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Thyroid, Don’t You Take My Man Away From Me

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:00:09 +0000

Dear Thyroid, Please, I beg you…PLEASE don’t screw this up again! I’ve met an angel, and you’ve been behaving, but what if you act up?? This man is a dream, and you could ruin everything. Just stay normal enough so that hopefully he gets as attached as I am. Can you do that? Last time [...]

Dear Thyroid, My Official Break-Up Letter

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:00:48 +0000

Dear Thyroid, Was it something I said? Something I did? Did we just grow apart? If you only knew how you used make me feel. I’ve been good to you. I’ve stayed fit and don’t smoke. I know that things have been changing in the past couple of years. Was it because I turned 30 [...]

Butterfly Bag Contest Entry One, by Missy

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:00:19 +0000

Dear thyroid, Most people say “I’m so glad you are gone.” Me…not so much. Granted you had cancer and had to go, that I understand. What I don’t understand is the fact that you were working perfect! I didn’t know what it felt like to by hypo, or hyper. Now, I know pure exhaustion, depression, [...]

From Hate to Love, An Imperfect ThyMarriage

Dear Thyroid — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:00:34 +0000

Dear Thyroid, We only have a few short hours left together. It’s strange, I have cursed you for the last 18 months of my life, and today I feel I need to thank you. Thank you, dear thyroid, for the last 33 years. Thank you for keeping me warm as I skated on the backyard [...]

Thy-story – An Open Letter To My OB/GYN

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:00:50 +0000

Dr. “Jerkface”, You may not remember me, since we only spoke in your office for ten or fifteen minutes a few months ago, but my name is Kelly Sangree. I came to the “Lady Parts” practice with complaints of amenorrhea, weight gain, sluggishness, fatigue, depression, a noticeable goiter, and muscle pain. A colleague of yours [...]

Mr. Hashimoto, Don’t you see the Graves to your Right

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:00:49 +0000

Dear Thyroid; Hi, I’m Natalie (but you can call me Nat!). For the first 17 years of my life, I was living in bliss. You were doing your thing and doing it really well. I was almost oblivious to your existance. I knew you were part of me, I knew you were somewhere in my [...]

A Whisper. A Word Cancer

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:00:24 +0000

Dear Thyroid: On November 5th 2010 (almost 8months now), I went in for a partial thyroidectomy, and came out with a complete thyroidectomy and with my surgeon’s words on my ear “Karla you did wonderful but we had to take it all out, because it was Cancer”. I was pretty sedated when he told me [...]

Thyroid, You Have Made Me Suffer and Stolen My Life

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:00:30 +0000

Dear Thyroid, Oh Thyroid… Where were your shining numbers when I lost almost all my hair? When I had so many bald spots that I had to wear a hat, and I hate hats. But you wouldn’t take it all, just enough to help me feel that much less human. Where were your numbers when [...]

Thyroid Mad Libs by Pamela

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:00:57 +0000

Dear Missing in Thyaction, When I think about you, I feel infuriated. In hindsight, I didn’t expect you to completely stop with no forewarning and no backup plan. I wish I knew than what I know now. Things would have turned out exactly the same, but at least I would have been able to educate [...]

Thyroid Mad Libs by Dori

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:00:03 +0000

Dearest Darlingest Thyroid-Popsicle (I love whoever understands this reference), When I think about you, I feel mournful. In hindsight, I didn’t expect you to spaz out. I wish I knew then what I know now. Things would have turned out probably about the same. Reflecting back on the past four years, I feel acceptance about [...]