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Hypothyroidism Has Changed My Life

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:39:38 +0000

Dear Kimberly’s Thyroid, I hate that you stopped working. I hate that I’ll never know what triggered you to become hypo! Was it stress, my past eating disorder, genetics (Why do my mother and Aunt have hypothyroidism?)? WHAT WAS IT? My stomach had always hurt during my high school years. Was that you trying to tell [...]

Rinse Repeat, Sound Familiar?

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:00:49 +0000

Dear thyroid, I get up at 7:00 am and wish I could call in sick to work. Do a quick calculation in my mind and realize I can’t afford to take the time as I don’t have many “sick” hours left. I pull into the parking lot at 8:00 am and pray for the strength [...]

Thyroid, if you Must Die, Why do you Insist on Trying to Take me with you?

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:00:51 +0000

Dear Thyroid: I don’t know much at all about you or why you have apparently been fighting against me most of my life. I know right now you’re hyper, but I recall times when you weren’t even making an appearance. I know you don’t seem to like it sometimes when I have to do more [...]

Hypo-1800s-thyroidism

Dear Thyroid — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:00:40 +0000

It was in the early 1990s when I noticed that I had a lump in my throat. I was still in Australia and only had a few weeks before I flew home, via Singapore and The Tioman Islands. I resolved that I would see my GP when I returned home. Once back home I made [...]

Don’t Expect Forgiveness Anytime Soon, Dear Thyroids

Dear Thyroid — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:00:10 +0000

Dear Thyroid, I HATED YOU AND MY SONS THYROID!!!! YOU DESTROYED OUR LIVES! AND I’M SO ANGRY! I am a 40 year old woman who was diagnosed with a severe form of Hashimoto’s/Thyroiditis in 1999. I was very ill and almost slipped into a coma. I struggled for 10 years with a up and down [...]

Oh, Under Active Thyroid, Allergies, Too?

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:00:26 +0000

Dear Thyroid, Well, I learned something new today, that when you have an underactive thyroid, your allergies kick your butt! I was explaining to the doctor, my new symptoms, and one was the way my allergies are kicking me hard. At least now I know it isn’t all in my head when a blade of [...]

Thyroid Shouts: Part II

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:00:54 +0000

Today, we’re going to learn a bit more about each other and our respective diseases by shouting, yes SHOUTING – About, to and from our thyroids. Join the discussion and answer a few of these questions. What have you learned from your thyroid? What has your thyroid LEARNED from YOU? What have you gained from [...]

HaShitmoto’s Rhapsody

Dear Thyroid — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:00:08 +0000

Is this my real life? Or is it just fantasy? I’m Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality I opened my eyes, Looked up on the Net to see, I’m just too ill, I need your sympathy, Lifes just easy come, easy go, big highs, big lows, Any way my mind blows doesn’t really matter to me, to me Doctor I want to kill my [...]

Pitafly, You Can Kiss My Ass

Dear Thyroid — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:36:32 +0000

Dear Thyroid, I didn’t ask for you to decide not to operate correctly. I didn’t receive a how-to manual to look for clues, warning signs, or a light to come on and indicate that I had a system problem. What I battled with was a silent battle…one that took every ounce I had in me. [...]

Thyroid Shouts

Dear Thyroid — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:01:56 +0000

Instead of doing an extensive healing (Thyme for Literary Healing) or posting what’s been written (Thyrants and Thyraves), we thought that we would do something a bit different today and see how we feel about it. In 1 sentence tell your thyroid OFF, forgive your thyroid or tell your thyroid how much you love him/her. [...]