you out of [...]

You Ain’t so Smart, Thyroid

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:57:27 +0000

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, hashimotos, graves, anxiety, weight gain, anemia – you can shove it. In fact, I already have [...]

Diagnosed with Enlarged Thyroid at Age 9

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:49:52 +0000

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 getting my hair washed at a hair salon that day. When I leaned my head back, a giant ball appeared in my neck. My [...]

Hashimoto’s, How Much More of ME do you Expect?

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:14:06 +0000

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 never felt this bad, you have made me tired and unable to perform my daily tasks at times, [...]

If Only I was Struck In A Day

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:07:26 +0000

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 going? What was I saying? Did you tap me on the shoulder? Oh, you’ve already gone. I’m learning [...]

I’m a Young Adult, Just Graduated, Why Do I Have Thyroid Cancer?

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:33:45 +0000

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 what I mean, right? I’ve been dealing with thyroid problems before I even knew I had them. I had been sick since at [...]

Thyroid, You are Sucking the Life out of Me and I Don’t Know How Much More I Can Take

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:20:38 +0000

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 because you would swelled up so that I couldn’t even swallow my own saliva at times, not to [...]

Thyroid, Guess What, I’m Winning, Not You

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:44:50 +0000

Dear Thyroid, Well hello – I had no idea you and I were going to become so close… To be honest, you were a bit of a relief – I couldn’t understand why I had been feeling so tired, so tired that I didn’t dare sit down in case I fell asleep and missed the [...]

Hashimoto’s, I Win!

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:39:30 +0000

Dear Thyroid, This past holiday has marked one year since my diagnosis of Hashimoto’s/ Hypo. I live a happy life despite you; I push to pretend that you don’t even exist! Occasionally, you get the better of me by constantly strangling my throat but I’ll make it through this! You try to get me down [...]

To The Bane of my Happiness

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:48:33 +0000

Dear Thyroid, We haven’t been friends for over 13 years. You and I struggle daily to get along. We share a stubbornness that has built a brick wall between us. I work out, eat pretty well, and moisturize, but you insist I do not lose a pound, be constantly acne prone and feel exhausted. There [...]