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Dear Thyroid Letters

Dear Anastasia’s Thyroid: Part One: The Beginning of the End

We don't usually intro letters here at Dear Thyroid. We prefer to let them speak for themselves, as it should be. We chose to introdue this particular,  letter because this is the first [Read]

Thanks For My Jacked Thyroid, Immune System, I Really Appreciate It

Dear Immune System, Thanks for kicking my Thyroid's Ass: I know you mean well, but Thyroid is not an alien invader that you need to destroy. Thyroid is tired, which is making me [Read]

Isn’t It Thyronic

Dear Thyroid: Well, you've really made me crazy this past week. I started crying about Michael Jackson's death last week,  and haven't been able to stop yet.  ,   I have never [Read]

Graves Becomes HIM

Dear Thyroid, I was diagnosed with Graves' disease at age 52.   I'm entirely clear that not treating it would have been a big mistake.   But I've never been quite the same, and I [Read]

Men With Thyroid Disease, Dear Thyroid Wants YOU

Recently, we here at Dear Thyroid have realized a few things,  that the gland is mightier than the penis. Thyfellas suffer as cruelly with thyroid disease as women do and experience [Read]

If Only

Dear Thyroid...wherever you are, For starters, I owe you a major apology.   Before I lost you, I took you for granted. I never appreciated your natural hormones until I no longer had [Read]

Thyroidectomized Letter of Sadness

Dear Thyroid, I miss you so much, life without you has been absolutely horrid. Please forgive me as I had no idea just how important a gland you were, until you were gone. It really [Read]

Must You Be So Thyfensive?

Dear Thyroid; Well, I'm glad that we're finally getting the opportunity to air things out. I've wanted to get together with you for quite a while, but these days, I am either too [Read]

Graves Becomes Her

Dear Thyroid; My Graves' story began 8-years ago with small tremors in my hands. At the time, I was working in a small jewelry store as a stone setter. I noticed that my boss saw my [Read]

More Like Thytrocious

Dear Thyroid, Why are you still playing games with me? Are you angry that half of you is gone? Back in 1999 when you started playing your games with me, you were terrible to me! In [Read]

Dear Thyroid Columns

Introducing the THYROID APP by, Mary Shomon and My Med Lab!

  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]

Chronic Snarkopolist: How to Create Safe Space (& Beauty) During Chronic Illness

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

Sign up Today for a Teleseminar with Mary Shomon

This outstanding workshop and teleseminar begins tomorrow with thyroid patient advocate and bestselling author, Mary Shomon. Sign up today!   Thyroid patient advocate and [Read]

Announcing the Winner of the I Heart Guts Win A Plushie Thyroid Contest

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

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]

Super Sunday’s

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]