Posts Tagged ‘thyroid cancer’
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.
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] | 6 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.
Life Redefined: Sharing September
September is thyroid cancer awareness month. This really is not new information for this community because we live and breathe “thyroid.” But did you know that it’s also prostate [Read] | 3 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.
Life Through Lipstick Lenses: Rock Candy
Rock Candy- A soft baby pink lipstick Have you ever been to a ‘Funhouse’ at a carnival? I used to love them. September inMichigan(as well as everywhere else) begins the season [Read] | 2 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.
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.
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.