Posts Tagged ‘thyroid cancer support’
What Awareness for Thyroid Cancer Means to Me
Dear Thyroid. Why doesn’t anyone know about you? When the surgeons removed you from my body, they told me you were 5 centimeters long. That’s 2 inches – smaller than my pinky [Read] | 5 responses.
The Best Thing I Never Had
Listening to Beyonce belt these lyrics out in this song would make one typically think of a relationship gone wrong. However this song reminds me of a gland most people do not think [Read] | 3 responses.
Contest Entry Three, Why Butterflies are Important in my Life
My grandmother was always a huge fan of the color lavender and butterflies. When I was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer, we didn't want to tell her at first because she would have been [Read] | 9 responses.
From Hate to Love, An Imperfect ThyMarriage
Dear Thyroid, We only have a few short hours left together. It’s strange, I have cursed you for the last 18 months of my life, and today I feel I need to thank you. Thank you, [Read] | one response.
Da-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na, Bat Thyroid
Dear Thyroid, So busted! In 2009, I had an MRI of my cervical spine to investigate a mild case of a wonderful little autoimmune disease called ankylosing spondylitis. Turns out, [Read] | 5 responses.
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month, September 2011
This is a special month, it's all about thyroid cancer awareness. We are doing quite in honor of this month. One of the things we are doing is seeking submissions from survivors, [Read] | 14 responses.
My Thyroid’s Affair With Cancer
Dearest Thyroid, Even though I know our separation was inevitable. It still hurts to have you gone. It hurts me to know that you allowed something else to come between us. To separate [Read] | 7 responses.
Lights, Tunnel, Action
Dear Thyroid, In all honesty, I’d never heard of you or knew what you were capable of until I was 19. I'd twisted my neck one day, and my neck became swollen. The doctor checked my [Read] | 4 responses.
No More Thyroid Cancer, RIGHT MOM?
Dear Thyroid, Being a Mother is and always will be the best gift that I received from you! My little girl, my little Diva, my pride and joy is scared of you. She has nightmares and [Read] | 16 responses.
A Whisper. A Word Cancer
Dear Thyroid: On November 5th 2010 (almost 8months now), I went in for a partial thyroidectomy, and came out with a complete thyroidectomy and with my surgeon's words on my ear "Karla [Read] | 7 responses.