Dear Thyroid™ � hyperthyroidism

Evidently, My Thyroid Is My Biggest Fremenie

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:00:31 +0000

Dear Thyroid, Why were you just not that into me? I always knew you were an overactive nuisance, but what did I do to deserve all of this? Here I am, a healthy 27 year old woman with the most positive outlook on life, a winning attitude, high spirited energy and a contagious smile. I [...]

My Mister Big

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:36:07 +0000

(From here on out, I’m going to call my thyroid Mr. Big because that’s who I picture him as if he was starring in the movie of my life*. Not the 80′s hair band, Mr. Big, but Mr. Big from Sex and the City. Mr. Big is completely indecisive, and he drives the writer in his life crazy. [...]

Oh, You Think My Thyroid Disease Is Fake? FABULOUS

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:59:57 +0000

Dear People with “Normal” Thyroids: January is “Thyroid Awareness Month”. Do you know where your thyroid is? I do, but last January I did not. Your thyroid is a lovely butterfly shaped gland in your neck that pretty much runs your entire body. It sure does. No one ever told you that? You thought your [...]

Trying To Choose Life, Thyroid, But You’re Literally, Physically and Psychologically KILLING ME!

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:03:23 +0000

Dear Thyroid, I haven’t decided yet if I love you or hate you, and I’m pretty sure your feelings toward me are just as undecided. I don’t even know if you’re the reason I’m losing my mind or if you’re just a convenient scapegoat that I have invented to absorb the extra self-loathing that I [...]

Fat Thigh-Roid Woes: Grow up, Goiter!

Dear Thyroid — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:52:01 +0000

A few years ago, when my doctor thought I was Hashimoto all the way, I had been on meds for about six months when she called me and told me I needed to come off meds immediately cause I had Graves. Obviously, she didn’t test specific antibodies for each, she just ASSUMED I had Hashi…dumbass. [...]

Fat Thigh-roid Woes: The Long Walk…Off a Short Cliff

Nicole Wells — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:22:00 +0000

Back when I still lived with my mom, my cardio would be to walk all the way up this hill to the top where the city Christmas tree hangs out. Part hike part hard walk, it was a great workout and very peaceful – away from traffic and tons of noise. Walking by houses until [...]

The Price Of Admission On The Hyperthyroid Train Is…

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:27:00 +0000

Dear Amanda: Hello to my host body that is Amanda, I see that you are living on the edge with finances, a unemployable 19-year old son who has social and emotional problems (and no insurance), a spouse’s layoffs, caring for your parents, dogs, cat, car trouble, 150-year old farmhouse in need of repairs, working three [...]

Hope from a Chrysalis

Dear Thyroid — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:12:30 +0000

Dear Thyroid, They took you away from me. I mourn my good health, of which you held the key. So little did they offer, a small pill. Both of us forever changed. Everyday holds a surprise. Who will I be without you? Incomplete, because you completed me. Alas, no longer am I whole. Without you, [...]

Fat Thigh-Roid Woes: Hairy Legs, Bald Head

Nicole Wells — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:53:14 +0000

I used to have super long and curly hair back in the day. When I was younger, I paired it with a bitchin’ blazer sporting confident shoulder pads, and would take sexy pictures with my hair over my shoulder. Complete with untouched, not-so-much-envy-producing carpeted eyebrows. I used to whine about “damn, I have too much [...]

Thyliloquy: Act One: Scene One: The Gyno. The Girl. The Thyroid

Dear Thyroid — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:23:23 +0000

Dear Thyroid, It’s not that I’ve been neglecting you. Truthfully. You know this, as I await each month for that package from my mother containing your precious bottle of disgusting-tasting methimazole, as every morning I down two and a half pills before I am fully, consciously awake. No matter what, I cannot take blame for [...]