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Next week is POETRY week!

Joanna Isbill — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:00:22 +0000

Next week is poetry week on Dear Thyroid and we’re asking all of you to start writing some thylicious poems. Send us your Dear Thyroid acrostic poems, haikus (thykus, if you will), limericks, sonnets, free verse…whatever type of poem you feel inspired to write. The topic is completely up to you, but here are some [...]

IMPACT OF CONTACT

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:00:41 +0000

Thank goodness there are many types Of social contact then there ever once was. Many people feel this new social media Is tearing relationships apart. But for the home & bed ridden It is a life line and saver of many lost & broken hearts. To imagine a time when contact was rare Feeling all [...]

Comments of the Day: November 4, 2010

Joanna Isbill — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:05:52 +0000

I want to take a minute and remind all of you how wonderful you are. You are WONDERFUL. You are BEAUTIFUL. You are VALUABLE. You are TREASURED. Thank you for sharing so much of yourselves. Thank you for writing letters and poems. Thank you for all your thyrants and thyraves. Thank you for all of [...]

Comments of the Day: October 28, 2010

Dear Thyroid — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:08:07 +0000

Should Fatties Get a Room Even on TV, by Maura Kelly. Regarding the new show “Mike & Molly” on CBS, which I happen to think is fabulous, funny and smart, Maura has written what I regard as a highly offensive piece. This is just my opinion. I am, as you know, a DIE HARD proponent [...]

Comments of the Day: October 25, 2010

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:53:25 +0000

We didn’t announce this week’s word for acrostic poetry, which we’re doing right now… OVER. We are writing acrostic poems for a reason. Our goal is to make the invisible illness week’s list, among other awareness objectives. We want to educate and spread awareness through literary mediums using your words. Your words not only make [...]

Comments of the Day: October 15, 2010

Joanna Isbill — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:03:02 +0000

We live in a society where taking care of yourself is more often than not considered selfish. If you focus on yourself, you’re considered self-absorbed. Here’s what I know to be true: if I don’t make time to take care of ME, then I can’t give my time, my love, myself to others. Neglecting my [...]

Dear Thyroid, Dear Cancer, Dear Everything, Go AWAY

Dear Thyroid — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:00:29 +0000

Dear Thyroid, Thanks for taking 11 pounds out of my body, THAT’S GREAT! My doctor doesn’t like that, so please stop giving me a hard time and tell the nodules to stop hurting me because I don’t want to be in treatment or more pain again! Dear Cancer, I do love you because you inspire [...]

Comments of the Day: October 14, 2010

Joanna Isbill — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:49:23 +0000

Since being diagnosed with thyroid cancer, I’ve struggled with friends not supporting me like I thought they would. I have felt abandoned, betrayed, and forgotten. These people let me fall when I was expecting them to hold me up. I know I am not alone in this experience. I know so many of you have [...]

Comment of the Day: October 12, 2010 – And Family

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:38:02 +0000

For better or worse, we are a family. Though we have not joined this family by choice (the jacked thyroid club); and though it was born out of frustration, we have found camaraderie. Thyroid cancer, thyroid autoimmune disease and thyroid conditions, among other things, have forever bound us to a each other. When a family member [...]

Comments of the Day: October 11, 2010

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:12:19 +0000

As a community; we submit letters and other literary works (thyroid shouts, rants/raves, acrostic poems, and more, including literary games). By doing so, we share our stories, for healing, education and awareness. In addition, we connect in comments. We remind each other that there is someone on the other end reaching out. Not because they [...]