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Dear Thyroid Letters
It still amazes me to think back to my younger days, I had so much going on back then. I was pregnant with my second child, a boy. My husband was on Active Duty in the Air Force. We had [Read]
Do you see more cases of thyroid cancer when a person has been diagnosed with hyper or hypothyroidsm? And maybe you have and I haven't seen any, but maybe alerting patients about the [Read]
My thyroid was very, very bad. Tricksy and false. Devious and mean. What a merry chase to finally get it out of me, out of my life. A long and difficult break up. Get gone and stay [Read]
Dear Thyroid: I don't know much at all about you or why you have apparently been fighting against me most of my life. I know right now you're hyper, but I recall times when you [Read]
Dear Thyroid Ghost: Part one of my nightmare is over. I had you removed via total thyroidectomy on Cinco de Mayo (I wanted tequila shots, alas the dilaudid gave me hours of [Read]
Dear Thyroid, I can't believe I am writing a letter to an organ; to be exact, an organ in my body, which will be cut out and analyzed in a week. Yet here I am. You have been a [Read]
Dear Thyroid; Well, it has now been 3 years since I found out you have existed. Let me tell you its been a hell of a 3 years not to mention me being a teenager and all. You ruined [Read]
Dear Thyroid; I was diagnosed with Graves in 2006 and thankfully in remission for several years. Though, I’ve not been feeling well and have put off labs. I’m angry because I [Read]
In the 1960's-70's I grew up in the toxic crosshairs of a paper mill, steel mill and “secret” uranium processing plant and beside farm fields that were fertilized and pesticide-d [Read]
I am a young mother. Older women have told me, "Wow, what I would give to be 30 again! So much energy!" I think to myself, "Seriously! It gets worse than this?!?! How does it get [Read]
Dear Thyroid Columns
We love Mary Shomon so much! Together with My Med Lab, they have created a THYROID APP, which is ready for our use. Please check out this awesome post from Mary and find out [Read]
Hello my loves! I have missed you! Recently I presented at a conference about being a caretaker. While I was there I was also able to listen to panels and take in many ideas that [Read]
Join the Discussion
This outstanding workshop and teleseminar begins tomorrow with thyroid patient advocate and bestselling author, Mary Shomon. Sign up today! Thyroid patient advocate and [Read]
Congratulations to SAM for winning the I Heart Guts plushie thyroid! Everyone submitted such beautiful, gut-wrenching, funny and clever acrostic poems. Please keep those cards and [Read]
Meet-ups & Guest Bloggers
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]
Super Sunday's are here!! The goal is to make every third Sunday of the month a Meet Up day!! This way if you can't make it one month, you know another Meet Up is just around the corner! [Read]