Dear Thyroid™ � stupid things said to thyroid patients

Marco Thylo Thygiving And Glanding Along, Let’s Dish!

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:39:26 +0000

To our American readers, Happy Thygiving. may your thyroids gland calmly in the canyon today. Before we get started, that sounds so seminaree, please pardon the rather jacked font issues we’re having on the site. I think the site’s hyperthyroid. One day, the font is Georgia, the next it’s Times New Roman. We are in [...]

Marco Thylo Are You Thytarded?

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:48:50 +0000

Recently, it occurred to me just how many parallels there are in our “real” lives that intersect our diseases. For example, we’ve been having issues with our .org email addresses. I can receive .org email, but I can’t respond via .org. This makes me feel constipated, like my intestines are stockpiling shit and my puckered [...]

Marco Thylo Entries for the Lightbulb Win a T-Shirt Contest

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:19:33 +0000

When I wrote last week’s Marco Thylo, I was riding the snatch express, venting, lamenting and ranting my guts out. After reading everyone’s entries (punch lines) to the question, How many women and, or men with thyroid disease or thyroid cancer does it take to change a light bulb?, I was so busy laughing my [...]

Marco Thylo

Katie Schwartz — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:00:37 +0000

Going through this week’s Dear Thyroid searches felt like sifting through 4AM sorda-porn on cable. Or, dial-an-ass on network television, again at 4AM. A la, cue the frisky, transparently thin blonde lying on her (wildly inappropriate canopy) bed, talking on the phone while twisting a looooooong (ever heard of innuendo or irony) cord, through her [...]