Posts Tagged ‘Flying With Broken Wings’
Thank you very much to you all!
I would like to thank you all so very much for making me feel so welcome and appreciated as a columnist for Dear Thyroid™. I have loved getting to know you and have made so many [Read] | 31 responses.
Flying With Broken Wings: Desperately Seeking Dr. Jekyll
One of the comments on my last column inspired me to write this article. The commenter opined that she feels that the doctoring profession is subjected to witch hunting and saber [Read] | 33 responses.
Flying With Broken Wings: Prejudice, Discrimination and the Need for Education
“Could I create myself anew, I would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul, The [Read] | 45 responses.
Flying With Broken Wings: 12 Things You Should Never Say To or About a Thyroid Patient
I Get well soon!/Are you better already? You may mean well when you wish me “get well soon!” and it is indeed a kind sentiment, but sadly it makes me feel as if you are wishing away [Read] | 49 responses.
Flying With Broken Wings: Curious Cures, Rank Remedies and Questionable Quacks
In my article entitled Raising Awareness Under The Intense Heat of the Spotlight, I talked about time-traveling teen Michael J. Fox a.k.a. Marty McFly. This week, I thought it might be [Read] | 33 responses.
Flying With Broken Wings: Raising Awareness Under The Intense Heat of the Spotlight
In some of my past columns I have talked about the importance of educating people about our diseases and how daunting this can be because you never know how they are going to react. The [Read] | 8 responses.
Flying With Broken Wings: Magic Moments and Awesome Achievements
In last week’s column, I talked about self-confidence and learning to love ourselves. As sufferers of one or more chronic illnesses, we often tend to be very hard on ourselves and [Read] | 2 responses.
Flying With Broken Wings: Long-distance Travel – Minimizing Your Stress and Maximizing Your Comfort
My first ever long-distance trip was at age 18 when I was studying languages at the University of Bath and selling popcorn at one of the local cinemas, which has since closed down. It [Read] | 9 responses.
Flying With Broken Wings: In Sickness and in Health I said I don’t
It seems most people I know, myself included, don’t enjoy being alone, so the natural instinct is to find a partner and how do you do this? You play the dating game. When you’re [Read] | 26 responses.
Flying With Broken Wings Help, I’m turning into a man!
(Written by Sarah Downing, Editor, Flying With Broken Wings, Dear Thyroid) It all started at the age of 24 with a mean comment from my ex-boyfriend M, one of the reasons why he is [Read] | 28 responses.