Posts Tagged ‘Thyroid Cancer in Young Adults’
Life Redefined: New Thoughts
It finally happened. I don’t really know how or when, just that it did. People used to tell me that a day would come when I wouldn’t dwell on cancer. I didn’t believe them. How [Read] | 4 responses.
Life Redefined: Worthy of Love
This past August I had an ablation dose of RAI to try and destroy the remaining thyroid tissue in my thyroid bed. This was my third ablation, so I knew what to expect. Low iodine diet, [Read] | 12 responses.
Life Redefined: The Cause of Cancer
How many times have you wondered what caused your cancer? How many hours have you spent wracking your brain, trying to figure out what you did wrong that caused cancer to grow in your [Read] | 2 responses.
Life Redefined: Looking Back at Grieving Forward
A few months ago I wrote about grieving forward (you can read it here)--grieving over who we used to be pre-sickness while still moving forward with life. I feel the need to press into [Read] | 18 responses.
Life Redefined: Conflicted
A couple weeks ago I went to my offline cancer support group. This group meets once a month and is a treasure to me. I love the people in this group and I love the encouragement and [Read] | no responses.
Young Adults Speak Out: Erin
Cancer has changed my 28 years of existence on this planet. Before November 2010, cancer was something that happened to other people. Not someone in his/her 20’s. Not the relatively [Read] | 6 responses.
Young Adults Speak Out: Joanna
It’s officially Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. People like to raise awareness in different ways. My preferred method is simply by telling my story. I was 24 years old. Life was [Read] | no responses.
Young Adults Speak Out: Ruthie
September is worldwide Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. I recently read that around 48 thousand people will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2011. It is still surreal to [Read] | 8 responses.
Life Redefined: Scanxiety
This past month has been a month full of health stuff. I-131, scans, blood draws, ablation, more blood draws, more scans. Lather, rinse, repeat. I knew it was getting to be that time of [Read] | 3 responses.
Life Redefined: Acceptance Speech
A couple of weeks ago I talked about finding a new normal after being diagnosed with cancer and how some of my old normal is still a part of the new normal. It took me a long time to [Read] | 3 responses.